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Doughty put the band together from instrumentalists he met as they came through the club; he met Sampler player Mark De Gli Antoni (recently graduated with a composition degree from Mannes College Of Music ) when they both participated in a performance of John Zorn's "game piece" Cobra. This same ensemble also featured Jeff Buckley . Doughty brought a stack of CDs over to De Gli Antoni's house one afternoon and had him sample iconic riffs from Raymond Scott , Carl Stalling , Howling Wolf , The Andrews Sisters , among others. These, as well as samples from De Gli Antoni's own orchestral works became the foundation of Soul Coughing's musical identity as purveyors of menacingly zany sonic collages powering Doughty's half-sung, half-spoken vocals. De Gli Antoni, Doughty, Boston-based Upright Bass player Sebastian Steinberg , and Israeli drummer Yuval Gabay (a collaborator with Zorn, and David Linton ) played their first gig, as "M. Doughty's Soul Coughing," at the Knitting Factory on June 15, 1992, a late-Monday night slot that Doughty cadged from his boss because nobody else wanted it. In 1993, he founded a club night called "SLAW" at CBGB's 313 Gallery , which was meant to emulate the popular jazz-hiphop club Giant Step , but eventually became simply a showcase for Soul Coughing. Posters for SLAW were headlined "Deep Slacker Jazz," (a phrase meant to parody The Who slogan "Maximum R&B") which became an enduring description of the band's sound. The band was signed within a year to ( 1994 )'', '' Irresistible Bliss ( 1996 )'', and '' El Oso ( 1998 )''. They enjoyed minor hit singles with the songs "Circles," "Super Bon Bon," and "Screenwriter's Blues," had songs featured in the movies ''Batman and Robin'', ''Tommy Boy'' and ''Spawn'' (a song called "A Plane Scrapes Its Belly on a Sooty Yellow Moon", a collboration with Drum And Bass artist Roni Size ) Also released following their breakup was '' Lust In Phaze ( 2002 )'', a greatest-hits complilation including a few B-side s and other rarities that featured extensive biographical and background liner notes written by Doughty. The band broke up in 2000, after years of feuding over songwriting credits and publishing money. Mike Doughty continued as a solo artist, collaborating with techno producer BT on a radio hit called "Never Gonna Come Back Down," in the Summer of 2000. Dropped by Warner Brothers that same year, Doughty embarked on a three year journey of hardcore solo touring, playing acoustic shows, driving alone throughout North America, and selling an acoustic CD, '' Skittish ]'' from the front of the stage after gigs. He returned to the major leagues in 2005 with the release of '' Haughty Melodic '' on friend Dave Matthews ' label ATO ; the single "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" became a radio hit, notably played on the soundtrack to '' Grey's Anatomy ''. Mark De Gli Antoni moved on to soundtrack work; Yuval Gabay formed the band UV Ray and has worked with Roni Size ; Sebastian Steinberg has played with David Byrne , Neil Finn , and Yerba Buena . TRIVIA
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