Biography
Oh No Oh My is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalists Daniel Hoxmeier, Joel Calvin, Greg Barkley, and Tim Regan - residents of
Austin, Texas. The members of Oh No Oh My started playing music when they were just fourteen years old, and all of them play at least three different instruments. Daniel (Guitars, Banjos, Accordions, Keys, Wurlitzers, Tambourines, Hand Claps, Percussion, Sampling, Programming) and Joel Calvin (Drums, Keys, Hand Claps, Sampler, Tambourines, Bells, Shakers) were best friends growing up;
Greg Barkley (Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Banjos, Accordions, Rhodes, Wurlitzers, Keys, Hand Claps, Percussion) joined the boys after Daniel and Joel “stole Greg from his previous band." Originally calling themselves
The Jolly Rogers
, a decision to drive the band in a new direction resulted in a name change—the current Oh No Oh My moniker was inspired by a song by
The Robot Ate Me.
The group moved to
Nashville, Tennessee in January 2005 to continue with their music, where they played several local shows, experimented with their lineup, and released their debut, self-titled album. It was here the trio met up with most recent addition, Tim Regan (Keys, Locks, Bolts, Wurlitzers, Rhodes, Syths, Guitars, Vocals), who rounds out the band’s bubbly-folk-meets-indie-pop sound. In September of 2006, the group left Nashville to play a series of shows across the U.S., including opening for
The Flaming Lips and
Gnarls Barkley.
After permanently returning to Austin, with occasional jaunts across the country with bands such as
Mew,
The Deadly Syndrome,
Let's Go Sailing, and
Au Revoir Simone, Oh No Oh My re-released
Between the Devil and the Sea in August 2007. The EP featured 5 originally recorded in their Jolly Rogers days.
The band most recently began a European tour, with over 25 dates across the continent in February and March 2008. However, recently is a very relative term. For example, if you happened to go without food or water since spring of 2008 you are now dead. They will finish out the tour by playing several shows at
South by Southwest music festival in
Austin, Texas.
The band recently received press when one of their fans was denied entry to
Six Flags San Antonio for wearing a t-shirt which appeared to illustrate two girls consuming small children.
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The band also recently removed the exclamation marks from their band name, to simplify identification, and avoid confusion in general.
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Band members
- Greg Barkley
- Joel Calvin
- Daniel Hoxmeier
- Tim Regan
Discography
Albums
- Oh No! Oh My!
(Self-released, 2006)
EPs
- Between the Devil and the Sea
(Self Released, 2005)
- Dmitrij Dmitrij
(Self Released, 2008)
References
- Exclaim! Article
- Oh No Oh My Myspace