The question I get asked the most often is Who is Chainsaw Weasel and Why?

Chainsaw Weasel is more of an idea than a "Who". Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, once had poor lonely Dilbert trying out the dating game. Dilbert, being Dilbert, programed a computer to find ways to make himself more appealing to the opposite sex. Well, the computer found that Dilbert needed a sense of humor and provided him with some "can't miss" joke material. The computer determined that the four funniest words in the human language are "Prune Eating Chainsaw Weasel" (or any reference to Giligan's Island...little buddy). Well the rest in history..

Chainsaw Weasel is comprised of Tony Vilgiate (that's me) a sampler, a four-track and a room full of instruments. (See the Gear page for a full list) A friend of mine, Phil DeEncio, lent me a sampler (Korg ES-1) and I found that it opened the creative flood gates. I sampled every drum, keyboard and bass guitar I had and just kept going. I was playing one of my songs for my son and he really liked it (aren't kid great!) so I shared it with some others and they encouraged me to publish my first album - "Itch I Can't Scratch"