Teri Feral Rat - head cheese, high squeeks, low 4 string rumbles
Rob Choco Rat - tail thumping, tub pounding, sarcasm meter minder
Lil' Johnny Rat - occasional tunneling and tuning of six strings, midrange squeeks
Influences
Johnny Kidd, The Good Rats, The Rationals, Ratt..., Swamp Dogg's "Rat On," Mallrats, Hot Rats, Armand Schaubroeck's Ratfucker, Angel Rat, Mouse and the Executioners, Stau's "Der guter Rat", the Boomtown Rats (even on Mondays), Rat Pedals, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and his Rat Fink, Flight of the Rat, Rat Scabies, "Return of the Rat" (both versions), The Rat Pack, Rattus Norvegicus, Paul Rat, Rat Music for Rat People, Willard and Ben, Mickey Rat, Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9FM!, Ratso Rizzo, Rizzo the Rat (Muppets), Biggy Rat and Itchy Brother, Rat-a-tat-tat, Pressed Rat and Warthog, Ratbert, Rat (from Pearls Before Swine), Humble Pie, Lester (from Beakman's World), Kentucky Fried Rats, Rats of Hamelin, rats leaving a sinking ship, Lab Rats, Eric von Zipper, and....
More later after we clean up the nest and find our records...
Hey and ho, ho, ho! Here's our video for Have A Very Ratty Xmas. Check it out please.
Baked in a hot stewdio in the sweltering San Francisco (yes, Mr. Clemens, it can be hot here...) summer of 2006. Rat stew ingredients - VKTMS, Lethal Gospel, D'Jelly Brains, Jagged, Walk-Ups, and everyone and everything we've played with or listened to...
"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." --Lily Tomlin
"Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat."
--Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hey--thanks so much to all of you for making it out to our odd little band's gig the other week. It was wonderful seeing all three of you there, and I appreciate it. I'll see if I can make it out to your Retox gig--that place is a hoot!
BTW, I think I vaguely remember that the recording in question is done, but if John does still want to borrow my regular Tele to do that track, that's totally fine. Lemmy know...
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.
ALL TOGETHER NOW: (ahem) PIE RATS! PIE RATS! ROLLEY POLLEY PIE RATS! Eat them up (FORTE) YUM! just letting you know that Headshear will be at Kimo's 1351 Polk St San Francisco, California Thursday May 7th. We will be the first band, going on at 9pm.
Also sharing the bill will be The Illness, on second, and Cloakwheel, third.
hey, Headshear's playing this Sat. nite (April 18th) @ The Hotel Utah. They gave us the headliner... It would be uber swell to see you there... Laters, Van & Headshear
Dear Teri, Thinking of you and smiling... Hope everything is going really well. Pie Rats music rocks! I hadn't heard Thoughts That Count, excellent song. Love your vocals on All This Time. Powerful and crystal clear. Missed you at NAMM, we were busy with the Martin Luther King Jr. Day blanket distribution for the homeless, so only made a cameo appearance. Miss you something fierce. Love, Stacy CAMPAIGN FOR CARE
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Hi pie rats! SoundSafe loves you! Please make a local music profile page for yourself on soundsafe. org SoundSafe is a 501c3 non-profit working to preserve, strengthen, promote, and unite the Bay Area music community.
Upload songs to our radio station, promote your shows, network, and take advantage of our educational resources for the music business.
