The Flying Luttenbachers

The Flying Luttenbachers
The Flying Luttenbachers
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	No wave; noise rock; death metal; hardcore punk; punk jazz; free jazz;
Years active	1991–2007; 2017–present;
Labels	Skin Graft Records; Troubleman Unlimited; ugEXPLODE Records;
Members	Weasel Walter, drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, woodwinds, electronics, main composer; Luke Polipnick, bass guitar (2023-present), James Paul Nadien, drums (2024-present)
Past members	Hal Russell, tenor and soprano saxes, trumpet, vibraphone, drums, co founder (1991-1992); Chad Organ, tenor sax, moog synthesizer, baritone sax (1992-1994); Ken Vandermark, tenor sax, Bb and bass clarinets (1992-1994); Jeb Bishop, bass, Casio keyboard, trombone (1993-1994, 2022); Dylan Posa, guitar, Casio keyboard (1993-1994, 1998); Chuck Falzone, guitar, bass (1995-1998); William Pisarri, bass, Bb clarinet, voice, etc. (1995-1998); Aaron Dilloway, drums (1997); Kurt Johnson, bass, contrabass (1998-2000); Michael Colligan, tenor sax, Bb and alto clarinets, etc. (1998-2000); Julie Pomerleau, violin (1998); Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello (1998-2000); Alex Perkolup, bass (2001-2002, 2022); Jonathan Hischke, bass (2001-2002); Ed Rodriguez, guitar, bass (2003-2006); Mike Green, bass (2003-2005, 2006); Mick Barr, guitar, bass (2005); Rob Pumpelly, guitar, bass (2006); Tony Dryer, bass (2006); Chris Welcome, guitar (2017); Evan Lipson, bass (2018); Brandon Seabrook, guitar (2018-2019); Henry Kaiser, guitar (2007, 2019); Wendy Eisenberg, guitar (2019); Tim Dahl, bass (2017-2021); Matt Nelson, tenor sax (2018-2021); Alex Ward, guitar (2019); Katie Battistoni, guitar (2019-2021); Sam Ospovat, drums (2020-2021); Charlie Werber, drums (2022-2024);
Website	www.theflyingluttenbachers.com

The Flying Luttenbachers are an American instrumental unit led by multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser and producer Weasel Walter.^[1]

The Flying Luttenbachers have created a body of work focused on musical extremity and dissonance. Their music ranges from intense all-acoustic free improvisation to complex and modernistic rock composition, and from electronic noise to punk-inspired jazz.^[2] Walter has been quoted as saying he has drawn musical inspiration from the fields of punk, death metal, free jazz, and no wave.^[3]

^ Chicago Reader Interview "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Scene Point Blank interview http://www.scenepointblank.com/features/47
^ Sanchez, John (12 September 1996). "Music Notes: Flying Luttenbachers take off". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2018-12-18.

[1] Chicago Reader Interview "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Scene Point Blank interview http://www.scenepointblank.com/features/47

[3] Sanchez, John (12 September 1996). "Music Notes: Flying Luttenbachers take off". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2018-12-18.

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