greg stomberg, bruce schwitters, jim hauser, ken clinger, micky saunders, g w smith, dan susnara, c goff, david dziubczynski, don campau, valerie marie, bruce currier, carol clock, donald g. stomberg, dave cook, rick hultquist, trent smith and family
Influenze
pink floyd's the wall, michael moore, orwell, h p lovecraft, the beatles, lennon, carlos castaneda, jack kirby, yes, king crimson, robert e howard, jfk
È simile
in reviews we have been compared to jethro tull, pink floyd, neil young, and other great '60s rock bands
the franklin grove times ; also covering ashton, dixon, rochelle, chana, oregon, lee center, il :
NEW ; SONGS ; 1. old mill road, lyrics by greg stomberg and music by dan susnara. 2. rock and roll, music and lyrics by g.w. smith. 3. the wind, lyrics by misty a stomberg and music by the band empire. 4. brother, lyrics by joan currier and music by dan susnara. 5. silver city, lyrics by greg stomberg and music by empire, 6. the one and only..., lyrics by greg stomberg and music by ken clinger. 7. the shxtkickin kid, lyrics by ken clinger and greg stomberg, music by ken clinger, this song even mentions franklin grove. 8. stargazers, lyrics by greg stomberg, music by bruce schwitters, this song by dan susnara. 9. you're gonna die, lyrics by greg stomberg, music by jim hauser and bruce schwitters, this song by syberite. 10. midnight gardens, lyrics by greg stomberg, music by micky saunders. ...so there ya go, four songwriters from franklin grove. ... ... NEW ; RIP Donnie R. Stomberg, 6-08, donnie was a legend around the franklin grove area. ... FRANKLIN GROVE MEMORIES ; chuck ives drug store, sundays bridge, mondays bridge, the springs, logans junk yard, lovers leap, mill springs, the seven sisters springs, the hole, the meeting place, myrtles haunted school house and the pissing tree, norweigan hill, syberite, g.w. smith, the smiths, bartlett, englebrecht, stomberg, old mill road, twist road, all the great gravel roads for drinking, currier, huber, white, ford, alice, kathie, otey, barb, hall, randy mullins, rick wulf, mike beach, group, who remembers carl johnson? they should build a statue of him standing uptown since he was a permanent fixture for so long, and family, franklin center high school, the railroad bridge, the old and new route 38 bridges, all the wild illinois green, oh yea, we remember these!........: ROCK BANDS from franklin grove : kirby stomberg formed a band in the attic of the stomberg house on state and lahman st. across from the school and you could hear hear them blaring from blocks away, kirby's death in 1972 ended that band. in 1973 an underground newspaper was published in rochelle titled zeke and surf, named by john schwitters after an imaginary dog and his pet man. SYBARITE was formed in rochelle by bruce schwitters and jim hauser in 1973 and bruce recorded 'being a toad', guitarist bruce met poet greg stomberg at crest foods in 1977 and a band was formed with jim hauser now named syberite. greg's songs mixed with bruce's guitar riffs and songs were recorded, their greatest masterpeice turned out to be the 'art of time'. after breaking up in mid 1978 greg joined the country folk band g. w. smith and family, making their first recording in 1979 with g.w., greg, and donald g. stomberg, greg's dad, they continued recording thru the 80's and 90's with guest musicians like bruce currier, carol clock and valerie marie,. in 1980 greg joined the cover band 'cook, stomberg, and hultquist' and recorded lots of cover rock and roll songs. in 1984 bruce schwitters and greg stomberg reunited syberite with bruce currier and recorded a jam session in franklin grove, also zeke and surf, the great underground newspaper was brought back to life by greg in oregon, in 1984 greg and mike beach recorded a synthesizer jam of poetry, in the early 1990's greg started his underground beatle songs collection of hometapers recording their version of different beatle songs. in mid 1990 greg joined valerie marie in the band 'space ocean' and recorded on a few compilation tapes. in 1992 dr demento played gregs song 'let's have a scary christmas' on hi radio show christmas special. g.w. smith died in 2001 and that ended the country band. 2003 had greg writing his first rock opera based on the book by jim hauser 'adam g-214, 2073 a.d.'. in 2005 greg and dan susnara recorded their first live jam in doniphan, mo.
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