Hi. My name is Atom, and I play in a band called Armalite. We’ve been practicing together for about three years now, and played at least as many shows (at most, eight). Armalite is composed of four busy-ish, older-ish(?) folks. Most of us play in other, full-on bands, and all of us have stuff that makes it near impossible for Armalite to play outside of the Philadelphia metropolitan area on a regular, or even occasional basis. So far, this is quite a sales pitch, no? Dan Yemin currently screams, writes songs, and plays guitar occasionally for Paint It Black, and has been in a bunch of bands that people liked, and continue to like, such as Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, and even briefly played guitar for the pile of shit Ressurection. Mike McKee currently also plays guitar, and sings in Amateur Party (which has a way better name than Armalite… come to think of it, few bands don’t…. maybe the punksters Total Society don’t), screamed for Philly hardcore doods and doodette Kill the Man Who Questions, and is the editor of a decidedly non pile-of-shit magazine from Philadelphia called Rockpile. Jeff Ziga currently plays drums for True If Destroyed, Affirmative Action Jackson, and a rock n’ roll band camp during the summer. Me? I’m a dad of a twenty month old, who is nicknamed ‘The Potato’, and I teach high school physics and chemistry. I used to do a one person band-ish thing called Atom and His Package, but missed playing loud guitar with humans.
We’re four friends who play music together in Armalite purely because it’s fun. We like writing songs, and playing them together in Mike’s basement. We recorded a bunch of them and godamnit, we WILL play some shows. What does it sound like? Hmmm… Mike likes Ignition a LOT, and I am a sucker for pop… Dan & Jeff know the difference between coming in on the ‘1’ and the ‘and’, and Mike and I fake it. Hope you like it. Thanks.
Mike McKee: singer, guitar-er
Dan Yemin: bass-er
Jeff Ziga: drummer, background singer
Atom Goren: singer, guitar-er
Nice to meet you. Is it cold where you are? You all looked rugged up. I have my shirt off most of the time (to show off muscles and also to apply oil for Tai chi scenes).
Shit yeah, we're down with ex-DelCielo. We had some fun basement shows together. Plus, Katy has some embarassing stories about me. I think Tem still works at Atomic (Ethopian). Jimmy The Truth (the Pollock is in FLA) getting his masters. Davenada (Ecuador) DJ-ing his ass off. Shit Boy (Pat) teaches retards in philly. WAY OFF POINT....Write more songs guys and release them. I liked it.
Thanks for adding me. Unfortunately I live far away, so I can't make it to shows. But if you happen to make it to the Milwaukee area you can crash at my place.
I'm glad you like the photos, next fest I'll be there again. I'm just assuming you will too.
Also, Jeff I apologize for not getting any good shots with you in them, I'm sure being a drummer you are used to that. You drummers are always hiding your faces behind symbols. But in this case it was my fault for being too drunk and not trying hard enough. Next time :)
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