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Occasional Monster is no more.
Indie / Rock / Alternative

2004-2009



Columbus, Ohio
United States

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Member Since2/21/2005
Band Websitewww.occasionalmonster.com
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Influences We have been influenced by just about everything we have ever heard, tasted, or felt.

No other explanation really makes sense.
Sounds Like the square root of negative one lost in passionate subdivision
Record LabelOccasionaltone
Type of LabelIndie


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The Human Condition.mp3
Diazepam.mp3

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OCCASIONAL MONSTER: Leftovers

Collectively, Occasional Monster was a indie-ish rock band from Central-ish Ohio. We did not play free bird. We did not wash your dishes, even when you let us crash at your place after a show. We still can't tell you who we sounded like. *Begins to sing "These are a few of our favorite things"*.

Musically, we are commonly described as Alternative, but such a one word description defies the complexity and schizophrenic range that is our hallmark. Frankly, I don't think anyone ever actually described us. I'm sure we'll check this from time to time, so the challenge still stands. We ranged from acoustic folk to heavy music that rode the fence between hard rock and metal. During that journey between extremes, we traversed through other territories including old-school country, jazz, blues, funk, and noise. Sure, we were not the first band to pull off this smashup of genres, but we were among a select few that do it while maintaining equal importance for the art of songcraft. That's something to be proud of, I think. Not all songs were a journey, but you can be assured that you cannot faithfully predict where each new song may go by it’s first thirty seconds, nor it’s first four minutes.

Personally, we still have a progressive bias and a DIY attitude. We did all of our own writing and recording in our rehearsal space/studio. We designed all of our graphics (with some significant help from Stephanie Sherwood), built our website, and manufactured advanced electroshock devices to "discourage" usage of the phrase "get er dun." Ok, so I was kidding about the liberal bias. We poked holes in closed minds.

Individually, we were composed of the following parts:

Bobby Dunkle – Guitar
Dan Sherwood – Guitar and Vocal Chords
Jerod Elder – Bass and Vocal Chords
Michael Knapp - Drums and Cymbals


We are proud to have played with Just Above Jealous, Evan Harris and the Driftwood Motion, Sour Blood, The Wooly Lemons, 7th Cycle, Mullincamp, False Alarm, And 5 Makes 20, Boogie Matrix Mechanism, A Friend Called Fire, Ron Freeman and the Revelators, Nathan Zangmeister, Big Wise, Six or Seven, The Furry Jerks, Tuesday Cried, Go Analog, and GhostMonster.

Listen. Enjoy. Comment if you desire. Thanks. - OM

The Human Condition Live on August 28th 2008 @ CBR's




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GxSpiral





Jul 9 2009 11:27 AM

Hi,
Thanks for the add.
So good!
keep in touch.

GxSpiral
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Jul 8 2009 3:29 AM

friday in portsmouth ohio..

i know you may not be able to, or may just not want to.

but we need another band or two to play with us on friday at tracy park in portsmouth, ohio.

if you could help us out, or know of anyone who could it'd be marvelous.

thanks! <33
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Jun 29 2009 11:54 AM

HEY GUYS,HOPE YOU HAVE A AWESOME WEEK,ALL THE BEST TO YOU!!!
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Jun 28 2009 11:07 PM

Thanks / Obrigado
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Jun 27 2009 2:41 AM

Mom and Dad were trying to console Susie, whose dog, Skipper, had recently died.

"You know," Mom said, "it's not so bad. Skipper's probably up in Heaven right now, having a grand old time with God."

Susie stopped crying and asked, "What would God want with a dead dog?"

Carlos





Jun 25 2009 2:15 AM

damn man, I heard about the band folding up, you guy are awesome, I was hoping to see you at Comfest! You will be missed!
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Jun 23 2009 9:53 PM

Just wanted to stop by and say............... YOU RAWK
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Jun 22 2009 4:21 AM

Thanks for being our friend at Jay Jay's. We are starting to do live music. If you are ever interested in playing this way, please let me know.
Thanks!
-Gina B. of Jay Jay's Bar and Grill

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Jun 21 2009 7:39 AM

We'd love to play a show with you guys before the festival!!!
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Jun 21 2009 2:53 AM

HELLO, IT'S RICKY.JUST DOING SOME PROMOTING FOR OUR UP COMING SHOWS :]
LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN MAKE IT TO ANY OF THEM.
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Jun 18 2009 10:41 AM

Thanks for the add and support!
Greetings from Poland!
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Jun 18 2009 7:45 PM

HAVE A AWESOME WEEKEND GUYS,KISSES FROM MANDYROSE,MUAH!
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Jun 12 2009 4:12 AM

HOPE YOU HAVE A SUPER FANTASTIC WEEKEN,KISSES FROM MANDYROSE! XXX
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Jun 12 2009 5:58 PM

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! XO
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Jun 14 2009 8:06 PM

Hey There...Just Droppin' On By To Say Howdy
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Jun 16 2009 3:13 AM

Thanks for the add and we hope you enjoy the tunes! Take care and keep in touch with us! Your friends

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Jun 9 2009 6:25 PM

THANKS 4 THE ADD
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Jun 9 2009 8:53 PM

Hi and thank you for your friendship :) xo Cheetah
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Jun 10 2009 2:50 AM

we are sending our love from az :)
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Jun 5 2009 11:01 PM

just dropped by to show yur page some love fellas keep rockin!
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Jun 3 2009 7:02 AM

hes under my friends, ryan of the nevelas, mans got talent seen him make a song from phone numbers using digets as fret position.
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Jun 2 2009 10:21 PM

Thank you for your friendship!
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May 30 2009 7:22 PM

hey! how are you?
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Jun 1 2009 2:31 AM

hows it going?
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Jun 1 2009 7:42 AM

Youhouhou, thank you very much for the friendship, have a nice week end ! Check my arts if you got a minute aight ?

Peace !

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