The Black Elephant Band

The Black Elephant Band

This is THE BLACK ELEPHANT BAND:

- one man acoustic antifolk/folkpunk songwriter project of Jan Bratenstein from Nuremberg, Germany

angry antifolk // bearded bluespunk // sassy songwriting

"Raw, unpolished English song miniatures with an angry on-point world view and weirdo humor."
"Weird anti-folk with beard, guitar and harmonica. To fall in love with."
"Authentic and refreshing with the very rare gift of writing, playing and performing in a way that is absolutely complete within itself."
"Grandiously half-assed. The Black Elephant Band is the Ramones of folk."
"I like the satirical lyrics." (Fred Cole of Dead Moon said this!!)

for fans of:
Jonathan Richman, Kimya Dawson, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Days n Daze, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Tenacious D, Dave Van Ronk, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan

- played over 1400 shows in various countries
- founding member of the very active music collective (that rhymed!) FOLK'S WORST NIGHTMARE
- with which he plans folkpunky shows and events, hosts a radio show, and has all sorts of mad ideas
- also makes noisy things with AVERAGE PIZZA, PETS,...
- involved in various Nuremberg-based events, such as the SING-IN OPEN MIC, the COMIC CAFÈ,...
- writer of the novels DER MANN OHNE PIANO and ALLES ARSCHLÖCHER ÜBERALL
- driver of a very old and very beautiful VW Polo