Amfibian

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Amfibian
Country	New Jersey, USA
Years active	2000 - 2001, 2004 - present
Genres	Rock
Members	Tom Marshall Chris Metaxas Joe Larsen Bob Kay Anthony Krizan
Past members	Scott Metzger Andrew Southern Matt Kohut Pete Cottone JP Wasicko

Amfibian is a musical project led by Phish lyricist Tom Marshall. Future members of the band appeared on Marshall's 2000 solo album Amfibian Tales, after which Marshall (on vocals and keyboards) officially formed Amfibian as a proper band. The group initially included guitarists Scott Metzger and Andrew Southern, bassist Matt Kohut (formerly of Ween), and drummers Pete Cottone and JP Wasicko. The group played a series of concerts in 2001, including a benefit for murdered Phish fan Kristin Laurite at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The show, hosted by Kevin Cassels of The Pharmer's Almanac, was to be released as a live album, but Marshall temporarily retired Amfibian at the end of the year.

Three years later in 2004, Marshall reformed a completely new Amfibian with guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist Chris Metaxas and released the band's first studio album, From the Ether, in the spring. The band has been unofficially inactive since the fall of 2004. However, in early 2006, Marshall launched an Amfibian page on MySpace, with a new song, Sheep. In the fall of 2006, the site was updated to announce that their new album has been completed. Titled Skip The Goodbyes, it is tentatively slated for release in January, 2007.