Bandleader Jason 'Casper Fandango' NeSmith (no relation to Michael Nesmith of the Monkees, though there are musical similarities) began using the pseudonym Casper in 1996 as a moniker for his solo four-track recordings. Casper & the Cookies was originally named Casper Fandango & the Knees and subsequently Casper Fandango & His Tiny Sick Tears on two cassettes released in the late 1990s. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.