Joe McGinty

[1] McGinty is the founder and music director of the popular Loser's Lounge tribute series, where local talent pays homage to the pop icons of the past.

Loser's Lounge made its debut in 1993 with a Burt Bacharach tribute at Fez, and has played to consistently sold-out rooms ever since.

They were the house band for Comedy Central's "Night Of Too Many Stars" benefit for autism education; AmfAR (backing Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Elton John and Dionne Warwick); several MoveOn events and The David Lynch Foundation.

McGinty teamed up with Superhuman Happiness (a Stuart Bogie project) singer Andrea Diaz to form the "cabaret-noir" duo, the Duchess and the Fox.

Celebrities such as Bill Murray, Gilbert Gottfried, Parker Posey, Moby, Billy Cruddup, Elle King, and Stockard Channing have been seen at Sid Gold's Request Room.

McGinty has composed and/or produced music for Bored to Death, The Daily Show, What Happened, Miss Simone?, G String Divas, The Virginity Hit, and Last Chance Harvey.

[2] Circuit Parade is an experimental electronic chamber pop band which features analog synthesizers, cello and woodwinds.

Members included McGinty (electric piano, synthesizers), Mike McGinnis (woodwinds), Leon Dewan (Dewanatron) and Julia Kent (cello).

One EP was released featuring synthesizer cover versions of songs by the Ramones, Black Sabbath, and the Partridge Family, as well as original compositions.