The Cairo Gang

The story

Over the course of recent years, The Cairo Gang has been a lingering passion for its Los Angeles based prime mover Emmett Kelly, a stimulated singer/songwriter with an impressive list of musicians in his rolodex. Relocated from late 90's era [location]Chicago[/location] to LA he kept the Cairo Gang moniker active for approx 20 years until the late 2010's including numerous recordings and stints touring and performing live under the moniker. Whether performing with a back up band or solo

From Last.fm, written by its listeners.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

Tap the heart on the board while a song plays and it lands here. Listeners who keep their listening private are counted, never named.

Records

Records from MusicBrainz. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Members

• Emmett Kelly
• 田中徳崇
• Joshua Abrams
• Ben Vida
• Ryan Weinstein
• Robert Lowe
• Marc Riordan
• Noritaka Tanaka

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Cairo Gang in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Cairo Gang in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like The Cairo Gang

• Nirvanasame scene: indie rock, US
• Green Daysame scene: indie rock, US
• Nine Inch Nailssame scene: indie rock, US
• Pearl Jamsame scene: indie rock, US
• Weezersame scene: indie rock, US
• Red Hot Chili Pepperssame scene: indie rock, US
• Lana Del Reysame scene: indie rock, US
• Foo Fighterssame scene: indie rock, US
• R.E.M.same scene: indie rock, US
• Becksame scene: indie rock, US
• The Smashing Pumpkinssame scene: indie rock, US
• Sonic Youthsame scene: indie rock, US

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Cairo Gang’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.