7-11 nacho cheese, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Colgate ads, Misc meat products, Perverted Gym teachers, Girls who ride horses, Pain, Radio controlled boat clubs, Newspaper pictures, Evil satellites that make people crazy, Every band both good or bad that has caressed our ear drums, Karl Rove, my goldfish, your beautiful eyes that are reading these words ------------
No band in their right mind likes to write their own bio. It comes off as derivative, or cheesy, or self-aggrandizing, or sometimes just incoherent. Usually all those things, and comes with a photo of three guys standing in front of a brick wall (one of whom is looking away from the camera.)
But you gotta write it because people are going to give you five seconds and they want to know if your sound is going to peel the paint off their walls, whether it's good music to make out with their girlfriend to, whether it's going to make their baby smarter just from listening to it in their crib, whether it will be the next big thing with the kids and sell a bazillion copies. And to all these questions I say simply: yes. Disastroid will do this for you.
Ok. People want genres and people want reference points, so here you go: Our singer/guitarist likes to call it "stoner rock for people with ADD." I think of it as part Melvins, part Minutemen, part Queens of the Stone Age. One of these days we'll ask the drummer what he thinks. Just remember, we want you to listen to it really, really loud.
An earlier incarnation of Disastroid released an EP in 2007; in our current three-piece lineup, we self-released a new album, "Life or Death", in October of 2009, and now we're just generally kicking ass around the Bay Area scene. But don't take our word for it:
"...Fucking awesome. The perfect mix of Harvey Milk, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Nomeansno, and Danzig while tuning it to their own unique sound. It was everything good about rock music and what is good about rock music now. I highly recommend these guys and it was nice to be blown away by an opening band I had never heard a note from before."
- Speed Glue and Music, July 2009
"H.E.A.V.Y. What does that spell? Disastroid! Damn, I'm lazy. But they were, so I'm half right and half an idiot. I'll take those odds. The three piece dished out some of the most angular, jaunty, hard rock I've ever encountered, but that combination made more sense when they did it than it does on paper..."
- dothefeedback.com, July 2009
"Heavy, dark and moody, just like the Bay Area fog that makes summer feel like winter and a flannel shirt a must. Minutemen-style punk with original and cutting vocals bring it all together. This Frisco trio can groove or blast depending on how they feel or where the music takes them."
- Little Book San Francisco, September 2008
"That wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be."
- Nameless Texan audience member, August 2009
On November 13th, PinUp
Productions will be hosting the Battle of the Bands Finals at The Avalon, THE premiere live music venue
in the San Jose area. The final 6 bands (started with 54) will
compete for the $10,000 grand prize in what will surely be a night to remember.
All ages with a full bar. Come out and support your favorite band. This event
WILL sellout, so get your presales now at www.letswoosh.com
or by clicking on the flier below. This will be a show talked about for years
to come, hope to see you out. BTW If you have just a couple of minutes, we
encourage everyone to default the Battle
flier as their myspace pic. If you care about your local music scene, or
any of the bands playing please show your love. If you do default the
flier, please send us a message letting us know so that we can add you to our
top friends! Thanks so much guys.
ALSO HELP SAVE YOUR LOCAL MUSIC SCENE AND SUPPORT THESE
SHOWS:
The new issue of Juice Magazine - Issue 66 - featuring ANDY KESSLER (R.I.P.) skating the streets of NYC on the cover (Photo by Ivory Serra) is available now. www.juicemagazine.com.
JUICE MAGAZINE ISSUE 66 features:
ANDY KESSLER interview by STEVE OLSON BEBE BUELL interview by STEVE OLSON BOOTSY COLLINS interview by STEVE OLSON CRAIG JOHNSON interview by JIM MURPHY FRITZ MEAD interview by JIM MURPHY KALANI DAVID interview by JAY ADAMS MIKE WEED interview by STEVE OLSON NATAS KAUPAS interview by STEVE OLSON OMAR SALAZAR interview by STEVE OLSON PAUL SCHMITT interview by STEVE OLSON PETER GUNN interview by MARK "RED" SCOTT and THE CONFESSOR ROB PALMER interview by JIM MURPHY SCOTT CAAN interview by STEVE OLSON JACK GRISHAM of T.S.O.L. interview by STEVE OLSON TIM JACKSON interview by AARON MURRAY WADE SPEYER interview by JIM MURPHY YANIV EVAN interview by STEVE OLSON VENICE SK8 WALL OF FAME features interviews with AARON “FINGERS” MURRAY, BART SARIC, BOB "THE BULLET" BINIAK, C.R. STEYCK III, CESARIO “BLOCK” MONTANO, CHRISTIAN HOSOI, CHUCK KATZ, CRIS DAWSON, DANNY BEARER, DOUG SMITH, ERIC “TUMA” BRITTON, ERIC DRESSEN, GEORGE WILSON, GER-I LEWIS, JAMES "RED DOG" MUIR, JEFF HO, JOEY TRAN, JOSH “BAGEL” KLASSMAN, LANCE LEMOND, MARK MUNSKI, JAY ADAMS, JEF HARTSEL, JESSE MARTINEZ, KELLY JACKSON, PAT BAREIS, PAUL CONSTANTINEAU, PAUL HOFFMAN, PEGGY OKI, RAY FLORES, SKIP ENGBLOM, SUSANNE MELANIE BERRY, TIM JACKSON, WENTZLE RUML IV, WES HUMPSTON.
So our Fu tour got a bit jumbled, ASG dropped off and It's Casual got caught in the office, but we cherry picked some good shows. Should double check the relax date with Eddie, he's pairing down to Saturdays there. -B- -717-
Hey, yep still in sf. Looks like you guys have some good shows coming up. I'm hoping to surf tomorrow evening and if there's time, try to stop by the Elbow Room to rock out with ya. I posted some of my music at myspace.com/paulcress. Check it out. It's a different myspace on accident.
