Brandon Tussey...words and voice
Despicable Zakk...guitar and voice
Mikey Schritter...guitar and gruff
Josh Harshbarger...bass
Josh Mckinley...drums and product
founding members...1994-2000
Brandon Dung-Vocals/Guitar
Wayne Griffith-Bass
Chris Griffith-Drums/Percussion
with
john spears-guitar
mike webb-guitar
rob lowe- guitar
dave berger (spodie)-guitar
Bio
The Connie Dungs are a poppy snotty punk band similar in style to The Ramones and, later, Jawbreaker. The Dungs gained some degree of prominence in the American underground punk scene based on sporadic concerts around the middle U.S. including Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
In 1994, the Connie Dungs began performing at local shows for friends and punk fans in Eastern Kentucky. During this early period they recorded and released two cassette-tape demos (Songs for Swinging Lovers and Nice Guys Finish Last) which were sold exclusively at shows. Both "Songs for Swinging Lovers" and "Nice Guys Finish Last" were later collected on one album, Songs for Swinging Nice Guys, released in 1999 on Mutant Pop Records.
Their first official release was a split 7" with fellow local punk band Tugboat. These demos and early releases resulted in a 7" single with Chicago indie label Harmless Records, Missy and Johnny. This single was selected in 1995 by Shredder Records as one of the top punk singles of the year and was included in volume three of their annual compilation, Shreds.
After signing with Mutant Pop and releasing a series of singles and albums, more buzz came by way of positive coverage from every major underground punk publication including Flipside, Punk Planet, The Probe, Jersey Beat, and maximumrocknroll. Two writers at maximumrocknroll were particularly enthusiastic about the group: George Tabb and Mykel Board [1]. Board once wrote: "They're my new favorite band. In case you haven't heard, they've got the best punk vocalist since H.R.!...I love you!"[2]. Zac Damon (of Zoinks! and, later, Squirtgun and Screeching Weasel) provided back-up vocals for the second LP, Driving on Neptune. The third LP, Earthbound for the Holiday, was produced and featured back-up vocals from Mass Giorgini, the prominent pop punk producer who was a member of later incarnations of Screeching Weasel and a founding member of Squirtgun. Mass also had a hand in recording, mastering, or producing several Connie Dungs releases.
Past Members:
Brandon Tussey (Brandon Dung) - songwriter, singer, guitar
Wayne Griffith (Wayne Sphincter) - bass
Chris Griffith (Chris Colostomy) - drums
John Spears (Johnny Asshole)
Mike Webb
Rob Lowe (Robbie Rectum)
Dave Berger (Dave Spodie)
New Lineup:
Brandon Tussey- Vocals
Despicable Zakk- Guitar
Josh Harshbarger- Bass Guitar
Mike Schritter- Guitar
Josh Mckinley- Drums
Discography
Full-length albums
1. 1997 The Connie Dungs (Mutant Pop Records)
2. 1998 Driving on Neptune (Mutant Pop Records)
3. 1999 Earthbound For The Holiday (Mutant Pop Records)
4. 1999 Songs For Swinging Nice Guys (Mutant Pop Records) (both self released cassettes from 1995 on one cd)
5. 2000 Eternal Bad Luck Charm (Mutant Pop Records)
Extended Play (EPs) and Singles
1. 1995 Connie Dungs / Tugboat Split 7" ep (Smalltown Kids Records)
2. 1995 Missy and Johnny 7" EP (Harmless Records)
3. 1996 I Hate This Town 7" ep (Mutant Pop Records)
4. 1997 Connie Dungs / Operation: Cliff Clavin split 7"/cdep (Plan It X Records)
5. 1997 Connie Dungs / Automatics (USA) split 10" ep (Cool Guy Records)
6. 1997 Connie Dungs / Slowpokes split 7" ep
7. 1997 No Chance 7" ep (Mutant Pop Records)
8. 2000 Turntable cdep (Mutant Pop Records)
Demos and Other Releases
1. 1995 Songs For Swinging Lovers--Self released cassette sold at shows, 200 copies.
2. 1995 Nice Guys Finish Last--Self released cassette sold at shows, 200 copies.
Compilations
1. 1995 Shreds Volume 3-American Underground '95 (Shredder Records) Track--"Missy and Johnny"
2. 1996 The New Breed Volume 3 (G.I. Productions) - "I Hate This Town" (vinyl version on cd)
3. 1996 Back Asswards (Interbang Records) - "Kill Me In My Sleep" (exclusive version)
4. 1996 The Best of Bumfuck Egypt Music Compilation 7" (Molasses Grave Records) (5 bands) - "Wonder Boy"
5. 1997 Grease - The Not So Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (Dummyup Records) "Those Magic Changes"
6. 1997 It Should Have Been a Record (Ape City Records)- "Used to be Cool" (Exclusive version)
7. 1998 How To Be Punk - Volume 1 (Cool Guy Records) - "Teenage Punks On Talk Shows" (exclusive version)
8. 2000 Transylvania Style Punk Rock (Wornout Records) - "Barbara" (album version)
1 Cujo 2 8th Grade Homework 3 7 Till 9 4 My Girlfreind Came From Outta Space 5 At Midnight (you Wouldn't Like Me) 6 Eyes On Jenny 7 I Quit 8 Ruined Weekend 9 Pillar Box Red 10 Lost In Space 11 Hate Your Guts 12 Make Up 13 Dont Break My Heart At Christmas Time 14 Ive Seen The Future (and Your Not Included) 15 Orpington's Most Retarded 16 You Aint No Fidel 17 One And Only One
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