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Mike Keneally

Person · male · United States · Long Island · born 1961 · recording since 1992

American musician

jazz fusion

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Also known as Michael Joseph Keneally · Mike Keneally & Friends · The Mike Keneally Report · マイク・ケネリー

Debut: 1992
Recording span: 34 years
Release groups: 32
Timeline events: 25
Wiki language versions: 12

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Timeline

25 events▣ Album 23◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1960s
1. 20 December 1961 · Birth
  Born 1961-12-20
  source: wikidata
1990s
1. 1992 · Debut release
  Debut release: hat.
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1992 · Album
  Album: hat.
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1994 · Album
  Album: Boil That Dust Speck
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1999 · Album
  Album: Nonkertompf
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 24 August 1999 · Album
  Album: Nonkertalk
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2001 · Album
  Album: Wooden Smoke
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2001 · Album
  Album: Wooden Smoke Asleep
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2004 · Album
  Album: The Universe Will Provide
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2004 · Album
  Album: Parallel Universe
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2004 · Album
  Album: Vai Piano Reductions, Vol. 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2007 · Album
  Album: Healing Force: The Songs of Albert Ayler
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2 June 2008 · Album
  Album: Wine and Pickles
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 2009 · Album
  Album: Scambot 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 2009 · Album
  Album: Songs & Stories Inspired by Scambot 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2010 · Album
  Album: Evidence of Humanity
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 23 July 2012 · Album
  Album: Wing Beat Fantastic
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 27 August 2013 · Album
  Album: You Must Be This Tall
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2016 · Album
  Album: Scambot 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 1 April 2022 · Album
  Album: Dancing Demos
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 24 February 2023 · Album
  Album: The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 4 August 2023 · Album
  Album: Inkling (More from the Scambot 2 Sessions)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1 September 2023 · Album
  Album: Monday
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1 December 2023 · Album
  Album: BASK
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 5 September 2025 · Album
  Album: Friday
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography1,034 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368734448

Biography

Michael Joseph Keneally (born December 20, 1961) is an American guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer. Keneally leads his own band, and is also known for a stint with Frank Zappa and for extensive work as a session musician with a range of performers.

Early years and musical influences

Keneally started playing music at the age of 7 when he received an electric organ for his birthday. He also received a guitar on his eleventh birthday, and plays bass and drums as well. His early childhood musical influences included the Beatles and theme music from cartoon and television shows such as The Wallace and Ladmo Show and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Career

Born on Long Island, New York, he moved to San Diego, California at an early age and has been present on the local music scene there since 1985, when he formed the local cult band Drop Control. Although a well established musician, Keneally is probably most well known as former Frank Zappa "stunt guitarist" and a Zappa 1988 tour band member on both guitar and keyboards. Keneally's appointment to that role was secured by his command of Zappa's vast and difficult-to-play repertoire.
Keneally had called Zappa and said that he was "extremely familiar with all of his material and that he would be ready to play any of it for him given a short amount of preparation time", as he had already "been listening to Zappa's music for 16 years". "On the phone the day before the audition Frank had told me to have 'What's New in Baltimore?' and 'Sinister Footwear' ready for the next day's audition". On the way to the audition Keneally practiced the aforementioned songs, as well as "Little House I Used to Live in", and "every single Zappa melody I could think of, kind of as an exercise for my memory" as his brother Marty was driving the car.
Keneally's stint in the Zappa touring band was short-lived, with the early cancellation of the 1988 tour and Zappa's death in 1993. Keneally moved on from the elder Zappa's band to work with the eldest Zappa son, Dweezil, on his solo albums and work released as the band Z.
Keneally has also released 11 albums of solo material since 1992 and has guested or acted as sideman on a wide variety of projects, most notably as part of Steve Vai's touring bands. He has played guitar and keyboards with Yo Miles!, Wadada Leo Smith, Norwegian legends Ulver and Henry Kaiser's Miles Davis tribute band as well as recording the 1995 album The Mistakes with Henry Kaiser, Prairie Prince, and Andy West (formerly of Dixie Dregs). He has also produced albums for several bands, including Chris Opperman's debut album, Oppy Music, Vol. I: Purple, Crayon.
In 1998 Vai requested that Keneally arrange and perform an album of Vai's music on acoustic piano. Recorded in 1999, the album was finally released in 2004 as Vai Piano Reductions, Vol. 1Vai Piano Reductions, Vol. 12004 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1All About Eve5:102Die to Live6:113Salamanders in the Sun3:424Bledsoe Bluvd5:525Ballerina 12/241:466Dyin’ Day5:327Touching Tongues5:328Kill the Guy With the Ball / The God Eaters8:409Sisters4:3910Pig4:2411Junkie7:34: Performed by Mike Keneally. According to liner notes, Vai selected the songs, produced the album, and mixed it, releasing it on his own Light Without Heat label. As of 2008 Keneally has arranged from multi-tracked guitar parts to single-track piano the 12 songs selected by Steve and begun work on a second volume of Vai "Piano Reductions".
On May 1, 2007, Keneally's Exowax label re-released his debut album hat. and Boil That Dust Speck as deluxe, remastered double disc versions. A remixed and remastered edition of Sluggo! followed in 2013. Exowax has obtained Keneally's entire back catalog from Immune Records. Planned releases included Half Alive in Hollywood, as well as the Mike Keneally and Beer for Dolphins 1996 VHS release Soap Scum Remover, which will be remixed and remastered for a DVD release, and the Mistakes, his 1995 side project with Henry Kaiser on guitar and Synclavier, bassist Andy West and drummer Prairie Prince, along with a live Mistakes recording that has been held on the side until Keneally was able to re-acquire the rights to the original album.
On November 28, 2006, Keneally announced that he had been hired as National Music Director for The Paul Green School of Rock Music.
He has also toured with Dethklok as a guitarist and backing vocalist.
On July 20, 2008, at El Cajon, Calif., Keneally played a concert as part of "the most exciting power trio in years," Keneally • Minnemann • Beller (KMB), consisting of Mike, drummer Marco Minnemann and long-time collaborating bassist Bryan Beller. The band undertook a full tour in 2009 and became Joe Satriani's worldwide touring band in 2013.
In August 2009, Keneally released a video for a new solo track, "Hallmark", from Scambot 1, the first part of a planned three-album series.
In June 2010, Keneally entered Skywalker Sound as part of the studio band for Joe Satriani's new solo project, along with regular Satriani drummer Jeff Campitelli and bassist Allen Whitman (of San Francisco's surf/psychedelic group the Mermen). This same lineup was scheduled to tour in October and November 2010 in support of the album; however Keneally was replaced by English keyboardist Jem Godfrey for two dates on the UK leg of the tour.
In July 2012, Keneally released Wing Beat Fantastic: Songs written by Mike Keneally & Andy Partridge, a collaborative album consisting primarily of songs co-written with XTC's Andy Partridge during two writing sessions in 2006 and 2008, and of whose band and work Keneally has been a longtime fan (there is a small section of XTC's "Mayor of Simpleton" in the song "Day of the Cow 2" from his 1992 debut solo album hat.)
In August 2014, Keneally participated in the G4 Experience—a week-long guitar camp—with fellow guitarists Satriani, Paul Gilbert, and Andy Timmons.

Current Mike Keneally Band line-up

Mike Keneally - guitar, keys, lead vocals
Bryan Beller - bass, backing vocals
Rick Musallam - guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals
Griff Peters - guitars
Joe Travers, Marco Minnemann, or Nick D'Virgilio, as availability dictates - drums
Keneally has performed in Europe in the years 2002 - 2004 and 2016 with Jaan Wessman (bass) and Schroeder (drums) as "Mike Keneally and Friends". In July/August 2017 the trio changed its name to the "Mike Keneally Report" and performed numerous shows both as headliner as well as supporting Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

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Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	12	64.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	32	90.9th
Studio albums	23	97.2th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	25	95.6th
Recording span (years)	34	72.8th
Genres	4	84.7th

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Discography (32 release groups · 23 studio albums)

Albums · 23

hat.
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:13:03
1Your Quimby Dollars at Work0:38
2I Can't Stop3:31
3Ugly Town3:43
4Open Up!3:20
5Dhen Tin1:17
6Spearmint Pup1:58
7Fencing3:11
8Always Man2:25
9My Immense Superiority Over the Silverfish0:15
10Eno and the Actor2:30
11The Car Song4:52
12Heaven Likes You / Apple Pie2:11
13Backstage With Wilson Phillips2:41
14Here Is What I Dreamed3:06
15Here Is Why2:00
16Performing Miracles3:35
17Spoon Guy1:09
18And That's Why It's Called Spunk0:07
19Johnny One-Note / The Exciting New Toothpaste From Mars1:27
20Day of the Cow 12:23
21Snowcow3:47
22Day of the Cow 21:11
23We're Rockin' All Night With the Tangy Flavor of Cheddar4:54
24Rosemary Girl3:22
25Lightnin' Roy13:30
Boil That Dust Speck
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:14:39
1Sooth2:30
2'Cause of Breakfast5:09
3The Desired Effect3:34
4Skunk2:43
5I'm Glad There's Lemon-Freshened Thorax in You0:09
6Top of Stove Melting2:43
7Aglow2:49
8Bryan Beller's Favorite Song0:21
9Deep-Fried Skinks Are Go!0:32
10Good Morning, Sometime1:41
11Them Dolphins Is Smart0:59
121988 Was a Million Years Ago3:33
13Yep, Them Dolphins Is Smart, Alright2:00
14Bullys (Sic)5:58
15My Dilemma4:03
16Helen Was Brash1:13
17Weekend3:55
18Land of Broken Dreams2:28
19Blameless (The Floating Face)2:16
20That Claim-Jumping Swine, O'Bannon1:07
21Faithful Axe1:26
22Natty Trousers2:27
23Scotch3:47
24There Have Been Bad Moments4:44
25Frang Tang, the Valentine Bear1:53
26I Will0:44
27In the Bone World2:34
28The Old Boat Guy, Part One2:28
29The Old Boat Guy, Part Two2:05
30The Old Boat Guy, Part Three2:48
Nonkertompf
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 35 tracks · 1:13:55
1What Are You Doing1:09
2Click5:05
3I Just Got Here0:44
4Naked Horse1:26
5Blue Jean Baby2:25
6The Knife & Drum2:59
7Paprika0:33
8Nine4:52
9Sunset Over the Paprika Festival0:53
10Juzz0:50
11Chew1:25
12Show Yourself3:32
13Don’t Hurt Our Paprika!0:52
14Clumpy Clumpy O2:17
15Oh Angel1:12
16The Boing-Ah Steroid3:43
17On a Glandular Level0:20
18The Blumpy Hop0:35
19Draconian Blump4:17
20Rake Bannuh’s Men0:46
21Odon0:26
22I Love It Here3:05
23Drumsticks2:06
24Oprah Talks to Teens1:13
25Hum3:01
26Rake’s Men Hurt Their Back0:38
27Piezo Clambake1:31
28Medic!0:13
29Hang Tough0:40
30An Understanding of My Self as Other1:05
31Self ’n’ Other3:47
32O, Stamp Collector1:19
33Show More of Yourself6:11
34Lights Out, Eyes Open0:50
35What I Have Done7:55
Nonkertalk
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:14
1Making Love to Jewel1:40
2Nonkertalk7:31
3Nothing in Front of You1:27
4Nonkertalk4:50
5Buzzbomb Creeper3:06
6Nonkertalk20:22
7A Little Break0:22
8Nonkertalk8:17
9Clumpy Clumpy Banjo0:39
Wooden Smoke
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 47:09
1Hello2:58
2Bags1:43
3Haugseth4:03
420013:46
5New England2:24
6Nanny-Ass Crow1:55
7Dee 'n' A6:47
8Boom0:48
95 Legs2:15
10Father's Day3:24
11Pantomime3:13
12Machupicchu4:43
13Wooden Smoke3:42
14Thanksgiving5:28
Wooden Smoke Asleep
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 36:56
1David Lynch's Curtains2:29
2Me, Innate3:46
34 Legs2:28
4The Canyon1:18
5Kane St.2:40
6Testing1:29
7Paloma0:59
8Boom 20011:58
9Hi2:53
10Haunted Wind1:23
11The Velvet of Knowing4:28
12The Haunted Wind of Commanche0:50
13David Lynch's Curtains - Sleepwalk With Me1:49
14Thanks0:56
15Nanny-Ass Coda1:49
16And, So1:28
17Mumbledy Bag1:48
18Manhattan2:25
The Universe Will Provide
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 51:40
1Blue 681:52
2All of Them Were Quiet6:12
3Room6:01
4Insert Here I0:39
5Archaic Peace Strategies2:58
6Four Slices of Toast11:45
7Mwah²1:43
8Worrywart Spoonguy5:55
9When Drums Dream1:04
10Insert Here II0:34
11Not Just Flutes4:47
12Quiet1:24
13Bullies6:46
Parallel Universe
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 40:26
1Atticus4:26
2Mwah Origin1:32
3The Big Tiger9:45
4Libby's Website1:19
5Roomius6:48
6Sirius4:35
7Bullius1:23
8Misc.2:40
9Claudius3:27
10Co/MK3:23
11Blue 691:08
Vai Piano Reductions, Vol. 1
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 59:02
1All About Eve5:10
2Die to Live6:11
3Salamanders in the Sun3:42
4Bledsoe Bluvd5:52
5Ballerina 12/241:46
6Dyin’ Day5:32
7Touching Tongues5:32
8Kill the Guy With the Ball / The God Eaters8:40
9Sisters4:39
10Pig4:24
11Junkie7:34
Healing Force: The Songs of Albert Ayler
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:19:16
1New New Grass / Message From Albert3:23
2Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe20:11
3Japan / Universal Indians10:53
4A Man Is Like a Tree5:25
5Oh! Love of Life12:28
6Thank God for Women5:40
7Heart Love6:19
8New Generation9:36
9New Ghosts / New Message5:21
Wine and Pickles
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:18:15
12CTV0:33
2Feelin' Strangely7:03
3Li'l (Signature Sound version)7:30
4Backwards Deb (3rd Person)6:19
5Bubble Creek1:58
6Never Ever Wrong2:57
7Unused Hum0:26
8I Heard About What You Said0:54
9Inhale (feat. Lyle Workman)6:40
104S6:14
11Skull Bubbles (Uncut)7:09
12Stop for Flashing Red Light, Part One4:02
13Lonely Man (Studio)3:59
14Selfish Otter (Uncut)6:10
15A Concise Piano Statement0:40
16Aerodef1:53
17Kevorkian 31:45
18Thou Shalt Not Kill2:11
19Paloma (alternate version)2:03
20Kevorkian 170:43
21The Endings of Things7:06
Scambot 1
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 31 tracks · 2:03:10
Disc 118 tracks · 1:06:40
1Big Screen Boboli1:01
2Ophunji's Theme1:12
3Hallmark4:44
4Chee4:44
5Tomorrow1:58
6Cat Bran Sammich, Part 13:10
7You Named Me2:45
8Cat Bran Sammich, Part 22:10
9Saturate2:36
10M0:51
11Cold Hands2:49
12We Are the Quiet Children8:24
13Foam1:41
14The Brink0:53
15Life's Too Small6:43
16Behind the Door4:19
17Gita12:10
18DaDunDa4:30
Disc 213 tracks · 56:30
1Intro0:10
2Ahmmm... Ms. Loring...6:41
3Tiny Red Bug3:30
4Tomorrow (karaoke mix)3:05
5It Begins4:22
6Hallmark Fantasia1:56
7Broken Chair3:45
8Twinge6:51
9Saturate (demo)3:13
10Some Crazy Mishap1:25
11The 3rd Eye11:03
12Hallmark (2006 mix)4:20
13Credits6:09
Songs & Stories Inspired by Scambot 1
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:22
1Intro0:09
2Ahmmm...Ms. Loring...6:40
3Tiny Red Bug3:30
4Tomorrow (Karaoke Mix)3:04
5It Begins4:22
6Hallmark Fantasia1:55
7Broken Chair3:44
8Twinge6:50
9Saturate (Demo)3:13
10Some Crazy Mishap1:25
11The 3rd Eye11:03
12Hallmark (2006 Mix)4:19
13Credits6:08
Evidence of Humanity
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 2:25:43
Disc 117 tracks · 50:50
1Respect?5:16
2Evidence of Humanity2:18
3Three People Ran Naked Through School1:22
4Tooth and Cold Stone Pew4:05
5Now1:41
6Bastards Into Battle1:27
7You and Your Problems1:53
8Bad Friday0:51
9Rough Time at the Hotel2:55
10Whoa1:29
11Kaa2:47
12Clown Removal7:45
13Forgive and Remember1:32
14Apex Music2:08
15Our Collected Wisdom to Date1:13
16Trying7:37
17A Place to Stay for the Night4:31
Disc 22 tracks · 1:34:53
1Elements of a Manatee: Live Duo Improv54:54
2A Conversation With Mike and Marco39:59
Wing Beat Fantastic
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:11
1The Ineffable Oomph of Everything, Part One1:01
2I'm Raining Here, Inside3:34
3Wing Beat Fantastic3:26
4The Ineffable Oomph of Everything, Part Two0:30
5You Kill Me5:18
6Friend of a Friend0:50
7That's Why I Have No Name4:06
8Your House3:51
9Miracle Woman and Man4:33
10Inglow4:50
11Bobeau5:55
12Land2:17
You Must Be This Tall
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:09
1You Must Be This Tall4:52
2Cavanaugh3:51
3Plum0:40
4Cornbread Crumb6:32
5Kidzapunk4:45
6Pitch Pipe4:19
7The Rider6:47
8Bolarius0:43
9Popes2:51
10Indicator1:26
115th St.1:56
12Glop5:27
Scambot 2
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 34 tracks · 1:52:33
Disc 115 tracks · 1:04:32
1In the Trees10:28
2Roots Twist3:02
3Sam3:20
4Clipper4:36
5Forget About It0:46
6Pretzels4:25
7Buzz4:32
8Race the Stars3:44
9O1:26
10Roll6:23
11Constructed3:46
12Freezer Burn5:23
13Scores of People5:22
14Cold Hands Gnat4:00
15Proceed3:19
Disc 219 tracks · 48:01
1Presence0:48
2Scambot2:17
3Boghs4:01
4Sickness2:01
5The Coma2:11
6I Need You0:45
7Falafel1:29
8O Elastic Love!1:23
9Cram8:10
10Mystery Song0:04
11E0:37
12The Scorpions5:32
13Skating Backwards2:15
14Tom7:01
15Mayday!1:25
16Lovesong1:27
17Back It Up2:54
18Inkling1:37
19Uncompressed Rag2:04
Dancing Demos
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 37:12
1Live in Japan (Demo)4:56
2We'll Be Right Back (Demo)7:09
3Lonely Man (Demo)3:58
4Ankle Bracelet (Demo)4:49
5Dancing (Demo)2:55
6Lhai-Sal (Demo)2:19
7I Was Not Ready for You (Demo)3:10
8Friends and Family (Demo)3:56
9Skull Bubbles (Demo)4:00
The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 41:21
1Logos3:11
2Both Sides of the Street2:40
3Mercury in Second Grade4:41
4Celery5:02
5Spigot (Draw the Pirate)5:10
6Ack3:32
7Lana4:34
8Big Hit Song5:08
9The Carousel of Progress7:23
Inkling (More from the Scambot 2 Sessions)
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 48:01
1Presence0:48
2Scambot2:17
3Boghe4:01
4Sickness2:01
5The Coma2:11
6I Named You0:45
7Falafel1:29
8O Elastic Love!1:23
9Cram8:10
10Mystery Song0:04
11E0:37
12The Scorpions5:32
13Skating Backwards2:15
14Tom7:01
15Mayday!1:25
16Lovesong1:27
17Back It Up2:54
18Inkling1:37
19Uncompressed Rag2:04
Monday
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 23:43
1Monday2:57
2Brother2:09
3Sand Worm2:38
4Don Quixote En El Autobahn2:24
5Lower Deck2:31
6Enter3:19
7Alive Man5:00
8Aviarium2:45
BASK
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 49:52
1Wake Up Dragon1:53
2Cruxt7:57
3Always Make It So5:52
4Sit Around a Fire3:27
5Bask5:04
6DNA of the Fairies5:24
7The Potion5:36
8Permítame5:17
9Quarry2:54
10Stick It on Pong/Abrasions/Sleep Dragon6:28
Friday
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 23:11
1Friday1:18
2A Shower1:19
3No One’s Off0:59
4Bones1:43
5Meeting the Kid for Lunch5:22
6Pagans On the Prairie1:49
7Si and Am3:18
8Gamboge3:51
9Simon and Garfunkel in Anza Borrego3:32

EP · 3

EP release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
2008	The Scambot Holiday SpecialSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 14:36 1The Quest1:03 2Holiday Face5:06 3The Swordfight1:06 4Salve-Dependent Scorpions5:30 5The Owl1:51	6 December 2008
2013	Free EP Volume 2Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 27:27 1Oh Angel1:12 2Lhai Sal6:08 3Pride Is A Sin5:07 4Looking For Nina5:00 5Cardboard Dog10:00	2013
2013	Free EP Volume 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 33:05 1Choosing To Drown5:07 2Dolphins8:18 3What Are You Doing2:35 4Ankle Bracelet5:50 5Nonkerchunk11:15	2013

Album · 6

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
2024	Nonkertompf Live: Groningen, The Netherlands - October 19, 2001Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 54:00 1Nonkertompf Live Intro1:08 2What Are You Doing? Part One0:52 3I Just Got Here1:36 4Naked Horse1:24 5Blue Jean Baby1:41 6The Knife & Drum1:00 7Paprika1:17 8Nine6:37 9Sunset Over the Paprika Festival1:18 10Show Yourself3:37 11Don’t Hurt Our Paprika!1:39 12Clumpy Clumpy O1:19 13Oh Angel1:23 14The Boing‐Ah Steroid4:42 15On a Glandular Level0:51 16Rake’s Men Hurt Their Back0:43 17Hum6:41 18Piezo Clambake1:34 19Oprah Talks to Teens1:42 20Self ’n’ Other6:22 21O, Stamp Collector1:49 22Click0:35 23What Are You Doing? Part Two1:09 24Lights Out, Eyes Open3:01	Live	3 May 2024
2024	Freaks in a Mellow Mood, Vol. 1 – Live Acoustic 2003Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:47 1Radio Keneally Jingle (3 Variations) - Soundcheck, Fairview United Methodist Church, Fairview, PA - Nov 09 20030:31 2The Car Song - Victor’s House of Music, Paramus, NJ - Nov 12 20036:20 31988 Was a Million Years Ago - Victor’s House of Music, Paramus, NJ - Nov 12 20034:38 4Ankle Bracelet - Sides Family Music Center, Williamsport, PA - Nov 10 20034:33 5Hello - Sides Family Music Center, Williamsport, PA - Nov 10 20033:01 6Our Best Campfire Song - Sides Family Music Center, Williamsport, PA - Nov 10 20030:53 7Aye-Aye Monster - Lauzon Music, Ottawa, ON - Nov 4 20035:47 8Bober - Northern Lights, Littleton, NH - Nov 3 20036:34 9Lightnin' Onion Roy - Soundcheck, Lauzon Music, Ottawa, ON - Nov 4 20033:29 10Machu Picchu - Sides Family Music Center, Williamsport, PA - Nov 10 20034:47 11Physics - Fairview United Methodist Church, Fairview, PA - Nov 09 20031:54 12Career Politicians - Guitar Center, Tanawanda, NY - Nov 5 20036:44 13Love Theme from Vulture Fun - Sides Family Music Center, Williamsport, PA - Nov 10 20031:28 14And Your Bird Can Sing - Sides Family Music Center, Williamsport, PA - Nov 10 20032:35 15Potato - Victor’s House of Music, Paramus, NJ - Nov 12 20033:55 16Cowlogy (Broken String Variation) - Fairview United Methodist Church, Fairview, PA - Nov 09 20038:15 17Checking a Section of Live in Japan - Soundcheck, Victor’s House of Music, Paramus, NJ - Nov 12 20031:23	Live	6 September 2024
2024	Freaks in a Mellow Mood, Vol. 2 – Live Acoustic 2003Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:02:58 1Skunk - Rochester, NY Nov 8 '032:54 2I'm Glad There's Lemon-Freshened Thorax in You - Rochester, NY Nov 8 '031:01 3Li'l Part 1 - London, Ontario Nov 7 '035:46 4Blue 68 - London, Ontario Nov 7 '031:00 5Li'l Part 2 - London & Williamsport Nov 7 & 10 '031:33 6Pride is a Sin - Cambridge, Ontario Nov 6 '035:24 7Dee 'n' A - Paramus & Wilmington Nov 11 & 12 '032:16 8Bear Divide - Wilmington, DE Nov 11 '032:31 9We'll Be Right Back - London, Ontario Nov 7 '038:05 10Dear Prudence - Cambridge, Ontario Nov 6 '034:03 11Father's Day - Paramus NJ Nov 12 '034:12 12Lhai Sal - Accent Music, Wilmington, DE - Nov 11 20034:27 13The Desired Effect - Rochester, NY Nov 8 '034:57 14Dancing - London, Ontario Nov 7 '033:18 15Your Quimby Dollars at Work - London, Ontario Nov 7 '032:36 16I Can't Stop - London, Ontario Nov 7 '034:58 17Thanksgiving - Paramus NJ Nov 12 '033:57	Live	6 December 2024
2025	Freaks in a Mellow Mood, Vol. 3 – Live Acoustic 2003Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:06:26 1Self ’n’ Other5:25 2I’m Afraid3:24 3My Dilemma5:42 4Nonkerchunk9:34 5Paranoid Android6:19 6Tug4:42 7Live in Japan5:16 8Beautiful5:10 92 + 2 = 53:21 10Supermarket People7:44 11Spearmint Pup1:53 12Inca Roads7:56	Live	1 August 2025
2025	MKAF '03 – Live Adventures in EuropeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 33 tracks · 2:56:46 1Aye Aye Monster 14:44 2Kedgeree10:05 3My Dilemma8:51 4Bober4:46 5Live in Japan4:13 6Some Skunk Punk4:54 7Aye Aye Monster 26:53 81988 Was a Million Years Ago3:28 9Never Ever Wrong2:59 10Cowlogy8:32 11Beautiful4:40 12What Are You Trying to Say? (A.K.A. Jaan's Dilemma)3:38 1340,000 Headmen5:04 14Empty Pages5:41 15Pantomime3:13 16Pride is a Sin3:54 175 Legs3:55 18Everybody's Got Spheres4:52 19We'll Be Right Back9:02 20Inca Roads9:10 21Killer Fish6:43 22Except for the Ladies1:35 23I Was Not Ready for You4:39 24Suburbs of Uglytown4:03 25Rosemary Girl4:00 26Father's Day3:31 27Not to Speak Of6:22 28Joe4:32 29The Ones Who Have Spheres3:17 30Eno and the Actor3:19 31Top of Stove Melting7:17 32I Can't Stop5:45 33Skull Bubbles9:09	Live	5 December 2025
2026	Off-BroadwaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:46:59 1"You Guys Gonna Start Right Away, or...?"2:16 2Snowcow7:09 3Father's Day3:56 4Intro to Dolphins1:02 5Dolphins7:32 6Pride is a Sin4:35 7My Dilemma7:08 8Intro to 2001/The Entertainer1:15 920013:47 10Intro to Supermarket People1:29 11Supermarket People7:46 12Not Really Roy/Intro to Uglytown1:28 13Uglytown6:43 14Haugseth2:11 15Performing Miracles4:38 16The Mystery Music5:23 17Panda6:13 18"Can I Get Some Water?"/Intro to Nonkerchunk1:18 19Nonkerchunk10:12 20"Eric, You Rock Tonight"0:48 21Potato4:02 22Inca Roads10:06 23"I Know What You Wanna Here"/Intro to Breakfast0:39 24'Cause of Breakfast5:23	Live	1 May 2026

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Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	12	64.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	32	90.9th
Studio albums	23	97.2th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	25	95.6th
Recording span (years)	34	72.8th
Genres	4	84.7th

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Stanley Snail(band)	—	present
Z(band)	—	present
Mike Keneally & Beer for Dolphins(band)	—	present
Mike Keneally Band(band)	—	present
Drop Control(band)	—	present	lead vocals
Drop Control(band)	—	present	electric guitar
SadHappy(band)	—	present
ProgJect(band)	—	present
The Mistakes(band)	—	present
MullMuzzler(band)	1999	2005	guitar,original

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portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
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aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q637388
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q637388
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Keneally
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Keneally

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Timeline

1960s

Born 1961-12-20

1990s

Debut release: hat.

Album: hat.

Album: Boil That Dust Speck

Album: Nonkertompf

Album: Nonkertalk

2000s

Album: Wooden Smoke

Album: Wooden Smoke Asleep

Album: The Universe Will Provide

Album: Parallel Universe

Album: Vai Piano Reductions, Vol. 1

Album: Healing Force: The Songs of Albert Ayler

Album: Wine and Pickles

Album: Scambot 1

Album: Songs & Stories Inspired by Scambot 1

2010s

Album: Evidence of Humanity

Album: Wing Beat Fantastic

Album: You Must Be This Tall

Album: Scambot 2

2020s

Album: Dancing Demos

Album: The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat

Album: Inkling (More from the Scambot 2 Sessions)

Album: Monday

Album: BASK

Album: Friday

Biography

Biography

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Discography & profile

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Discography (32 release groups · 23 studio albums)

Albums · 23

EP · 3

Album · 6

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