Conspirator
Paul Chuffo
Paul Chuffo is a drummer in New York. He was the original drummer for Gutbucket, the punk and jazz band, and since 2005 he has played drums, thumb piano and sound in Lucibel Crater with Leah Coloff and me.
Lucibel Crater
Lucibel Crater has been a trio since I started it in 2005. A typical set begins with Chuffo’s syncopated drum parts being looped live, piece by piece, before the rest of the band builds on top of them. The trio released the EP Miracles in 2007 and the full-length The Family Album in 2008, with Lou Reed playing guitar on “Threadbare Funeral.”
The dates that survive in the record run from the Knitting Factory in February 2007 through FatBaby, the Delancey and a Berlin night at RAW-Tempel in November 2008. They are listed on Sightings.
The creditPaul Chuffo has played drums in Lucibel Crater with Sarth Calhoun and Leah Coloff since 2005, on Miracles, 2007, and The Family Album, 2008.
How I introduced him
Paul Chuffo is a dynamic powerhouse who first caught the world’s attention as the original drummer for punk/jazz band Gutbucket, which Modern Drummer described as, “a thrashing, squealing romp, full of shifting time signatures and punk-rock attitude.” He gives Lucibel Crater the joy and the energy to connect with your dancing feet.
I wrote that introduction for the conspirators section of my old WordPress site, recovered from the Wayback Machine.