fmgreen:

jkputnam:

FMGreen, I’ve known them for years, I was even in the band for a brief moment, and between the three of them they make up half of the people who follow this blog.  What can I say that they don’t already know about themselves?  For the people that don’t know them, it’s been a long road; rough in the beginning.  Lots of different band names and lots of different bass players, the worst of which were Jewel’s Verne Fish and TJ Rinaldo respectively.  I don’t actually remember if TJ was the worst but he was the shortest lived, he may have even been the first back when the band was called The Adventure Breakfast Club after a boy scout camp-out mishap… hey, that could be a band name; The Boy Scout Camp Out Mishap… hmm, maybe just the title of an album.  Anyway, in the years following they settled on a strong three person line up, got sweat on by Slash, burned with fire by The Reverend Horton Heat, and began listening to Peter Gabriel.  It’s these components (three great musicians and baptism in sweat, fire, and mediocrity) that make up this unstoppably rocking band.  For years I went to their rehearsals and to their shows.  I looked forward to hearing them play as much as any of my favorite bands (ya know, real bands).  I was always an FMGreen fan. 

The best decision they ever made was to pretend to break up the band in order to kick me out without hurting my feelings.  If they hadn’t done that I never would have had the thrill of being in the crowd and watching them play.  

FMGreen just released their third album, VICTORY!  Listen to it… and Follow FMGreen on Tumblr, I do. 

Thanks John!

Additional former band names and band members include: Quentin and the Tarantinos, Vinny Reeder, Matt Butterfield, Volksempfanger, Grady Mutzel,  Jon Schott, and Item 069.

Volksempfanger’s first and only gig, at Fast Eddies in Rochester.
(L to R: Steve, Scott, John, Grady, Vinny)

nothingnear:

There’s a kind of statement spoken here.

I’m only reblogging this because I’m not sure that my bandmates are angry enough with me lately and the fact that I mostly agree with Gibson’s ad should serve to increase that anger. I gotta keep them on their toes, you know?

(via bucketbd)

Hey. Remember when I said I had a bad day?  Well it’s true. I did.

Then I went out for an hour and came home to find this.

The universe has made up for my crappy day by letting me win a cool new underwater digital camera!

I’ve posted about The Rentals a total of 10 times so far in 2009.  If you gave up on this band after Friends of P then you’ve done yourself a serious disservice.  Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of their sophomore release, Seven More Minutes; in my opinion it’s one of the most overlooked albums of the late 90’s.

But even before you get there, head over to http://www.therentals.com and check out the amazing project they’ve been running throughout 2009. Songs About Time includes 1 brand new photo per day, 1 brand new short film per week, and 3 EPs in 2009.  It’s the best web-based project I’ve ever seen from a band.

Thank you to Matt Sharp and The Rentals!

Yeah, there’s the douchebag.

His lead guitarist - that tall, lanky, Lebanese dude in the back - smelled like cheap cologne and spent the entire night trying to get my then-17-year-old girlfriend to join him for a quick romp in the back.

Originals: (Photo, Name, Quote)

Tagged by @juliafish

The meme goes as follows:

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Create your own band and debut album cover randomly

To Do This:

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article that comes up is the name of your band.

2 - Go to Quotations Page and select “random quotations” or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 - The last four or five words of the very LAST quote on the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days - The third picture in the top row, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.

5 - Post it to your preferred online outlet with this text in the “caption” or “comment” and TAG the friends you want to join in.

yup. kthxbai.

thank you, ffffound!