What type of details about red krayola can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: red krayola -lrb- formerly the red crayola -rrb- was a psychedelic , experimental rock band from houston , texas , formed by art students at the university of st. thomas -lrb- texas -rrb- in 1966 . the band was led by singer/guitarist and visual artist mayo thompson , along with drummer frederick barthelme -lrb- brother of novelist donald barthelme -rrb- and steve cunningham . their work prefigured punk , post-punk , indie rock and the no wave scene in 1980s new york city . they made noise rock , psychedelia and occasionally folk/country songs and instrumentals in a diy fashion , an approach that presaged the lo-fi aesthetic of many 1990s us indie rock groups . reviewing the band has produced conflicted results - in an extremely positive review from pitchfork media , critic alex lindhardt wrote '' it 's a band that has no idea how to play its instruments . in fact , they do n't even know what instruments are , or if the guitarist has the ability to remain conscious long enough to play whatever it is a ' note ' might be . '' he added , '' this is a band that was paid ten dollars to stop a performance in berkeley . if berkeley 's not having it , you know you 're in for rough sledding . '' thompson has continued using the name , in its legally required permutation the red krayola , for his musical projects since .
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