GangstaFam said:

fire hydrant, man had a tape of demos we sold at shows...i'll have to show it to you sometime. it's very silly. vertigo dogs didn't stay together long enough to record anything, though we did anticipate the mash-up craze by doing a mixed-up medley of madonna's 'burning up' mixed in with 'bela lagosi's dead'. it was a treat.

Anx said:

I need to hear ALL of it.

FlyAway said:

how do you pronounce that?

Punk Rock Orchestra


i have a friend who is in a band called 16 Bitch Pileup

Now, is that a great name or what?

heartbeatocean said:

That is an awesome name....I'm copping it....it'll be my new way to describe a SNAFU....in place of my usual "clusterf*$k"

reneGade20 said:

They're actually doing really well, they recently opened a show for Sonic Youth.

heartbeatocean said:

WOW thats pretty big....do they have anything released or for public consumption?

reneGade20 said:

I don't know, maybe they have a MySpace page up with info. She asked my little band to do a show with them, so hopefully we'll get that going. I haven't actually heard any of their music. She's more of an acquaintance/co-worker.

heartbeatocean said:

well, unfortunately for me, all the security on our systems won't allow me to access myspace.....oh well....maybe if they blow up and get really famous, I'll remember posting about it.....same for your band, too.....

reneGade20 said:

If I find out more about them, I'll be sure to let you know. There are a few soundclips of my band at www.punkrockorchestra.com

We recorded a whole album which is stuck in a legal black hole and we're basically defunct because of differences between the owners. But I still play side projects with a few of the members.

Spookymuffin said:

Ben is defending Tool!

I'm so proud I brainwashed you.

I played alto sax in my jr. high & high school bands (including marching band).


But my friend's husband has been in a couple bands with guys that he went to school with and that have clever names:

Cover Me Badd-- They didn't have a lead singer, only 2 guitarists, a drummer, bassist, and trombone in place of a lead singer. And they only played covers! (but not badly )

Some of the other members were also in a band called Uncle Funcle (or Unkle Funkle?) and several of them are now professional musicians. One plays with Dweezil Zappa(?). All I know is that my friend has been hanging out with Dweezil and Steve Vai. The other guitar player formed a band called The Vitamen.

And my friend's husband is now in a band called Wolfgang Jack (he doesn't like the name either. lol.)

DevotedPuppy said:

karmatornado said:

They were really, really good...I'm not even joking. I hate going to hear live bands (except Prince) b/c they usually suck, but even I liked Cover Me Badd. (Maybe it was because they only did covers...) I wish they hadn't broken up!

Uncle Funcle was pretty jazzy, too.

ZombieKitten said:

I know, I know... This weekend several people told me that would be a problem...

So I delved into my Renaissance studies notes, and thought of Lavinia from Titus Andronicus... I kind of like "Lavinia's secret garden," what do you think?

Has anyone started a band called The Greatest Hits? If not, hands off. It's my idea.

Anx said:

Can I be in it?

DanceWme said:

Our first album will be self-titled. It'll have all our best songs on it.

Anx said:

DanceWme said:

our second album will be called "anthology" and it'll have the best songs from the first album, plus demos and rarities.

Anx said:

I once decided that if ever I were in a band, I would call it 'fabulous'. So that when we're on stage I can say after every song 'thanks for coming down tonight. We're fabulous.'
'Thank you! We're fabulous!'
'You're the best crowd ever. oh, and by the way, we're fabulous.'

Anx said:

how about videos of us practicing and what not ?

Or should we save that for the 3rd album ?

DanceWme said:

Yes, I think that footage would be best saved for our third album, entitled "Box Set".

Anx said:

Im excited.. Y'all better buy

A lot of bands that never got far enough to have a name, also:

Planet Tranquil--formed on the day following of the Northridge earthquake
Grog

and the band I'm in now:

Suspicious Package

Way back in 1986/1987 I was the Bass player for Krystal Sand.

Obviously that band didn't go far....

karmatornado said:

The names were too lame to mention. But I always wished I was in Your Mother & the Milk Man.

Ace said:

16 Bitch Pileup. YES.

After being denied my first choice (French horn) in 4th grade, I got to play my second choice: percussion. The (perverted) band teacher bumped me and the sax player up to the 7th-8th grade band so we could perform in San Francisco at the CA State Championships. When we got off the bus, I discovered I'd left my sheet music at home, two hours away. We won anyway and I got a trophy for my tympani performance. What a geek. And in high school, I mentored youngsters on the drumset.

When I was eleven, my younger stepbrothers and I were in a band called Bimbos, Incorporated. Our music was strange and the lyrics made little sense. I still have the songbook and cassette tape of our recordings. I was also "in a band" in high school with my best friend. We issued an album without making the music, if that makes any sense. Ah, it doesn't. But it did at the time.

Lastly, I helped create a band called The Asti Assmasters. We performed in the vineyards (Asti, CA) behind my friend's house. We stole Asti roadsigns and used them as drums and cymbals when my drumset was stolen. No recordings, thank goodness.

I always wanted a band called The Burning Sensations