The Fibonaccis

The Fibonaccis
The Fibonaccis, circa 1982. Left to right: Berardi, Dentino, Corey and Song.
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres	Art rock, new wave, post-punk
Years active	1981–1988, 1992
Labels	Index Records, Enigma Records, Blue Yonder Sounds, Restless Records
Website	www.fibonaccis.com
Past members	Magie Song John Dentino Joe Berardi Ron Stringer Tom Corey

The Fibonaccis were an American art rock band formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. The band consisted of songwriters John Dentino (keyboards) and Ron Stringer (guitar), Magie Song (vocals), Joe Berardi (drums) and later Tom Corey (bass).

The Fibonaccis were formed out of the Los Angeles art punk scene which included bands such as Wall of Voodoo, Oingo Boingo and Sparks. Deriving their name from 13th-century mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci and citing musical influence from Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone, the band's music was typically characterized by intricate piano and guitar lines, over-the-top and sometimes incomprehensible vocals and frequent use of unconventional instruments such as mandolins, clarinets and Mellotrons. The Fibonaccis' music was nearly impossible to categorize, fusing such disparate elements as post-punk, progressive rock, jazz, world music, cabaret, ambient, spoken word and funk, a combination one newspaper critic described as "elevator music from hell". Lyrically, the band regularly explored dark and esoteric subject matter ranging from serial killers to UFOs, presented in a satirical and surrealist fashion.