Members
KONK was formed by avant-garde jazz personality Dana Vlcek and had among its many members: Richard Edson, who also played drums on the first Sonic Youth record and has had acting roles in such films as Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise; Geordie Gillespie, who provided percussion and back-up vocals; Angel Quinones on congas, who later played for Jimmy Buffett; another member was Shannon Dawson (trumpet), who also was an early associate of Jean-Michel Basquiat in the band Gray, and the SAMO graffiti, and who did some of the band's promo poster art work. He is the uncle of actress Rosario Dawson. The band was managed by Ken Sitz, now creative director of Conelrad.
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