Emerging from the New York underground performance - art scene three friends--Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton--have taken their experimental hybrid of sketch comedy and musical theater to extravagant heights. Their performances as curious, peaceful, blue-headed alien characters have been heralded on the East Coast, Chicago, and Las Vegas. Meanwhile, their one and only album, Audio, has been received with equal enthusiasm. Blue Man Group's enormous, custom-made percussive instruments crafted from PVC piping create a sound that is as indigenous as it is otherworldly, resulting in a rousing, almost spiritually affirming listen. The Blue Men spoke with Amazon.com editor Beth Massa about their transition from stage to studio.
Blue Man Group 2000
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It's hard to believe that this is the debut CD created by award-winning performance-art sensations the Blue Man Group, whose off-the-wall and high-tech, highly percussive show has been an off-Broadway hit since the beginning of its uninterrupted run in 1991. This CD is not a soundtrack; while some pieces appear in the show, they are presented here with extra instruments, performers, and recently developed instruments. In addition to making abstract paintings by pouring paint onto kettledrums then bashing on them until the color pours onto an awaiting canvas, the Blue Man Group make their own instruments out of unexpected, often very simple materials. Creations used to make this record include air poles, the big drum, the PVC instrument, the backpack tubulum, and the drum wall (no, David van Tieghem is not a member of the group)