Neil Blender, Terence Yoshizawa, Charlie Christian, Eric Johnson, Wes Montgomery, Stiff Little Fingers, Lance Mountain, Magic Sam, Joe Satriani, Elwood, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, The Descendents, Steve Vai, Steve Caballero, Bjork, Marc Ribot, Dave Biller, Mimi Knoop, Kenny Burrell, Tom Waits, Tony Hawk, The Misfits, and on and on and on....
Hi, I'm Adrian Demain. Some of you may remember me from my days as a professional skateboarder. Here's a quick rundown for those who don't: During the mid-late '80s I rode for Powell Peralta as part of the illustrious Bones Brigade with team mates Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Mike McGill, Tommy Guerrero, Rodney Mullen, Ray Barbee and a bunch of other really talented skaters. As the industry changed I felt I needed to work with a smaller company where I could get back to my roots as a skater and have a little more control over my career. I changed sponsors in '88 to ride for the House Of Kasai run by my good friend and skating legend, Lester Kasai. I had four different signature models with this company. It was a dream come true to be able to skate and travel with many of skateboarding's legends and it allowed me to travel all over the US as well as to Germany, France, Spain, Italy, England, Australia and Japan. I'm still skating, but it usually ends up being once a week these days.
I'm also a working musician, having played guitar since 1984. Here's a brief run down: started out with '60s pop Beatles stuff, started listening to Steve Vai and Joe Satriani and dove into the world of shred guitar (yes, I did my share of Yngwie neo-classical metal), discovered modern blues via Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter which lead to Hendrix, Clapton, Albert King, Freddie King, Albert Collins, etc., began sitting in with blues bands around San Diego in the early '90s. Joined a local band called the Forbidden Pigs and began touring extensively throughout the US and Europe. Recorded the album "The Other White Meat" produced by Dave Alvin of the Blasters. Although primarily known as a rockabilly band, we played every style of roots music from rockabilly and blues to R&B and swing to country and Tejano border music. It was a great learning experience and really taught me a lot about performing live and playing in a trio. After leaving the Pigs I was picked up by Lee Rocker, bassist for the legendary Stray Cats. I worked on 2 albums with Lee (No Cats and Lee Rocker live) and toured extensively, including shows in Madrid, Amsterdam, Holland and even Moscow! Lee is a great person, fun to travel and play with and he always made sure to take care of the band, first and foremost.
What am I doing now? After leaving Lee Rocker I was in a band that played Hawaiian music from the '40s and '50s called the Cheap Leis. Our uke player was the oh so well known "O" from Olivelawn, Fluf and more recently Reeve Oliver. We mostly played around San Diego, but thanks to O we had the opportunity to open for the Knitters and Exene Cervenka's band the Original Sinners as well as a short stint on the Warp Tour where we shared the stage with NOFX. Although we never put out a CD we do have a track in the surf film "The Seedling" by Thomas Campbell. (Two of the tracks on my page are from another one of Thomas' films called "Sprout.") There are apparently some bootleg recordings of the Leis floating around out there. I was also in a traditional Western Swing band called the Golden Hill Ramblers with Johnny Maccree on guitar and Jim Austin on upgright bass. Johnny is a very talented singer and song writer and a great swing rhythm guitarist. They're definitely worth checking out. For the last few years I've been playing blues with local harp player Billy Watson. He's a great performer and I've had the pleasure of working on 3 cds with him (Live At The Rhythm Cafe, Madcap Extravaganza and Numero Cinco). If you've never experienced a Billy Watson show you simply owe it to yourself to see him perform. In between things I was fortunate to have spent some time in the studio with Big Sandy And The Flyrite Boys for their "Feelin' Kinda Lucky" record and Big Sandy's "Dedicated To You" as well as being on the Supersuckers' "Must've Been Live". Lately I've had the great fortune to play with a couple of very talented local artists, the Mattson 2. They're twin brothers, Jared plays upright bass and guitar and Jonathan plays drums. Together with their friend Eric Poline on turntables we recently played a few shows of completely improvised music from start to finish; no outline, no set chords or rhythms. Pure expression and very rewarding. I'm not sure when we'll be playing next, but I'll let everyone know.
And that, as they say, is that.......for now at least!
Howdy! Come check out our CD Release Party at the Belly Up tomorrow, Wednesday August 20th...$8 and doors at 8pm. We hit the stage at 9pm.....You will not forget it, we promise!!!
YEAAAAAAAH ADRIAN!!! WOOOOOOO heh... rock out old style. country and westrn' love you and for the record. toby r u l e s, and tell her hello! xoxoxoxox
Thanks Adrian... stoked you came out to watch... get that back better so we can skate... I've been skating the Y the last two days... stoked that you are on the House!!!
It is time to put your fancy top-hat on... welcome to the world famous 2nd ever SWIV TACKLE CIRCUS art exhibition opening!
hot hot artist, Lisa Solberg, in from Los Angeles. Artist in attendance. Nena Anderson singing 80's jazz tunes. DJ CUTE BOOBS + friends = 80's dance party!!!
EFFEN VODKA & STONE BREW WILL BE SERVED.
Come, get swivtacular with us. Glide and You Shall Find, Swiv Tackle Circus
