That guy was Jim French, Zach's mom's boyfriend if I remember
correctly. He built all (or most at least) of those instruments
himself. He's a pretty crazy guy. From what I've heard, he used to be
a rather accomplished jazz horn player but I guess he got tired of
that scene or something. I'm pretty sure there's some kind of
3mp/solo Jim French split 7" or something like that in existence.

-Cameron

--- In 3MilePilot@y..., Ted Drake <alcalapt@a...> wrote:
> the instruments look as bizarre as they sound. He'd be on stage
blowing
> things, swinging things, you name it. After a few shows, he seemed
to
> become a ham and garnered way too much attention, but it was still
pretty
> cool to see these noises come to life.
> Ted

> > >Does anyone know anything about the guy who plays the strangely
named
> >wind instruments on Assassin? The sounds are very unique, but the
> >liner notes don't say much about him. Any pictures of these
> >contraptions anywhere?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Brandon