Cameron Drake and Clayton Drake were on a tour of Vietnam late in the war when their chopper was gunned down by the Viet Cong. Narrowly escaping capture, they made their way through the dense jungle, where they encounted Carter Drake. Carter was a Chinese mystic who had a debilitating opium addiction. Through the power of song, Cameron and Clayton were able to help Carter to overcome his addiction. They spent fifteen years together in the jungle, meditating daily and practising martial arts. Eventually, they found that they could read each others' minds. Through the power of meditation, they developed their instincts and senses to the point where each of them had an individual power greater than that of mere mortals.
Carter had the power of geology, whereby he could detect geological fault lines and ore bodies using only a stick, a bucket of water, and sixteen strategically-placed, perfectly sphreical emeralds.
Cameron had a power he named "the Milk of Human Kindness". With one glance, he could determine in exact relative percentages, how happy, sad angry, aroused, offended, elated, excited, and intoxicated a person was.
Clayton had the ability to commune with the spirits of people who had been deceased for over 500 years. This power was limited only to people who had been dead for in excess of 500 years, and who had not been historically notable. He called it "the Power of Communicating with Average People who Have Been Dead for over 500 years."
With their powers combined, they found that they had very little ability to conquer evil, or even to do much good for the world. Therefore, they soon parted ways.
Cameron returned to his native USA, and began playing lead guitar for the Allman Brothers.
Carter returned to China and soon relapsed into his Opium addiction. He made his living writing fortunes for fotune cookies.
Clayton re-ignited his first passion: hang gliding. During the cold war, he hang glided clear across the Bering Strait, and into Russia, where he was able to gather secret intelligence on the Russian nuclear program by posing as a matron in a state-funded nursery.
These three kindred spirits eventually would meet up again at a Rolling Stones concert in 1980. They decided to form a band, and have since released 57 albums, all of which have gone multi platinum. A jury of fifteen of the world's most eminent scientists has officially declared them "the Greatest Band in the World."
"...Romper Room is good, despite its fast and almost constant mood changes. It is able to go from light hearted to almost ghoulish in a few seconds but s�ll holds onto its integrity. It really does have something for everyone. It is clear that the band put a lot into it and this allows it to shine."
"...While The Birthday Cakes' brand of spazzy, punk-tinged pop certainly won't appeal to everyone, there's enough good stuff on Romper Room that it's worth investigating if you're at all into that sort of thing. Songs like "Buried Treasure" and "Bubb Rubb" are brimming with energy (not to mention catchy riffs), while "When Good Bears Ghost Bad"...explodes out of the speakers with an enjoyably goofy recklessness."
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thanks for coming :) i really enjoy the music and the performance. i will live in the t-shirt and i burnt a cd for my friend and she's already addicted. thank you again ♥ p.s. let me know when you guys make another cd
hi clayton, i quite enjoyed your sudburytown performance. i hope that the tour is going well. will you be playing in sudbury again before the summer comes to an end?
