Bad Elvis Impersonators

This channel is dedicated to the music of the Bad Elvis Impersonators, a short lived, but critically acclaimed band from Dayton OH.  Bad Elvis Impersonators began as a solo project by Jeff Brelsford who recorded Sticky Appendages in his basement studio.  When Sticky Appendages began getting good reviews in alternative/punk zines and airplay on college radio stations, Jeff recruited Lynne (aka Jacynne) Browne to play keyboards and Fred Benke to play bass.  BEI always featured a Roland TR-707 on drums.  As the band evolved, Dennis  Schlicter briefly took over on bass before the final evolution when Lynne programmed the synths to play themselves and started playing bass.  BEI's second release, Scenic Trash, features Jeff on guitar, bass, drum machine, synth, most vocals, and clips and Lynne on synth and occasionally on guitar, drum machine, and vocals.  Fred plays bass on Worry and Itty Bitty City.  While some of the songs are quite dated, others are eerily prophetic.