Tag Archives: Andrew Ratshin

Bizarre and outrageous, Uncle Bonsai were shaped in Seattle in 1981 by 3 former Bennington University students: Andrew Ratshin, Ashley Kristin, and Arni Adler. Uncle Bonsai had been a acoustic guitar and three-part vocal clothing who specialised in performing the weirdest tracks — “Male organ Envy,” “Cheerleaders on Medicines” — …

The Electric powered Bonsai Band is really a one-man ensemble featuring guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter Andrew Ratshin. Using the slogan “it isn’t electric…it isn’t a music group,” the Electric powered Bonsai Band is constantly on the expand upon the psychosexual lyrical strategy of Ratshin’s 1980s trio, Uncle Bonsai. The …