That earlier band, however, probably is remembered more for its outlandish stage props - jungle foliage, Christmas trees, Jack o' Lanterns, depending on the season - than for having a compelling sound. The Crack Babies - which also includes guitarists Mike Odell and Pete Young and "spiritual adviser" Mike Heffelfinger - evolved from the local band Gooney Birds, which was formed in 1987, Crack says, as a joking response to the Top 40 and cover acts that dominated local clubs. Whatever the Crack Babies are, Allen said he is not concerned about having to market a band so far removed from the mainstream: "That's not a factor at all. "But they do have that mid-1970s progressive groove. "They remind me of Captain Beefheart," Allen said over the telephone. "Yeah, I've heard the Hawkwind comparison before," Crack said, not disapprovingly, between sips of beer at the Fun House in Bethlehem, where Crack Babies perform frequently. Toss in spacey, atmospheric jamming and Crack's harsh, cutting declarations, and what you get is something that suggests an unholy alliance of Funkadelic, Hawkwind and Iggy Pop. So, apparently, do many Lehigh Valley music fans, judging by the crowds that the Crack Babies have been drawing on the strength of the band's knotty, dissonant guitar lines tangled around bruising rock and funk rhythms.
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