AC/DC
Aerosmith
Nirvana
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Black Flag
The Ramones
The Stooges
The Sex Pistols (I was still learning, so I didn't actually play on the album)
The Melvins
The Who
The Jesus Lizard
Helmet
The Talking Heads
and The Beatles

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Favorite bands:

Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

So I guess your real name is Paul or Richard?

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I LIKE PIE!!!!!

IF I DO SOMETHING STUPID,DON'T SAY A WORD...

BeBop Pony
Saturns Pattern

The Trespassers 1963
Del Shay's 1965
Tremolations 1967
Country Roads 1969
Polly & The Playmates 1973
The Stockyard Band 1988 - 1994

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This Ain't No Dress Rehearsal..We Are Professionals & This is the Bigtime - Waylon

whorizon(will form at the end of this year)

The Lincolnites ( we attended Lincoln Jr High school )
The Vestaires ( we wore vests )
The Knights ( originally The Knights of Amour,dropped the"of amour"it sounded too sappy )
The Defenders ( Fender guitars and amps )
The Ravens ( liked the name )
The MASS ( mid-America syndicate of soul )
Oat Willy ( named after a cartoon character )
TBA ( in North Carolina and England the bands I was in played back-up gigs mostly )
Ponderosa ( after a big house were we all hung out )
Solarcoaster ( aka: MrSolarcoaster, aka: Rev Machine )

some other bands that I sat in with for 1 or 2 gigs, and that's about it.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Blacklight Royalty (First band, I was 13.)

Firepower (Second band, and like the first we played prog rock.)

Some prog/metal band which I forgot the name of. It probably had Beast, Monster or something like that in the name. I think it's the only metal band I've ever been in. Ironically, I wrote most of the music for it.

Tools of Pointless Construction (The other kids in the band liked Tool a lot.)

Flight of the Fearless (A little solo/side project I had going when I was like 15.)

Redemption (Youth Group band at church, it was a lot of fun. We stayed together for about a year and a half, it was the first band I've been in where we really got tight towards the end. It still kind of bums me out that everyone went to college.)

Rising Water (My first attempt at a blues/classic rock band. We were going to be Texas Storm, like Texas Flood, but apparently there already was a band called Texas Storm with Jimmie Vaughan so we kept the flood theme but changed the name. We only played one gig.)

Currently I'm backing Cari Quoyeser, an indie/alt rock singer songwriter. I'm also playing in my Dad's praise and worship band. I've been playing on and off with them since I started playing guitar. But the other guitarist quit so now I'm not just the substitute anymore.



Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm totally into blues and classic rock, but it's so hard finding anyone else under 20 who is too. On top of that I'm probably fairly nerdy too. But that's all right, just hang in there and I'm sure that eventually you'll find yourself a band. Also, you'd be surprised by how many kids actually would like blues if they heard it. I was in a band with another guitar player my age who was really into hardcore, metal and shred style guitar, but I showed him some some licks from SRV and Jimmie Vaughan (capo stuff mainly) and he loved it. I would have never guessed. Apparently it got him hooked because later we were talking about Jimi Hendrix and he asked me if I'd ever heard Buddy Guy. Someone did his homework.

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That's not just people in your (and SuperKid's) age group. I've been sorely frustrated by people (especially booking managers/club owners) who say, "I don't like blues. I like your CD, but I don't like blues."
"You said you like my CD?"
"Yeah, it's great."
"Then you like blues."
"No, I don't like blues."
"But you like my CD, you like SRV, you like the Fabulous Thunderbirds, you like ZZ Top, you like the Rolling Stones. All that stuff is either blues or blues-rock."
"No, I don't like blues..."



I think they have the idea that "blues" is the same as dissonant avant-garde be-bop jazz that so many people dislike.

I've recently started a campaign to educate the young people in my congregation about blues...I've given them cds with the classic songs that everybody should know (Stormy Monday, Hoochie Coochie Man, Spoonful, Hideaway, etc.) plus a few obscure tracks by more modern artists. The ones that come back and ask for more are the ones who usually have a more rounded musical taste/education, and by the second disc, they're hooked.
(That make me sound like a drug dealer )

Anyway, I especially concentrate on the kids who are either (1) already taking music lessons or (2) have expressed the desire to do so. I've gotten a bunch of kids from the Marshall islands playing blues on their ukeleles or keyboards, and they don't even know it!

We gotta keep the blues alive; there's eventually going to be a resurgence like what happened in the mid 1960s (with the British blues players) and the early 1980s (with the Texas Blues Revolution)...I just hope it happens soon.

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Good Vibes To Y'all!



Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

Wha...Hapen..

What kid of music did you guys play?

Mine were

The Mustangs
Outsiders
NOID - Jam buddies

Several years ago it was "The Barking Spyders".

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OK, I'll hum a little bit, got it now?

My drummer/producer has been in several bands at various times (he was/is in Wheels Off, Screamin' Armadillos, Cowboy Gypsies and UFJ with me).

But the two bands he was in that had cool names were:

Catahoula--(named after the hound)

Cat Foot Joe--(a solo recording project he named after his own dog, Joey)

...he obviously has an affinity for canines.

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Good Vibes To Y'all!



Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

Was that in Seattle back in about 1993?? If so, I met a couple of you guys at a house in Ballard you were living in. Dave from World Funeral was with me and a couple of other guys from W. Seattle (pigeon hill) If not, Different Band, Same name.

fendermandan, we did a bunch of 80's metal coevers. fun times indeed.

superkid, we're all nerdy. we're musicians. it's mandatory. just be yourself.

you've been in a number of succesful albums then

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riley

Haze
Crossfire
Harbor
Second Wind