The band consisted of high-level jazz players, including a young on a fuzz-drenched guitar, whose playing "weaves in and out" of Phil Morrison’s bass and Vinnie Johnson’s drums. Key features of their sound include:
Monty Stark used effects like fuzz and wah-wah on his vibraphone, creating textures described as "explosions in a bottle factory". Stark Reality,The - Acting, Thinking, Feeling -...
They willfully jumbled funk, art rock, free jazz, and psychedelic rock. The band consisted of high-level jazz players, including
The Stark Reality is best known for a surreal project: reimagining children's songs written by legendary songwriter . The band’s leader, vibraphonist Monty Stark , was hired by Hoagy’s son, Hoagy Bix Carmichael, to update his father's tunes for a PBS children's show called Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop . vibraphonist Monty Stark