Public record

Uncle Bonsai

Folk & acoustic | Seattle, WA | since 1981

folk
Folk /Acoustic
funny
harmony
Memorable
satire

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 10 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2002

On record since

Releases

Show history

2002 · 1

Nov 24, 2002Rialto Theater· Tacomaheadliner

Photos, art and posters

Uncle Bonsai — Photo · promo — Photo · promo — Bandcamp

Uncle Bonsai — Photo · live_stage — Photo · live_stage — Wikidata

Uncle Bonsai — Uncle Bonsai Live: selections from 7 sins, 7 wonders, 7 dwarfs -a song cycle- — Release art · Uncle Bonsai Live: selections from 7 sins, 7 wonders, 7 dwarfs -a song cycle- — release

Uncle Bonsai — The Family Feast: The Study of the Human Condition, First World Problems, and the Lasting Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Our Young — Release art · The Family Feast: The Study of the Human Condition, First World Problems, and the Lasting Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Our Young — release

Lineup

Andrew Ratshin

Releases

Uncle Bonsai Live: selections from 7 sins, 7 wonders, 7 dwarfs -a song cycle-
Jan 4, 2026 · album · 20 tracks
UB
Uncle Bonsai Live: selections from 7 sins, 7 wonders, 7 dwarfs -a song cycle-
2025 · album
The Family Feast: The Study of the Human Condition, First World Problems, and the Lasting Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Our Young
Sep 15, 2017 · album · 12 tracks
TF
The Family Feast
2017 · album
TF
The Family Feast
2017
TG
The Grim Parade
2010 · album
TG
The Grim Parade
2010
AP
Apology
2000
PB
Plain Brown Wrapper
1999 · album
PB
Plain Brown Wrapper: Unreleased Songs 1984-1989
1999
DO
Doug
1999
SB
Sponge Boy
1999
MY
Myn Ynd Wymyn
1994 · album
TI
The Inessential Uncle Bonsai
1992 · album
TI
The Inessential Uncle Bonsai
1992
MY
Myn Ynd Wymyn
1988
BW
Boys Want Sex in the Morning
1986 · album
BW
Boys Want Sex In The Morning
1986
AL
A Lonely Grain of Corn
1984 · album
AL
A Lonely Grain Of Corn
1984
AP
Apology
album
DO
Doug
album
SB
Sponge Boy
single

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 1 plays, 2001-12-07–2001-12-07 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Poptart) — KEXP

Artist background

Uncle Bonsai formed in 1981 — MusicBrainz
Andrew Ratshin: member — MusicBrainz
Uncle Bonsai has 11 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1984–2025 — MusicBrainz
Uncle Bonsai is based in Seattle, Washington — Uncle Bonsai on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Uncle Bonsai Live: selections from 7 sins, 7 wonders, 7 dwarfs -a song cycle- (2026-01-04) — Bandcamp
Uncle Bonsai is from Seattle , Washington, U.S. — Wikipedia
Uncle Bonsai plays Folk /Acoustic — Wikipedia
Uncle Bonsai has 1665 listeners on Last.fm — Uncle Bonsai on Last.fm
Uncle Bonsai has released 10 recordings between 1984 and 2017 — Uncle Bonsai on Discogs
Uncle Bonsai has 1 followers on Genius — Uncle Bonsai on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Trio — Uncle Bonsai — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Bonsai — Uncle Bonsai on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 218 — Uncle Bonsai — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/01kywm_ — Uncle Bonsai — KG entity
Formed 1981 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Bonsai — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Rialto Theater · Tacoma	1

By year: 2002 1

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-17
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Twitch, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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