178 Product

One Seven Eight Product emerged from various musical collaborations in our basement rehearsal space underneath the original Max Fish Bar at 178 Ludlow Street LES. For 27 years many creative musicians came and went so in 2012 we started having sessions with invited guests that improved to the point that we wanted to take things above ground. At first, One Seven Eight was an unwieldy 13 piece unit that included former (or current) members of Liquid Liquid, Les Savy Fav, Phenomenal Handclap Band, The Rapture, Habibi, Felice Rosser, Neurotic Drum Band, Other Music & more. Currently, the band is distilled down to 4 or 5 members to make the sound more personal and pliable. The musical approach is unprepared songs meaning tracks composed on the spot. Stylistically it's a little kraut bongo rock, deep groove, California sunshine juxtaposed against the NYC subway & punk-funk with the creative process not hidden but celebrated.

Members of 178 Product include:
Salvatore Principato (Liquid Liquid, Fist of Facts)
Gerald Hammill (Other Music, The Catherine Wheel US)
Elliot Taub (Ulysses, Neurotic Drum Band)
Fernando Avila (Subskins, Death By Comfort)
Leslly Almeida (Rebecca Kill, Fist of Facts)
+ special guests