Ceramic Dog A noise/funk/improv/heavy-rock band, featuring Marc Ribot (Cubanos Postizs, The Lounge Lizards, Shrek etc.), plus two young players on the New York/California underground improv/experimental rock scene, Shahzad Ismaily (Two Foot Yard, Secret Chiefs 3) on bass/electronics and Ches Smith (Good for Cows, Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant, Ben Goldberg Quintet) on drums/electronics. While the dense, distorted guitar-drums-bass may bring to mind the heavier psychedelic workouts of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.