The Sheep Gang

The Sheep Gang was Matt Breslau's second musical project, which he shared with his sister, Sam Breslau, and their two friends, Jaimie and Allison Ravit.

History
The Sheep Gang was formed in June 2001 from an inside joke created among Breslau and the other members: While driving on Shelter Island, New York, Jaimie's and Allison's father mistook a wooden sheep lawn decoration for the real thing and, according to Breslau's mother in 2009, "had a coronary that was just too funny at the time." From there, the four wrote "Steve of the Island," a parody of the George of the Jungle theme, which poked fun at the event. The laughter shared by the children was the driving force behind then turning toward creating a band centering specifically around sheep-related music.

The Breslau siblings gave the Ravit siblings the nickname "stepsisters" to avoid having to use the lengthy phrase "mother's boyfriend's children." While at first the Ravit siblings were integral to the project, they began to slowly fade out and show less and less interest and commitment.

In 2003, the Ravit siblings officially showed their disinterest after stating about the project, "That's still a thing?" Breslau and his sister took over as the sole members from then until 2005, when Breslau met Jon "Figgy" Herr and began to focus on writing comedy skits instead of on music. Breslau's sister retired the project thereafter. For a short time, Breslau would not return to music, until August 2006, when he and Herr formed Matt & Figgy.

While the Sheep Gang was active, all of the original songwriting was done by Breslau and his sister. While many of their songs were completely original, most of their library consisted of sheep-related parodies of popular music from the 1960s to early 2000s. Although mockups and drawings for studio albums were produced and discussed, and tunes were written and performed regularly, there exist no recordings of any songs by the Sheep Gang except a lost-to-time demo of "The Sheepy Shop," an original song written by Breslau and his sister and recorded on cassette tape.