Follow Lansing's clown princes of punk rock through their first 3 years of mayhem, mischief and trendsetting. From Abe Lincoln worship to 20+ band-member freakouts, this DVD stakes tCF's claim as midwestern forebears of a burgeoning genre. $10
ACTIVE
duty
Ozzie Smith'n'Wesson (Varsity frontman, spandex), Reverend Craig (Varsity guitar, vox, fire breathing), KL (Varsity keys, vox, subsidizer of insanity), Starship (junior Varsity drums, Tony Atlas workout routine), Dynamite TNT (Varsity drums, All purpose drums, congas, slide whistle, vibraslap, tambourine, John Wilkes Booth, freedom tickler, etc...), Ball (second vocals when on shore leave, vocalist for 1st EP), Saut (bass, aerobics instructor, dietary care technician, cook, squirt gun, the other end of the phone during "brohymn"), Erotic funeral (percussion), Nich Plural (Varsity Bass 08-?, Rock n' Roll Wildman) Korey (toy drums, homemade drumset, television, baseball bat), Brad (second guitar, 47563847546573th string bassist, satanic clogs, Richard Nixon mask, tambourine, drunken horrible videographer), Jacob Weston (Chef-in-training, stunt monkey, JV bassist/people's champ) Sonic the HYPEhog (Chief Management & Allocation specialist , stunt monkey,) Rusty (tech geek, dvd compiler, music video goddess, photographer genius, web design extraordinaire) Keith Scott Budd (the guy that tackles brad), Zack (Crazy Exotic Dance Routines, Sergeant At Arms, Madness Will Ensue, JV keyboards), BenBen (stunt monkey supreme, the speedo, the urinal), Skotty Blood Bank (Hypeman! vocals, accordian, horns, JV frontman, Pollywhirl not that stupid M&M), Aymor (joe perry) (horns, moon boots, keyboards, additional insanity, JV (and much better) guitarist), Otis (Extranged Varsity bass, Official Texas Chapter Missionary, Horns, last song insanity, taco neck syndrome), Sean "the People's Champ" (Varsity stunt-monkey supreme, Naked Vince Lombardi, Reagan Masks), Frankie (Turtle power), Digger (eighth string bassist and van halen), Beaverhat Pat/Spike (bringing the motherfucking ruckus), Eric RejX (ball cannon, keyboard stand, mad scientist, pittsburgh representative), John Bruce (JV Drums, Sarcastic Remarks, Sardonic Comments, and Esoteric Humor), Paul (Fro-Fanatic, Chalkboard Equations, jjuggling), Mario juevos (wicked metal solos), Hubert H. Humphreyman (Sousaphone/upping the punx), Little Travis (The Lansing Bat, Promotions, Whatever he can pick up), Jared (vocals, Living Buffet, Abe Lincoln), Hack (stunt monkey, lighter of smoke bombs, nixon mask, videographer, roadie, chair pisser), Daniel (Percussion, Hair Clippers), Dante (Inferno, Wheelz of Steelz, Jock-role-player in afterschoolspecial rock opera), HorHJ/smokebreak (the Oily Cowboy, Stunt Monkey Supreme in Training, Melodica), the Bo (dancing, crowd-hype), tCF Mike (Full Time Crowd Action), Sam (stunt-monkey, panda dancing, anal-sax, JV bass/stunt-monkey-supreme, crowd-hype, tCF half shirt), Heath (occasional metal solos),
INACTIVE
duty
REST IN PIECES - Ulysses (Keeper of the keyboards, chick magnet) Rambeau (bassist on leave), SABATICAL TO LATVIA - Inese (nurse, stunt-monkey), Eddie (accordion, additional insanity), Lyndsay Smalls (accordian, streamers, stunt monkey) murphy (former harmonica player, currently hates us all) Elle (accordian, streamers, stunt monkey), Robbie (Toys? Horns? Videographer), Joey (bass on play see you in hell, percussion), Brent (digital guitar? Bass?), Jerry (looking California, feeling Minnesota)
Influences
Casper Adams, The Murder City Devils, The Fullerenes, Wu-Tang, Old music, New music, the Buffet Liberation Coalition (BuLC), Dahr Bemlow, N.W.A., Abe Lincoln, street-gangs, Breakin' II: the electric boogaloo, Gallagher, inside jokes and stuff that makes us laugh.
Sounds Like
An out of tune instrument of destruction blowing a note for justice on the kazoo of freedom that was liberated from the gumball machine of corruption...or just a band that really needs to practice more.
"In my eyes, these childish fucks have no redeeming qualities in any way shape or form. They so desperately seek attention the only conclusion I can come to is that they were all terribly neglected as children."
-Jerome White (former manager, Temple Club R.I.P.)
"Descendents style punk rock...with a bunch of nonsensical inside jokes" -Punk Planet (R.I.P.)
"...a moonwalk?! - that's some original shit right there"
-Lee Sjoberg (Orange, 550, Exhaust Records)
"Musically they seem to really suck. Maybe they should (spend) more time practicing instead of building props and being jackasses"
- anonymous internet message board lurker
"More of a spectacle than a band, more assholes than the innocent bystanders they seem to think they are."
- anonymous internet message board lurker
"It was like highschool all over again"
-guitarist, Honest D and the Steel Reserve
"It's pretty self evident that tCF don't condsider themselves, you know, technical gods. and a few of the family members do take themselves a bit too seriously. I dare, though, posit that they're the most honestly "punk" band i've seen lately."
-Justin Abram (the Playback)
"...a spectacle, and i think spectacle is missing in music these days."
-Eric Kelly (Dirt Road Logic)
"I thought they were fuckin great and outlandishly entertaining. They were a spectacle and I'll go see them every chance that I get."
-anonymous internet message board lurker
"In the end, I think that we all learned some valuable lessons here...
1. moonwalks are not permitted in the Red Light Lounge
2. pre-show communication between band and bar management is not a bad idea (especially if your stage set includes a moonwalk)
3. the Temple Club will cut off bands mid-set
4. the rafters in the RLL will hold a person's weight
5.climbing into said rafters is not recommended or accepted by the Temple Club staff and will probably get you thrown out of the bar"
-Paul Delamater (Dirt Road Logic)
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Bleegh Thats an awful true story about earwigs. Did you find it and obliterate its existence? or is that why you almost didn't sell merch, because you couldn't find it? o_o
peace you hot mothatruckazzz. hope alls been well, i watched the Cartridge Fam DVD today and it made me siked as hell. i'ma come back to Michigan near future style and put my head through the wall wearing a tutu and biker gloves while punching myself in the dick singing along to "Bro Hymn"
this morning i thought i was gonna puke and if that wasn't enough, my head was throbbing due to your mic stand striking my temple during your set but you know what it felt great so thank you tcf, for another mind blowing, dick melting, extrvaganza of a set
maybe some day we could be a cartridgefamilytastic!!!! as you guys, but i mean you guys are gonna keep going, so we would have to go on for six years after you guys break up. and then we could compete with you guys
HAPHAZARD is playing at the Lakeside Bar and Grill(previously known as Garfields) in Olivet on June 27th and 28th! The party starts at 9:00 pm so bring your friends and join us! You don't want to miss this AWSOME PARTY!!!!! 17711 Garfield rd. Olivet MI 49076
Hey! What up? We slapped together a music forum where we can all talk shit about our bands or our favorite bands, up-coming gigs, equipment, or just shoot the shit in the forums. fukbizku. com . Peace
Can't wait to see the shenanigans you guys pull off this Saturday at the Summer Music Fest A-Go-Go! It's gonna be a blast, and I can't wait to be a part of it!!
