Paul and Storm
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Paul and Storm | |
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Origin | Arlington, Virginia |
Country | United States |
Years active | 2004–present |
Genres | Comedy |
Labels | Bulletproof Artist Management |
Members | Paul Sabourin Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo |
Paul and Storm is an Arlington, Virginia-based comedic musical duo consisting of Paul Sabourin and Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo. They had formerly been half of the a cappella group Da Vinci’s Notebook. When that group went on their "Moxy Früvous-style hiatus" the two struck out on their own, with Paul playing keyboard and pennywhistle and Storm on the guitar.
They are favorites of Dr. Demento. After being frequent guests on the Bob and Tom show, they were invited to do a regular feature: a topical song of the week. Many of these have been collected on their album News to Us.
While they mainly perform live as a duo, they had the help of many guest musicians on their album Opening Band, including Mike Clem and Eddie Hartness of Eddie from Ohio and Valerie Vagoda, Brendon Milburn, and Gene Lewin from Groovelily. Groovelily performed as Paul and Storm's back-up band at the 2005 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
Their fans are affectionately known as Paul and Storm Troopers.
Paul and Storm are both ordained ministers of the Universal Life Church.
[edit] Influences
- Tom Lehrer
- Weird Al Yankovic
- The Bobs
- The Beatles
- They Might Be Giants
- Moxy Fruvous
- Cheesy 80's music (Styx, one hit wonders, Men at Work, etc.)
- Cheesy 70's music (but not so much Disco)
- Bruce Springsteen
- Springfield
- Earlier Rockapella
- Old Tin Pan Alley music
- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
- Spike Jones (the old one)
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Older television jingles and theme songs
- Christopher Walken
- Gilbert & Sullivan
- Stephen Sondheim
- Stan Freberg
- Randy Newman
- Billy Joel
- Eddie from Ohio
- Stephen Lynch
- Barenaked Ladies
[edit] Discography
- Shame and Cookie Dough EP
- Opening Band
- News to Us
[edit] Homepage
Paul and Storm Professional singing persons