A native of Brooklyn, NY, Cannonball Statman performs heavy, fast-paced music, with wild on-stage antics and frequent shifts in time and melody, layered over the dense, droney chug of an acoustic guitar tuned like a demented sitar. His lyrics cover themes such as urban life, the animal kingdom, government corruption, mental illness, and the forthcoming apocalypse, often combining dark, provocative material with surreal imagery and occasional bursts of humor.