biographical info
The seeds of Wayne Omaha were planted in Woodstock, ON in two separate childhood encounters. Yawd met Matt on the way to a science fair. Matt's dad was a science teacher, Yawd a former star pupil who was quickly mutating into a 16-year-old bad seed. Matt's dad warned his young son about this 'bad news'. Matt didn't listen. Some time later, Yawd and Matt met Paco and Bass while putting on their own gigs at Woodstock's Polish Hall and Royal Canadian Legion.
After relocating to "The Big Smoke"--ostensibly to attend university-- Yawd and Matt toiled under various names, including Bull Corner, which folded after one gig when their Bulgarian bassist left the country for "political reasons". Paco, Bass and later Kirk, formerly of the local T.O. indie band Knockout Pill, were soon recruited and in the fall of 1996 Wayne Omaha was born.
lineup
Yawd Sylvester Musician w/o Portfolio
Kirk Hudson Drummer
Daniel 'Paco' Paquette Guitarist
Matt James Guitarist
Aaron 'Bass' Macpherson Bassist
influences
Galaxie 500
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Rheostatics
Velvet Underground
Yo La Tengo