The Whirling Dervishes (band)

Whirling Dervishes
Whirling Dervishes
	Whirling Dervishes, New Brunswick, NJ, 1994 — with Dan Paola, Billy Siegel, Don Dazzo, John Bryan, Bob Ardrey and Jerry Heer
Background information
Origin	Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock;
Years active	1981–present;
Labels	WM Recordings; Foundation Records; Continuum Records; Rondor Music;
Members	Bob Ardrey (guitar, vocals); Don Dazzo (lead vocals); Dan Paola (guitar, vocals); Billy Siegel (keyboards, vocals); Jerry Heer (bass); John Bryan (drums, percussion)

Whirling Dervishes are an American alternative rock band from Westfield, New Jersey. Formed in 1981 initially as Johnny Bravo and his Whirling Dervishes, the band shortened its name in 1983 to Whirling Dervishes.^[1] Their sound has been described as a combination of Roxy Music, The Stooges, Nine Inch Nails and The Wonderstuff.^[2]

^ Wien, Gary (January 21, 2012). "The Whirling Dervishes and Everlounge". newjerseystage.com. New Jersey Stage. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
^ Makin, Robert (March 18, 1992), "Jersey Jams", NJ Newsbeat, p. 18, If you put Roxy Music, The Stooges, Nine Inch Nails and The Wonderstuff into a whirling blender, what would you get? We'll once you got past all the severed heads, you'd find Whirling Dervishes, whose new LP, Strange and Wonderful, gloriously lives up to it's [sic] name.

[1] Wien, Gary (January 21, 2012). "The Whirling Dervishes and Everlounge". newjerseystage.com. New Jersey Stage. Retrieved May 22, 2017.

[2] Makin, Robert (March 18, 1992), "Jersey Jams", NJ Newsbeat, p. 18, If you put Roxy Music, The Stooges, Nine Inch Nails and The Wonderstuff into a whirling blender, what would you get? We'll once you got past all the severed heads, you'd find Whirling Dervishes, whose new LP, Strange and Wonderful, gloriously lives up to it's [sic] name.

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