me and Janine and Tim
(old days - Lou, Steve, Nyna and me)
Influences
list goes on and on but offa the top of my head - my band mates, Dick Dale, ? and the Mysterions, The Plugz, Franz Schubert lieder, mid to late Beethoven, RAMONES, Soundgarden, the Clash, Bob Dylan (!), Yardbirds, Firewater, The Animals, Monster Magnet, Frankie Laine, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Beatles, Sex Pistols, Chuck Berry, Dead Moon, J. Geils, Hendrix, Public Enemy, Beasties, Replacements, Wire, Public Image, T. Rex, Skip Spence, Bang on a Can, Stravinsky (before serialism), Zappa, Stooges, local SF Bay Area bands past and present....
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My most recent band is Pie Rats.
We're a baby band just learning how to walk and sing at the same time. A little more metal and little more melody here.
I also play guitar, write and sing in D'Jelly Brains . We're punk but not in the way a lot of bands are. We're not pop nor are we hard core. D'Jelly Brains...more like the original era (or eras if you include the garage punk era) of punk when bands were more creative, open-minded, off the wall and more interested in art than commerce. Anyway, go to http://www.jellybrains.com or find us on myspace.
My old band was VKTMS....(older and stronger than dirt...) VKTMS stuph....
VKTMS released a single on 415 Records - "No Long Good-Byes"/"100% White Girl", a song ("Ballad of Pincushion Smith") on the S.F. Underground ep (on Subterranean Records, along with Flipper, No Alternative and the Tools), another 7" with four songs on it (including "Midget") which has become an overly expensive collector's item (actually this was our first record)- all in the 1980s, and a self-titled limited edition album (on virgin vinyl of course, recorded in 1981-82 but released in 1995). In July,1996 we put out a double EP package, with one EP of newly recorded material combined with a rerelease of the "Midget"EP.
***We released a CD in 1997 containing most everything we've ever recorded plus some surprises on Broken Rekids . This was a true blessing as it brought a lot
of attention and finally some validation. It also brought a lot old friends back in touch and also a lot of new ones. We got mail from around the world. Way cool.
We are at http://www.myspace.com/vktms if you wanna know more.
Other than that...
I'm from Florida. St. Pete and then Gainseville.
After VKTMS (first time around) I went back to school and miraculously became a graduate of UC Berkeley (BA, with Honors and Distinction) and UC Davis (MA, Composition) in Music. Even though I teach various classes at Holy Names University in Oakland (since 1998), I came back to what I do best.....playing in bands.
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
> Bellydancers in costume get in free at all club shows!
> More shows are still being added, so check the Firewater MySpace page for updates.
> This message was sent by an evil robot. So if you are somewhere other than Europe and can't escape, we're sorry. We'll be back again someday soon.
What's this??!! Throwing in the towel over a little lost bas player! Come on now....you're just getting your wheels greasy. You better not stop! I won't if you won't. XOX Katherine Wire G
Anläßlich der Veröffentlichung unserer neuen CD „live hier und jetzt“ am 27.3.09, erhalten alle myspace-Freunde die CD für 12,-€ inkl. gratis Tour-Shirt, aber nur solange der Vorrat reicht.
Thanks a lot for the friend request, cool tunes! This is Jane, Margaret's bassist...one of my best friends lives in Gainesville, rockin' town...Tom Pettys old hood too.
