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Moe.

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moe. tuning their instruments between songs on March 3, 2007. Left to right: Jim Loughlin, Chuck Garvey, Rob Derhak, Vinnie Amico, Al Schnier.
Background information
Origin Buffalo, New York, USA
Genres Rock, jam, progressive rock, psychedelic rock
Years active 1989–present
Labels Fatboy
Associated acts The Revivalists
Al and the Transamericans
Before Cowboys
Ha Ha the Moose
Lynch
Swamp Donkey
YoLK
Website www.moe.org
Members Rob Derhak
Chuck Garvey
Al Schnier
Jim Loughlin
Vinnie Amico
Past members Ray Schwartz
Dave Kessler
Steve Hunter
Mike Strazza
Chris Mazur
moe.down
Genre Jam band music
Location(s) Turin, New York
Years active 2000-present
Founded by moe.
Website
www.moe.org

Moe, generally stylized as moe., is an American jam band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1989. The band members are Rob Derhak (bass, vocals), Al Schnier (guitar, vocals, keyboard), Chuck Garvey (guitar, vocals), Vinnie Amico (drums), and Jim Loughlin (percussion).

The band's first record, Fatboy (1992), established the band as a favorite of the 1990s jam band and improvisational rock scene, which grew in popularity with the rise of bands such as Phish and Widespread Panic. Just as Grateful Dead followers were coined "Deadheads", avid moe. fans embrace the term "moe.rons."

moe. toured with the 1997 Furthur Festival, appeared at , played Summerstage at the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, opened for The Allman Brothers and The Who, performed at Radio City Music Hall on New Year's Eve 2006 and returned there for New Year's Eve 2007. They have also performed at Bonnaroo Music Festival 5 times (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2009).

During an interview, guitarist Al Schnier was asked to describe moe. for those who have never heard their music: "It's an amalgamation of a wide variety of the history of rock, all regurgitated and recycled through the eyes, ears, hands, whatever of the guys in our band and all of that with a sense of adventure, a sense of humor, also a constant desire to push the envelope. All in this arena of taking chances, improvising live, and making things up on the spot."


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