DPBG1023

About me:

I'm Rono and am the lead screamer of Disappointed Parents the New Orleans hardcore band that started on the 80's underground scene there. We recorded and released 8 songs on a 7"EP - "Am I Getting Through?" in 1983. We had different lineups at different times. Currently we are preparing for our first performance with our new lineup: Rono (vocals), Tommy Gunn (drums and backing vocals), Kai (guitar and vocals), Jaryth Lee (guitars) and Ken Mason (bass). WILL BE PLAYING RAISE THE DEAD - FEB 6TH IN NEW ORLEANS @HI HO LOUNGE. DP toured throughout the Southeastern USA in the 80's, including Houston, Austin, Atlanta, and weekly played @ "The Industry" in Baton Rouge & @ "Tupelo's Tavern" in NOLA. And, we regularly played @ "The Rose Tattoo". We played shows with The Circle Jerks, Black Flag, The Dicks, DRI, MDC, Negative Approach, Toxin III, DDT, The Red Rockers, Teenage Waste, The Goners, Shell Shock, The Sluts, The Offenders, Butthole Surfers, Youth Brigade, Marching Plague, Die Kreuzen, the Necros, Graveyard Rodeo (then Bob's BBQ), No More Fun (original band of Jon Sanchez, who is now of the Summer Wardrobe in Austin, Tx.), the list goes on. We played at NOLA's Tupelos's, the Rose tattoo,St. Mark's Community Center (we were the first hardcore band to play there), etc. The Island in Houston, Tx., the Metro in Atlanta, Ga., The Ritz in Austin, Tx., the Bayou in Baton Rouge, La., etc. PLEASE SEE: http://bandmix.com/dpbg1023 *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************