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Abortions (1996-97) Brad Purdue: Vocals/Guitar Matt Clark: Bass John Marks: Drums Formed from the remains of The Kingpins, The Abortions played a Filth/Blatz style of punk with offensive lyrics. One crowd favorite was their song inappropriately named, "Love Song." The lyrics start off as follows: "We love beer and we love tits, we love girls that suck our dicks. We love girls who get drunk, fill their ovaries with spunk." I also remember being at one basement show where they told the crowd that anyone who exposed him/herself would get a free canvas patch. I saw some things that night that I will one day be telling a therapist. Brad could frequently be seen exposing his heinous anus live which pleased Kim (P.M.O., Goon Squad, etc.) to no end. Click here to listen to "No Regrets" from the Abortions/Stereotypes split cassette. ----------------------------------------------------- This seemed like a good place to share a humorous anecdote about John and Brad that makes me laugh to this day... If I
remember correctly, Andy Sinclair, Kevin Shannon, Brad Purdue,
John Marks and myself were standing in front of "That's
Rentertainment" one night. The video shop was still in
it's old location across the street from the Englert theater on
Washington. It was one of the opening nights, if not THE
opening night to the blockbuster hit, "Twister." The line
to get in to the theater stretched down the block, and we
were enjoying a fun night of standing around and laughing at the
people lined up for hours to see a movie about a tornado. And to think the measure of punk today is how
many lip piercings and MySpace friends you have. P.S. I also remember Brad running around with just his nutsack hanging out of his fly and an empty PBR case on his head during the Stereotypes set at the infamous Iowa City block party in '96. So many stories... -Mark/Andy |
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Brahma (199?) Kim Daniels: Vocals/Guitar other members unknown |
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Breakdance (website) (1998-2006) Jack: Vocals/Guitar Aaron: Vocals/Bass/Guitar Lee: Drums Formed at the tail end of the 90s, Breakdance only recently disbanded. I remember one of their first shows with Mr. Blanding's Dreamhouse. They were a sloppy mess of a punk grindcore band, but since evolved into a tight grind/death/punk band with three guitars. -Andy |
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The Cums (1997)
Kim Daniels: Vocals/Guitar Kaleb: Bass Mark
Phillips: Drums/Vocals
The Cums can barely be called a band, but we played one show, so I guess it counts.
The West High music carnival was scheduled to take place at Northwest Jr. High on May 17, 1996. The Abortions, The Stereotypes and P.M.O. were already set to play, but they needed one more band to fill the bill. So the ever brilliant Kim Daniels said he could get another band. He then asked me if I would want to throw together a band and play one show all in about two weeks. What self-respecting punk wouldn't accept, so it happened.
The only rules we decided for the band were that all the songs had to be disgusting or bizarre, and the total time practicing had to be less than the length of the show. Kim was playing guitar, I decided to play drums since I had never played them before, and Kim enlisted some kid named Kaleb who didn't play bass to play bass. Kim wrote most the material for the show including "Woah, That Was Anal", a song about a friend's first anal sex experience in the Godfathers Pizza parking lot. We also wrote a song called "Wicca Nerd" which included 2 punk verses, a ska verse, and a metal verse.
After the show, which of course sucked, the band got together in my basement to record an album in one afternoon. I found a tape in my front yard of Philip Michael Thomas', "Living the Book of My Life," put it in a broken boombox and away we went. In between remaining bits of that awful tape were the songs of The Cums, most of which were made up on the spot. In addition to Wicca Nerd and Woah, That Was Anal, they recorded a parody of The Macarena called "Gonorrhea", "The Sounds of the Humpback Whale", which consisted of the band blowing through mic stands, and "Poop in Bed", a song about relieving yourself during intercourse. Close friend, Ryan Alwine then added a death metal song about constipation and The Cums were over. Watch for their breakthrough album's triumphant re-release on Time Life Records.
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Destrophy (website) (1993-Present)
Ari Mihilopolous: Vocals/Guitars dozens of other members through the years
Without a doubt, one of Iowa City's most successful bands due to Ari's tireless work ethic and persistence. Destrophy has covered a range of metal styles through the years, reflecting the popular style of the time.
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Dick Train (1993-1994) Noah Miller: Guitar Adam Mizelle: Bass ?: Trumpet Andy Sinclair: Drums Kevin Shannon: Percussion other members unknown (lucky!) Man, oh, man, what a shitty band this was-but it was fun! As far as my fuzzy memory can recall, the Train was formed by Adam Mizelle and a few other random friends/high school orchestra members. I had never played drums before but was still accepted to ride this Train. We had some poor practices and managed to book a show at the Old Brick Church in the spring of 1994 with Mr. Clean and a few others that I can't remember. D Train donned masks (pre-dating Lipsnot) and acquired Kevin Shannon to play cymbals in the hour leading up to the room clearing performance. Our set consisted of us making noise and switching instruments to make the horrid noises even worse. After the Great Embarrassment of '94, Dick Train more or less broke up. They may have continued for a little while afterwards, but Kevin and Andy had departed the derailed Train to pursue other interests. -Andy |
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Fear of Falling (1999-?) Clay Foley: Guitar other members unknown FOF was formed by Clay Foley after his departure from Now or Never. Clay's primary musical interest was in Tool/Korn type metal. At least one cd has been released by FOF. The last I heard, Clay moved out of state. -Andy |
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Goon Squad (website) (1997, 2002)
Jon Jorden: Vocals Kim Daniels (1st) ? (2nd): Guitar Ryan Alwine (1st), Kevin Shannon (2nd): Bass Mark Phillips: Drums Andy Sinclair: "5th Goon" on tape
Those boys was crezy.
The Goon Squad was started up ten years ago today in Ninty-Six by a bunch of no-good punks from Iowa City. We didn't know how to play and didn't give a goddamn. My brother Jimmy Pickens set me down one afternoon and prophesized we should start up some kinda rock'n'roll jamboree and I'll be damned if I didn't say yes.
What the hell was I gonna say, just outta the joint with no prospect of work. Jimmy was a nartural at geetar and we both wrote mighty good tunes. We got our boy Markie Mark to lay down solid drum grooves -- his people is good with rhythm --- and recruited Ry Cooder to fill out the rhythm section. And oh yeah, I sung those son-of-a-bitches.
After a few gigs, trashing the Gunnerz Club, wrecking Gabe Asis, and torching the IMU; poor 'The Cood' up an left to Cuba to record the music of the aboriginals. Last I heard them savages ate him.
Soon after Kevy Kev filled Ry's shoes with his own brand of slappery.
So what the hell else is to say? We couldn't play a goddamn. Our songs are about queer fantasies, trashy celebrities, teenage losers, and all that other crap.
But we had what the Pistols called "spunk".
We managed to peter out a few records before being banned from every club and record store in the state.
Not giving a rats ass, the Goon Squad gave Iowa the middle finger and went on permanent vacation in '97. The world wasn't ready for the unbridled power of the Goon Squad.
Sure, we reunited a few years ago when invited to open for an LA Punk showcase. My brother Jimmy got saved so we got this beatnik Matty Bomont to pick up the ax. We still do the rare private party, an occasional bris or funeral… But really… we're done. Don't ask for more.
An Oral History as Told by Slim Pickens aka Jon Jorden
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The Harassments (1996-1998) Nick Burgess: Vocals Jeremy Ralph: Guitar Andy "Johnny Thumper" Jurgens: Guitar Arik Heinichen: Bass Nate Tade: Drums |
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Hollowpoint (1996-2000)
Aaron, Drum, Paul, Susie: Vocals Jeremy Mumm: Lead Guitar Joe Weppleman, Aaron, Erik Long: Guitar Ken Cook: Vocals, Bass Fareyd (1st), Drum (2nd), Pat (3rd), Andy Sinclair (4th), Johnny Jones (5th): Drums Andrea Bethards: Keyboards
This was my first serious band. Melodic thrash metal with a slightly modern edge, mostly due to the vast assortment of influences of the various members coming and going. Things really reached a head with the/Jeremy/Ken/Drum lineup, although the Susie/Jeremy/Ken/Johnny lineup was the most accomplished sounding. Pat from Storm Front filled in on drums for our only official show over Memorial Day weekend, '99 during Lannypalooza, as Johnny had broken his arm a week before. Sadly, two weeks later, Susie was offered a job in California, Jeremy's prized Jackson axe was stolen and Johnny's arm was still broken so we threw in the towel, although Andy, Jeremy and I jammed a few more times afterwards.
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The Kingpins (1994-1996) John Marks: Vocals Noah Miller: Guitar Matt Clark: Bass Chad Keever: Drums The band that influenced a dozen others...true legends in our circle. The Kingpins were greatly influenced by short-songed hardcore bands like Minor Threat and Black Flag. They released one cassette. Side A, (labeled "BAD") contained a live "studio" recording done in Noah's parents' living room. Side B, (labeled "WORSE") was the audio from a videotaping of their ped mall show in the Summer of '95. Their song, "Teenage Tragedy" appeared on the 1996 Feedlot compilation, "Land of Dirt", but was mislabeled as "Empty Pockets". (This was most likely a result of their cassette listing the songs out of order.) -Andy/Mark
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Los Marauders (fansite) (1989-94)
Mr. Nobody (Jeff Nehring): Vocals Johnny Aztec (Chris Thompson): Guitar Edward T. Action (Ed Nehring): Drums
(From Iowa Underground Archives):
"Los Marauders (1989-1994) Please forgive me. When it comes to Los Marauders my modesty button gets turned off. Sorry I cant seem to help it. I have played in a lot of good bands, maybe even a couple of great ones but only one that was MAGIC. Los Marauders was one of those once in a lifetime (if your lucky) bands that worked without ever having to try. The three main members of the band were Nobody (Jeff Nehring)-Vocals, Johny Aztec (Chris Thompson)- Guitar, And Edward T. Action (Ed Nehring)- Drum. "We had four upright bass players that we recorded and played with at various times. Los Marauders was a punk, garage, rockabilly band. One moment could be vicious, mean spirited insanity while the next moment could be warm hearted, hilarious insanity. Live the band was a never ending roller coaster ride combined with a three ring circus. The audience would get revved up to near riot levels at times. The songs were fast, short and ingeniously written by Nobody. On stage Nobody was a site to behold. 6’4 skinny as a rail, slicked back pompadour, long sideburns, afraid of nothing and no one. He had a voice like Howlin Wolf. Hecklers (and we had a lot of them) were shot down immediately with his sharp as a razor wit and tongue. Johny Aztec played super warm clean lines on a big blond hollow body guitar. He also had a pompadour (we all did) pouty lips and wore a purple cape. I never met anyone like him and never will. He was a naturally gifted guitarist and had crazy ,crazy sense of humor. I played a lone snare drum standing up. This gave me the ability to run around the stage and into the audience, which I did often, dragging my drum as I played. We only asked to play somewhere twice." "Once was at Anamosa Prison where we did two shows that we recorded for a single on Estrus records and the other was a battle of the bands being held at the Field House bar where all the university football players and frat guys hung out. At the Field House we pissed off the football players so much that Security had to keep us back stage after the show for fear that we would be beat to a pulp. Then when we were announced as the winners of the battle of the bands I thought the place was going to be burned down. Man were they pissed. And we enjoyed every damn minute of it! Other then those two shows we only played when we were asked to. We were asked to play about once a month but only wound up playing once every two months. About half of our shows were canceled for one reason or another but it was generally related to our obnoxious attitude." "We were banned from several places, and made national news when the Mayor of Iowa City demanded that our fliers be taken down because of obscenity. The City Attorney got involved and made a decision that the posters were protected by the first amendment. We always claimed that it was this publicity that got us our record deal with Teenbeat records. This was not quite true, we got signed to Teenbeat after warming up for Unrest whose singer owned Teenbeat. We walked off the stage and he said “I’m signing you to Teenbeat records”. We said “Uh, OK.” That's how it was with Los Marauders. We couldn't have cared less about being successful and success just came our way. We didn't cow-tow or ass kiss, hell we didn't even practice. After the records came out we actually started getting fan mail (even phone calls) from all around the world. It was cool but also made me feel kind of weird. Even though it was a lot of fun I started realizing that this was not how I wanted to be living my life. When Johny Aztec moved to Minneapolis with his wife we decided to call it quits. We were asked to do records for many different labels but only put out records on Teenbeat and Estrus. As for the other labels, they either wanted too much creative control or we were to lazy to respond." "The records we did release were. |
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Meskwaki Bingo (1997-98)
Mark Phillips: Vocals/Guitar Kim Daniels: Vocals/Bass Andy Sinclair: Drums
Meskwaki Bingo was another band that didn't take anything too seriously. Made up of Kim from P.M.O. on bass and Mark and Andy from The Stereotypes on guitar and drums, respectively, they formed in mid 1997.
Andy had just started playing drums and Kim had just started playing bass, so the band was more a learning experience than anything else. Mark and Kim alternated vocals depending mostly on who wrote the lyrics. Some of their songs included "Depression", which was a song from Mark's first attempt at a band in early high school, "City's Fucked Up", a song Kim wrote about Iowa City, and "High on Life", a somewhat straightedge song written by Mark. Another song took two forms in it's existence. Originally called "I Hate the Police and Big 10 Towing", it was about an incident where Mark's parent's mini-van was towed outside Gunnerz after loading equipment in for a show. The song title changed to "I Hate the FCC and Ron Ramage" for a Iowa City Free Radio court battle benefit show at Old Brick church. (The rumor we heard was that the guy from the FCC that contacted ICFR was Ron Ramage. We decided that deserved a song.) They also covered "Subliminal" by Suicidal Tendencies, and attempted to play a ska song that The Stereotypes failed at, and later Now or Never played poorly. The only proof they ever existed besides the 2 or 3 shows they played was the United Action for Youth (UAY) compilation where "High on Life" was featured. (It was a horrible recording and it still embarrasses me to this day.) Also, someone videotaped their show in the basement of 711 Davenport St., and aired bits of it on Public Access TV. (Contact me if you have this tape!!!!)
Meskwaki Bingo met it's demise in a really stupid way. Andy and Mark had visions of having a 100% straightedge band, and Kim had sold out for the booze. When a fellow straightedge friend came up with the name "Now or Never" and wanted to sing, Kim was kicked out so the band could go in a more hardcore direction. Nothing ever happened with this great idea except for Mark and Andy stealing the Now or Never name a year later for their band with Kevin Shannon, Sarah Renk, and Clay Foley.
-Mark
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Mr. Clean (199?-95) Zarin: Vocals Kylie Buddin: Guitar Andy Davis: ? other members unknown |
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Mr. Blanding's Dreamhouse (1995-2002) Grace Sinclair: Vocals/Guitar Dave Rogers: Guitar/Vocals Nate Miller (1st), Jason Farnsworth (2nd), Matt Show (3rd/6th), Dustin Busch (4th), Kylie Buddin (5th): Bass Jesse Pelkey (1st), Dave Crossett (2nd): Drums Laura Noth: Cello briefly What can I say other than this was the band that most others of my age group in the scene looked up to. Blanding's pop sound with a riot grrl (remember that movement?) edge was started by Grace Sinclair. The first notable line-up was Grace, Jason Farnsworth, and Jesse Pelkey. Not too long after, Dave Rogers joined on second guitar and contributed complimentary vocals and songwriting skills. A rotating line-up of bassists included five different members. Dave Crossett took over on drum duty for Mr. B's final few years and second cd, but Jesse will always be the beloved favorite. They appeared on the 1995, 1996, and 1997 Feedlot compilations, the first and second UAY Fountain of Youth compilations, and had two studio albums, one self-titled on SKAM Records and "Ninety-Nine Aprils" on Lomo Records. They were one of the most accomplished bands listed on this site. -Andy/Mark
Click here to listen to "Ugly Bunny", recorded live at Gunnerz. |
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The Nesses (1996) Kylie Buddin: Vocals/Guitar Dave Rogers: Guitar Erin Egli: Bass Jesse Pelkey: Drums The Nesses were a one-shot Social Distortion tribute band and the first of Kylie's UAY trilogy. They played at BJ Records for a midnight release of "White Heat" by Social D. They played all Social covers, nailing them well. Kylie's vocals were almost indistinguishable from Mike Ness. After the night of magic, the Nesses entered the history books of rock n' roll. -Andy |
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Noise Ordinance (1990-1992)
Aaron Warner: Vocals/Guitar Trey Martin: Guitar Doug Boatman: Drums other members unknown |
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Now or Never (1998-99) Mark Phillips: Vocals Kevin Shannon: Guitar Clay Foley (1st), Grace Sinclair (2nd): Guitar Sarah Renk: Vocals/Bass Andy Sinclair: Drums N.O.N. was formed out of the rubbage of Meskwaki Bingo in 1998. Mark Phillips (vocals) and I (drums) started jamming with Kevin Shannon (guitar) and soon acquired Sarah Renk on bass. With the addition of Clay Foley on lead guitar, N.O.N. foreshadowed the metal edge that would be put to more use in later bands. Now or Never played several shows at Gabe's, BJ Records, and Sal's Music Emporium. The last few months of N.O.N. saw Clay leaving to form Fear of Falling, and Grace (of Blanding's) stepping in to play our last two shows. N.O.N. also decided to replace Sarah for various reasons and had a few people in mind for bass, but karma set in and N.O.N. dissolved in the summer of '99. N.O.N. never officially recorded anything other than some live shows and practices. The only "official" release was a live recording of "Water Tank" on the Adita compilation #10. -Andy/Mark
Click here to listen to "Fake Bake", recorded live at Sal's Music Emporium. |
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Only Ten Between Us (199?-?) Mickey: Vocals Matt Davis: Guitar ?: Drums
O.T.B.U. was a fast youth-crew style hardcore band. It was notable as Matt Davis' band preceding the legendary Vida Blue/Ten Grand.
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The Pharaohs (199?) Kim Daniels: Vocals/Guitar other members unknown
The Pharaohs were yet another of Kim Daniels' many bands. I think they were a glam band minus the image and were formed during Kim's Guns and Roses obsessive phase.
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(199?-?) This band was awesome! I'm not even 100% sure they were from Iowa City, but I remember Kevin Shannon and I seeing them at some old coffee shop around '96. They were an energetic, talented funk band. -Andy |
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P.M.O. (1995-1996)
Kim Daniels: Vocals/Guitar Sam Stapleton: Guitar Nate Miller: Bass Phil: Drums The first, and arguably best, band led by the legendary Kim Daniels aka Jimmy Spaniels on guitar and vocals. Other members included Nate Miller (bass), Phil S. (drums) and ? (guitar). PMO had a unique Arabian-core sound. "Dracula" was their most popular song as was the cover of "Rock Around the Clock" but changed to "Glock." Kim's spasms during live shows left the audience always coming back for more. They put out one self-released cassette and also appeared on the UAY Fountain Of Youth compilation #1. -Andy
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Punk Pac (1994-1996) Kim Daniels: Vocals Kevin Shannon: Guitar Andy Sinclair: Bass/Drums Molly: Guitar Mario Sosa: Bass Areli: ? Chris: ? Ryan "Cooder" Alwine: Drums
Ah! Punk Pac-the legendary band that never was. Kevin and Andy didn't know shit about playing instruments, but decided to start a band anyway. PP had several practices and line-ups throughout the years but mercifully never played live. The core of Kevin and Andy always remained along with a rotating line-up of real musicians. PP recorded "We Got Cool J" and "Taggin" (later covered by the Stereotypes) one afternoon at UAY. The line-up was Kevin (guitar), Andy (bass), Kim (vocals) and Ryan "Cooder" (drums). The recording took place before 5pm-the time before which drums weren't allowed to be played at UAY due to the noise. The inventive Cooder played the snare quietly and accompanied Kevin, Andy, and Kim as they recorded into a boombox. Sadly, the tape has since been lost in time so the world will never hear the greatness or the sheer emotional power of Punk Pac. -Andy |
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Pullaparts (1999) Kylie Buddin: Guitar/Vocals Phil Ochs: Bass Jesse Pelkey: Drums The Pullaparts played one show at City High and a second at Sal's Music Emporium before calling it quits. They released a cassette in 1999. -Andy |
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Ripped Half-Slips (199?) Becca Goss: Vocals Jennie Papenthien: ? Grace Sinclair: Drums This short lived band had their own style of Riot Grrl punk. I'm not sure if I ever saw them live. -Andy |
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Roughhousers (199?-?) Nobody (Jeff Nehring): Vocals James Robinson: Drums The Roughhousers were a kind of a reincarnation of Los Marauders. They had the same feel musically, but were a little less controversial and more under the local media radar. Their shows were always fun, energetic, and bizarre thanks to the antics of brothers Ed and Jeff Nehring. Jeff, (better known as "Nobody"), would always break periodically to light a cigar, tell a story or two, and pass the spit bucket around. My (Andy) best memories of the Roughousers are the fact that they got everyone in the crowd dancing and in a positive mood. A Roughousers show = great music enjoyed by great friends. I'm not aware of any official releases by the Roughhousers, but they did appear on both the 1996 and 1997 Feedlot compilations with their songs, "Feet You're Standing On" and "Hit 'Da Floor." -Mark |
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Splayed Innards (1995-1997) Brian ?: Vocals I don't know much about the Splayed Innards other than what I learned by seeing them a bunch of times and what I read in zines. They were a 4-piece Ramones-ish punk band with clean vocals. They were full of energy and kind of poppy, yet still bizarrely obscene. They released one self-titled 7" in '96 and their song, "Wearing Your Toes For Teeth" appeared on the 1997 Feedlot compilation, "Herd Mentality". A review of the 7" by Heartattack 'zine claimed Brian's vocals were, "trying to do the nasally Johnny Rotten thing but coming off as an annoying monotone whine." I disagree, but maybe that's why I'm not a record reviewer. Jay and Ian went on to play in Poison Squirrels, and later Jay was a part of Wax Cannon. -Mark |
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The Stereotypes (1995-1996, one-shot "reunion" 1997)
Mark Phillips: Vocals/Guitar Andy Sinclair (1st) Matt Show (2nd): Bass Jesse Pelkey: Drums
The Stereotypes were formed by Andy Sinclair and myself in 1995. Both of us were really into punk which was only amplified by seeing the Kingpins at the Cram shows. We met up and decided to get something going. I had played guitar for years, but not very seriously, and Andy was new to bass. We started writing songs and practicing in Andy's parents basement while looking for a vocalist and drummer on the side. After having no success finding a vocalist, I took it on out of necessity. We tried out a lot of drummers, but finally settled on Jesse Pelkey from Mr. Blandings Dreamhouse, which was Andy's sister's band.
I wrote most of the lyrics, which were usually about some group of people we disliked. We made fun of deadheads, businessmen, the debate team, gang members, beer drinkers, potheads, rednecks, jocks, cheerleaders... anything was fair game.
Our first show was on February 10, 1996 in a friend's basement. As I recall, they had a really nice finished basement and someone in the pit ran into the wall and put a hole in it. We played a bunch of shows over the next year, mostly at Gunnerz since Jesse was only a freshman and his mom wouldn't let him leave town. Attendance started dwindling at our shows and we kinda fell apart.
After a long break I felt that The Stereotypes deserved one last show. I talked to the rest of the band about it and Andy said he'd rather not be a part of it. So I enlisted Matt Show from Mr. Blandings Dreamhouse to fill in on bass. I was working with Pete from Hobinob at Napa at the time and we decided to set up a show at Gunnerz with Hobinob, The Stereotypes, and Matt's other band (that I happened to be drumming for), The Toy Machines on August 13, 1997. The show went horribly. Jesse and I were out of practice, and Matt had tried to learn everything in a week or two. To make matters worse, the Pee-Pees were playing across town the same night. Only a couple people came to see us, and it managed to be the most embarrassing show of my life. I have a tape of it, but you'll never hear it.
The only recordings of the Stereotypes are a self-released split tape with the Abortions, the 1997 Feedlot compilation, "Herd Mentality", and the UAY Fountain of Youth compilation tape #1. There is a video tape with us playing live somewhere. The Hut video used to have it. Contact us if you know where it is!
-Mark Click here to listen to "Merry Christmas" from the 1997 Feedlot Compilation. Click here to listen to "Fukkkountry", recorded live in a frat house basement. |
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Stickman (website) (1992-Present) Stu Mullins: Vocals/Drums Kylie Buddin: Guitar Gordy Axt: Bass Sam Mullins: Vocals/Keyboards
Stickman has released three great power-pop albums through the years, most recently in 2008.
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Strike-Out (199?) Kim Daniels: Vocals/Guitar Nate Miller (1st), Nate Tade (2nd): Drums other members unknown Strike Out was Kim Daniels and myself and someone else, We played only a few live shows that I can remember and broke up when Nate Miller quit the Harrassments at a RecCenter show (the Cedar Rapids Gazette had a photographer at this show, maybe they still have pictures) and I was asked to play drums in his place. -Nate |
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Matt Show: Vocals/Guitar ?: Bass Mark Phillips (1st), Jesse Pelkey (2nd): Drums
The Toy Machines were a Nirvana influenced alternative band. They released one tape and their song "Banky" appeared on the 1998 Feedlot comp, "Light Sweet Crude". I (Mark) was the original drummer but later decided they were a good band and if anyone was holding them back, it was me and my crappy drumming. They then got Jesse to take over, which was definitely an upgrade. Their cassette contains tracks recorded before and after the drummer switch, and it's not hard to tell who played on which tracks.
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Vida Blue/Ten Grand (Website)
(1998-2003)
Matt Davis:
Guitar/Vocals Bob Adams: Drums I am not the ideal person to tell the Vida Blue/Ten Grand story, because I think I only saw them once and I didn't know any member of the band but Matt. Here's what I can tell you though: The band started out life as Vida Blue in 1998. They played a lot of shows with a lot of good bands. One day they got word that a new band was being formed under the name "Vida Blue". I think it involved some heinous musicians from Phish or something. Anyway, they contacted the hippies and told them that they had been using the name forever and they were keeping it. The hippies told them they'd pay them $10,000 to change their name, so they did, and the decision of what to name the band was obvious. This band got very good, and were doing things musically before anyone else was doing them. In Spring/Summer of 2003 they toured Europe with fellow Iowan and friend, William Elliott Whitmore. Ten Grand made a lot of new friends and fans on that tour and the future was looking bright. They had a homecoming show scheduled at Gabe's in mid-August of 2003. Tragically, just several days before the show on August 10th 2003, Matt Davis unexpectedly passed away. Everyone still met at Gabe's that night to grieve and share memories. The band never played as Ten Grand again, but the remaining members are now in Tornavalanche. I'm not sure of everything they appeared on. The two albums I'm aware of are "Comprehensive List Of Everyone Who Has Ever Done Anything Wrong To Us" on Sickroom Records and "This is the Way to Rule" on Southern Records. -Mark |
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Yellow 5 (1996) Matt Show: Bass/Vocals? I recall playing one show at Gunnerz with them when I was in the Stereotypes. That might have been their only show. From what I can remember, Matt Show played bass, John Denning played guitar, and I don't know who played drums. I can't remember what they sounded like, but I assume it was typical high school punk rock stuff like everyone else was playing at the time. They were a very short-lived band. -Mark |
