Hamster Theatre
Hamster Theatre | |
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| Origin | Boulder, Colorado, US |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Cuneiform Records |
| Members | Dave Willey Jon Stubbs Raoul Rossiter Mike Johnson Mark Harris John Grigsby |
| Past members | Deborah Perry Steve Doyle Greg LaLiberte Josh Wright Jay Trolinger Mark McCoin Mike Fitzmaurice Brian McDougall Matt Spencer Eric Thorin |
| Website | www |
Hamster Theatre is an American avant-rock, experimental, and folk jazz music group based in Boulder, Colorado. It is led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Dave Willey. The band has released three albums and has performed at various festivals, including Progman Cometh and ProgDay.
Hamster Theatre's music is based on European Rock in Opposition and is influenced by many sources, including Lars Hollmer, Erik Satie, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, and Henry Cow. In a biography on AllMusic, Dave Lynch wrote that the band "conjur[es] up beauty, magic, mystery, unpredictability, and manic energy and humor".