The Flying Luttenbachers
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: United States
- Born: December 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Active: 1991 - present
Biography
The Flying Luttenbachers is an American instrumental group from Chicago, formed in 1991 and led throughout by composer and multi-instrumentalist Weasel Walter. Fusing free jazz, no wave, punk and death metal, the band's early albums 'Constructive Destruction' and 'Destroy All Music' helped define brutal prog. Dozens of musicians passed through the lineup before the group disbanded in 2007. Walter reformed the band in 2017, and it has since released albums including 'Shattered Dimension', 'Negative Infinity' and 'Terror Iridescence'.
Genres
The Flying Luttenbachers Discography
- Constructive Destruction (1994) - Album - rated 3.63/5
- Destroy All Music (1995) - Album - rated 3.91/5
- Revenge (1996) - Album - rated 3.36/5
- Gods of Chaos (1997) - Album - rated 3.57/5
- ...The Truth Is a Fucking Lie... (1999) - Album - rated 3.28/5
- Alptraum (2000) - Album - rated 3.19/5
- Infection and Decline (2001) - Album - rated 3.65/5
- Systems Emerge From Complete Disorder (2003) - Album - rated 3.59/5
- The Void (2004) - Album - rated 3.56/5
- Cataclysm (2006) - Album - rated 3.51/5
- Incarceration by Abstraction (2007) - Album - rated 3.81/5
Members
- Weasel Walter - drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, woodwinds, electronics (1991–2007; 2017–Present)
- Luke Polipnick - bass guitar (2023–Present)
- James Paul Nadien - drums (2024–Present)
- Chad Organ - tenor saxophone, Moog synthesizer, baritone saxophone (1991–1994)
- Ken Vandermark - tenor saxophone, clarinets (1992–1994)
- Jeb Bishop - bass guitar, trombone, keyboards (1993–1994; 2022–2022)
- Dylan Posa - guitar, keyboards (1993–1994; 1998–1998)
- Chuck Falzone - guitar, bass guitar (1995–1998)
- Bill Pisarri - bass guitar, clarinet, vocals (1995–1998)
- Kurt Johnson - bass guitar, contrabass (1998–2000)
- Michael Colligan - tenor saxophone, clarinets (1998–2000)
- Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello (1998–2000)
- Mike Green - bass guitar (2003–2005; 2006–2006)
- Ed Rodriguez - guitar, bass guitar (2003–2006)
- Mick Barr - guitar, bass guitar (2005–2006)
- Tim Dahl - bass guitar (2017–2021)
- Matt Nelson - tenor saxophone (2018–2021)
- Brandon Seabrook - guitar (2018–2019)
- Katie Battistoni - guitar (2019–2021)
- Sam Ospovat - drums (2020–2021)
- Charlie Werber - drums (2022–2024)