Piñataland are a Brooklyn-based alternative, chamber rock band founded by David Wechsler and Doug Stone in 1998. Their songs are often about obscure historical events and people, including Ota Benga ("Ota Benga's Name"), John Banvard ("The Ballad of John Banvard"), Sam Patch ("The Fall of Sam Patch"), Topsy the elephant ("Coney Island Funeral"), John Murray Spear ("Dream of the New Mary"), the journalist William Cobbett's efforts to rebury Thomas Paine ("American Man"), Edward Leedskalnin's Coral Castle ("Latvian Bride"), and the Inuit Minik Wallace ("If Ice Were Warm").

Piñataland have performed at historical sites such as the Old Stone House in Brooklyn, the Cobble Hill Tunnel, and Green-Wood Cemetery. They have also covered historical tunes, such as President John Quincy Adams' campaign song "Little Know Ye Who's Comin'".

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