Congo Norvell is a band led by Kid Congo Powers

Kid Congo Powers

Kid Congo Powers is the stage name of Brian Tristan , an American rock guitarist and singer, best known as a member of The Gun Club, The Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.-Biography:...

 and Sally Norvell. Congo Norvell formed in 1990 after Powers and Norvell met at the deathbed of a friend in Los Angeles

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Various incarnations of the band have included Jim Sclavunos

Jim Sclavunos

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, Paul Wallfisch, Brian Emrich

Brian Emrich

Brian Emrich is a sound designer, composer, and musician. His sound design credits include the films π, Requiem for a Dream, One Hour Photo and Phone Booth. He records music under the moniker Psilonaut, and has collaborated with Foetus and Congo Norvell.-External links:* at Internet Movie Database...

, Kristian Hoffman

Kristian Hoffman

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 (Mumps, Swinging Madisons), Mary Mullen, Joe Berardi and Jack Martin. For 1996 tours of Europe and the U.S., the band included bassist Bill Bronson and keyboardist Hoagie Hill (both also played on the album "The Dope..."). Singer Mark Eitzel

Mark Eitzel

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 from American Music Club

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was featured in duets with Norvell on 1998's "Abnormals Anonymous".

Discography

• Lullabies 10" (Fiasco) 1993
• Music to Remember Him By (Basura/Priority) 1994
• Live in the Mission 7" (XXX) 1995
• It Came From Beneath L.A. Comp (XXX) 1995
• The Dope, the Lies, the Vaseline (Basura/Priority) 1996
• Abnormals Anonymous" (Jetset) 1998

External links

• http://www.kidcongopowers.com/disconorvell.html
• Guitarist Kid Congo Powers discusses the life and times of Congo Norvell from NewYorkNightTrain.com