"A dazzling collection! It strikes me that Pontiac was so uncontainably prescient that one might think that these tracks had been assembledtoday."
- David Bowie
Nerve Radio will be previewing 'Marvin Pontiac's Greatest Hits' all this week. They also have some pretty funny audio snips of a rare Marvin Pontiac interview. and if you like what you hear, you can get the album directly from here.
Here are some more artists influenced by Mr. Pontiac:
"In my formative years, as an aspiring bass player, there was nothing Ilistened to more than Marvin Pontiac." - Flea
"Marvin would kick your ass for nothing. A true genius, Marvin was apure original." - Iggy Pop
"The innovation and possibility in this music leaves me speechless." - Beck
"Marvin is good." - Angelique Kidjo
"...beds of eerie, hypnotic, textural rhythm with that tragic voice ofthe American male floating on top, or actually below." - Mike Gordon, Phish