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They came out of it at Harvard, where Ben Hammond met Shankar Ramaswami '89 in a squash class. "He was braggin' and I was braggin'," Ramaswami says, and soon Men of Clay had a new drummer...
Unlike many Harvard bands, Men of Clay plays mostly originals. Their music has an ethereal sound in the Sting-Police vein. Or, as one listener at Memorial Hall last week described their sound, "[It's] like U2 without Bono...
Artistically, this is fine and good, but can you dance to it? Not really, admits the band. "Men of Clay's the kind of stuff you just want to listen to on the headphones with your eyes closed," Tom Hammond says. Hence Men of Clay's new venture: The Quick...
...QUICK already has a busy schedule of future engagements, including a party this Saturday night at Currier House. Men of Clay is also keeping busy. And Ben Hammond and Heiberger are currently the music directors for the Citystep dance ensemble. How do these Harvard students, already overcommitted by nature, balance the demands of so many different musical groups...
What does the future hold for Men of Clay and The Quick? The musicians plan to record a demo tape, perform at local clubs and other campuses, and play more fusion-oriented music; "we're jazz musicians at heart," Heiberger says...