The Feelies were a rock band from Haledon, New Jersey. They formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1992. They frequently played at Maxwell's, a live music venue and bar restaurant in Hoboken in the 1980s. Their first album, Crazy Rhythms (Stiff Records, 1980) was cited by R.E.M. as a major influence. The Feelies rarely worked with outside producers and created shimmering soundscapes with multiple guitar layers that set them apart from the punk/new wave atmosphere of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their name is taken from Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World, in which "the feelies" are a medium of entertainment in theaters where all of one's senses are involved, not merely vision. Although the Feelies never sold a great number of records, their influence remains felt on the indie rock scene today, with a number of current artists citing them as influences. A WFMU DJ once said that they were "The best thing to come out of New Jersey si

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