"The cutting edge is where The Fighting Scientists begin" -(Flabby Hoffman, musician, promoter/booker, tv host)
Hello, we're The Fighting Scientists. When I (John) was 3 years old, me and this kid David Rondell in my nursery school founded a group we called The Fighting Scientists. Basically we'd look at weird grown-up stuff or things in nature we didn't understand and imagine up theories. These theories always ended with us having to fight invisible monsters with toy swords, hence the name. Now-a-days, I still try and fight invisible monsters, but with a guitar. I'm still a very goofy kid after all.
As a band, we all enjoy playing the strangest of tunes, in which space is routinely left open in order to facilitate chaos/natural energy flow within the music. We believe that things must constantly evolve to stay true to the only apparent universal purpose of life: to resist entropy. No, we're not some butt-barnacled cult...we're just a band of weirdos trying hard to bring as much unusual beauty and energy into music as we possibly can.
Rock is dying...there I said it. It seems like its only chance is in the pursuit of innovation and this is where we're aiming. It's up to you if we succeed. We promise to try our hardest, as music is all of our chief pursuits. Our lyrics are pretty nifty and unusual as well, if I do say so me-self.
Perhaps some of you are interested in our histories:
We've been playing together since June of the old '07, though we've all played music for much longer. We've played around Chicago a bit and the people who've seen us seem to really love us...the only problem is that not very many folk know who we are yet. These creaky old myspace recordings from an earlier version of the band aren't very representative anymore either, but don't worry, we still play the songs; they just sound better now is all. We just bought all the equipment we need to make new quality recordings on our own though, and as soon as we do, we'll promote the hell out of them! Anyways, here's some personal stuff 'bout us:
John's been writing songs since he could grow pubes and writing lyrics since he learned to read. He likes to wear hotdog suits and pass out weird fliers, act goofy, spread weird ideas and talk about shamanism when he's not singing or playing guitar. He also likes to draw a bit too...that's where all these weird pictures came from.
Ah, who am I kidding, we're all a bunch of lecherous and depraved drug fiends! However, we think this helps rather than hinders the music...
One last thing: WE'RE BEST WHEN WE'RE LIVE, we really let loose and bizarre synchronicities occur. We have plenty of ideas to give the audience surprises with each show and now that we're all warmed up, you can expect high-weirdness and extreme passion with each set. So come check us out and we'll give you coupons for radioactive-platypus-grease and a bag of chitlins.
If you would like to get on THE FIGHTING SCIENTIST MAILING LIST send an email to: thefightingscientists@gmail.com
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