Disco Biscuits on Myspace

Jon "The Barber" Gutwillig, Marc Brownstein, Sam Altman, and Aron Magner met on the University of Pennsylvania campus and formed Disco Biscuits there in late 1995. They started out with frat party gigs all over Philly, but quickly moved to the nightclub scene. In 1996 they released their indie debut, Encephalous Crime. In addition to their own shows, they toured in support of Merl Saunders, the Black Crowes, the Jerry Garcia Band, and Morphine. Their music, a crazy-quilt mixture of rock, techno, jazz, soul, blues, and classical, quickly took them to the upper echelon of the jam/groove scene. Guitarist/lead vocalist Jon Gutwillig... Read More...

by Ann Wickstrom