Band History
Here s a great idea, let s get the guy in the band who smokes the most pot to write a band history. That s me. The guy who couldn t remember what was said five minutes ago if his life depended on it. You try and write down the last 16 years of your life and make it seem relevant?
First Practice 1983
Here s what I do remember. I was sitting with a kid named Dillon in our usual spot with the other punkers during lunchtime at Fairfax high school. He was a drummer, and we were dissatisfied with the bands we were in. My band consisted of me and my one and only Punk Rock friend both playing guitar and singing and that was it. Neither one of us had finished any songs. Not quite a recipe for success.
So I sez to my friend, let s start a band. A real band, a band that does stuff. A band that writes songs, practices, puts out records, and goes on tour. We talked about who else we wanted in this band. We knew lots of good people from going to punk gigs around LA. He knew a Bass player named Mike who used to be in a band called False Alarm. We bot... (
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