The Mongol Beach Party is one of the most unique bands to ever come out of Kansas City. Known for their driving grooves and relentless party onslaught, the Mongols are about having fun in an off-kilter kind of way. Hook-heavy guitar riffs, speed-demon bass lines, funky, soulful horns and tight, crispy percussion blend pop, jazz, funk and Latin feels into the indescribable fusion that is the Mongol Beach Party.

The band, which played throughout the Midwest from 1989 through 1992, was compared...