Nervous Cabaret
Nervous Cabaret is an American punk-cabaret band from Brooklyn, New York, which formed in 2002.
History
The singer Elyas Khan's stage creation Fragmented Devotion To You, an operetta he conceived, wrote, and scored the surrounding music for, debuted at the 2001 DUMBO Arts Festival in Brooklyn, and was the final stage in the development of his band Nervous Cabaret.The band has also performed with Amanda Palmer and Sxip Shirey at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Jil Is Lucky at La Cigale theatre in Paris, France Additionally, Nervous Cabaret performed on the same stage with Sonic Youth at Les Escales Festival in Saint-Nazaire, France.
Nervous Cabaret also supported Amanda Palmer on tour at the Bijou Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee.
In 2008, Nervous Cabaret was invited to perform at the Louvre museum in Paris.
Band members
- Elyas Khan vocals, guitar, bass, electronics
- Fred Wright cornet, recorder
- Brian Geltner drums, percussion, organ
- Greg Wieczorek drums, percussion
- Don Undeen baritone saxophone, clarine
- Sam Kulik trombone