Black Taxi (band) Black Taxi (band) Black Taxi is a rock band that formed in Brooklyn in 2007. The band is considered one of New York City's premier live acts, and consistently sells out venues along the East Coast. To date the band has released three full-length albums, "Things of That Nature" (2009), "We Don't Know Any Better" (2012), and "Electroshock Death Grip" (2014), and three extended plays. The music video for their song "Shoeshine" was named an official honoree in the 15th annual Webby Award selections. The group has an upbeat party rock musical style, which has been dubbed "grit pop" or
Static Taxi Static Taxi Static Taxi was a post-punk band formed in the late 1980s by Bob Stinson, former lead guitarist of The Replacements, and members of Uptown from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Static Taxi officially formed on June 1, 1988. John Reipas (drums) and Ray Reigstad (vocals) had been playing with Bob Stinson since the spring/summer of 1986, when Bob was still the lead guitarist for the band The Replacements. Bob was subsequently kicked out of The Replacements in 1986. Static Taxi originally played Guess Who covers in the basement of 3017 Garfield Ave S (which they called "Rhythms"), where they eventually forged