1977 The Detours formed in the summer of 1977 when Scott Hoogland (Mechanics, Poop) introduced Cox and Bean to Rikk Agnew, aka General Hospital. With Gordon Cox on vox, Mike Koerber on guitar, Jeff Bean on bass, and Rikk Agnew on drums (imagine a mixture of Keith Moon and Rat Scabies). Rikk began to write originals, initiating the signiture OC sound with tunes such as Creatures, No Way, and Rip It Up. Along with other tunes...19 & Nowhere, Pee, Beep Beep, and Hated...the band played perhaps the first punk show in OC; a lunchtime show at Fullerton High School in Fall '77. Amongst the student body audience, a 10th grade Mike Ness, who later confessed to stealing the band's distortion pedal. 1978/1979 Rikk moved to lead guitar, and Casey Royer took over on drums. The band added more tunes written by Rikk, Bean, and Cox...Amoeba, Hang 10 in East Berlin, Guns, The Saint, Obnoxious, Youth in Asia, and Losers. The band recorded Amoeba, Hang 10, and The Saint at Dan Van Patten's (Berlin) studio in San Diego. Hang 10 appears on Up Another Octave Compilation album. 1980 Casey and Rikk leave Detours and record the "blue album' with the Adolescents. Soon afterwards, Rikk rejoins the Detours, with Craig Briscoe (Tazers) on drums. The band adds OC Life, Falling Out, and Section 8 to their set, and play often at venues such as the Cuckoo's Nest and The Fleetwood. 1981 The Detours disband a second time, due to seperate interests. Rikk records 'All By Myself' with Frontier Records. 2006 The Detours begin rehearsals in Spring, with Cox on vox, Rikk and Dan Colburn on guitars, Jeff Beans on bass, and Shaun Coe on drums. The Detours play a benefit show on Sept 16th and the Doll Hut on Sept 23rd, as well as TSOL's Farewell show on November 26th. 2007 - Present Early in the year, Dan broke his wrist skateboarding and decided not to return full time. Rikk is also taking extended time off. In their place, Sean Elliot and Chkn are taking over on guitars. For 2009, the Detours are in hibernation.
FUCK FETISH PEOPLE AND...no...MOJO IS NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE GOTHS
EITHER...i'm sick of those over glorified pedophile, wannabe vampire
tweeker ass fukkhedz who act all snobby, acting all tough...THEY LIKE
IT IN THE BUTT...no...MOJO IS NOT BITTER ANYMORE...it sux that the
mainstream hate me too, but who cares...TONIGHT MOJO WILL RETURN TO THE
SLIDEBAR...the rest of the week is gonna be cool sailing, cuz the only
thing I'm doing this weekend is going to see the new Terminator on
Friday and we head to Las Vegas for the Deadly Seven @ the Mandalay Bay
on Saturday...YOU TRASH BAG WEARING FUKKHEDZ CAN HAVE HOLLYWOOD THIS
WEEK...after that...THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY...i shall return w/ a
vengence...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...the scene has gone disco and catering to
pedophiles...AND DON'T GET US STARTED W/ THE SUNSET STRIP SCENE...it's
deadder than the Orange Curtain...WHY...well, first off...THE 80S
REVIVAL IS OVER...also...THE NEW SCENE THAT'S A BREWIN' IS ALL ABOUT
KEEPING IT REAL AND THE 80S WERE ABOUT KEEPING IT FAKE...punk rock is
slowly coming back...SO IS FLANNEL AND FEUDING...the 90s will be
back...YES, WE FUCKED YOUR MOM...punk rock and rap metal shall reign
again...IT'S A LIBERAL SOCIETY AND IF YER NOT W/ THIS PLAN, THEN YOU
WILL DIE LIKE THE REPUBLICANS...back to the morps...YER GONNA SUFFER
THE SAME FATE AS THE CLUB KIDS...you will be known as a bunch of closet
cased faggots w/ no talent or originality...YOU KEEP IT AS FAKE AND
HYPOCRITICAL AS THE GLAM ROCKERS, BUT W/ LESS TALENT...batcave vs bats
day is the best thing to happen to you fukkhedz...WHY...well, bdsmers
are a bunch of pedophiles who claim to hate disco, but do the same
thing...WHY IS IT THAT MOST MASTERS ARE OVER 40 WHILE THEIR SLAVE GIRLS
ARE BETWEEN 18-22 (and you claim that you were raped or molested as a
child, but embrace it)...and then there's the goths...FOR GOD FUCKING
SAKES...you were punk rock first...YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HATE DISCO AND
CONFORMITY...yer no different than MXPX, but gayer...IN SHORT.
Just stopping by to say hi and give you some news. The new album 'Welcome To Murraysville' from Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
What the fuck is this shit...IT'S 420 AND NOTHING THAT'S EVEN REMOTELY 420 FRIENDLY OTHER THAN G4 AND THE KOTTON MOUTH KINGS @ THE GROVE IN ANAHEIM...how approapriate...SAYING BRITNEY SPEARS AND THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS ARE DOWN THE STREET...people are stupid...THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST BUST DAY EVER...come on...KMK ARE TWEAKERS...there will be more cops than people...WE ARE SO FUCKED...you maybe changlings (gotta pretend to be nice), but yer prolly the only thing happening here on 420...SO BY DEFAULT YER THE LOCAL HERO...we's from brea...AND JAMES HETFIELD'S SOBER AND BORING...yer @ least entertaining...HAVE A GREAT SHOW TONIGHT FROM LOST ANARCHY...and tell sen dog, dougy, and russel...MOJO SAID WHAT'S UP!