Mike Belardes-Sax/Vox, Joey Myers-Drums, Greg Oropeza-Vox/Guitar, Jamie Rodrigues-Bass
All art on these pages by Moritz R. Please check out: www.atatak.com/Emoritz.htm
Influences
Captain Beefheart, The Residents, Black Flag, Dead Kennedy's, Reverend Horton Heat, Monkees, King Crimson, Zappa, Leonard Cohen, Yoko Ono, The Detours, Tuxedomoon, Der Plan, Dickies, LOVE , The Fugs
This is the new look of The Quirx, who just played a Marsugi's reunion show Jan 31 '09 w/ Adrian from The Diesal Queens now on bass. We played as Ker Plunk, a name we formed under in '89 (see bio below) and later used by many so dropped by us.
What others say about The Quirx:
"...thanks for the Quirks CD! Its really good-unique adventurous variety...your 'quirky' guitar sound is intact. Keep it up!" JELLO BIAFRA, 5/03
"...fucking great man, it's really out there !" RIKK AGNEW, 9/06
"...this stuff's way too original...it would never sell in LA" BRIAN,GTA RECORDS,6/03
"... an adrenaline rush of 78RPM snare beats, sax riffs and 'quirky' guitar leads" LARRY TRIJILLO,ZERO MAG/BLANK CLUB HEAD HONCHO 6/03
"I love (this band) because at times their soft, but then you can feel their punk hardness" AMBER, EXOTIC DANCER, 10/06/01
Formed in 1989 under the name Ker Plunk, 1/2 of Star Search winners THE KINGPINS, merged with punk pioneers RIBZY to form a experimental punk band with a swingin' psycho rock flavor. After a successful stint on 819 records and dozens of gigs with such notables as SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET,THE DWARVES, THE DIESAL QUEENS, THE JESUS LIZARD, MDC etc... Ker Plunk disbanded in 1994 while Greg moved around the country. The band reformed in 1999, under the name The What 4. The name was changed because of the growing popularity of Green Day was making some think they took the name Ker Plunk from Green Day's second album, which came 3 years after Ker Plunk started playing the Bay Area. With appearances on several comps and dozens of gigs under their belt, the name was again changed, after finding the name The What Four to be used by several others around the globe. Introduced as CARNAL ASADA by their pal ROCKIN' ROB DEPELLO (brother of long time friend LARS FREDRICKSON) for one gig at a nude beach before his premature departure from this club called EARTH, they settled on the name THE QUIRKS, after a review of The What Four in ZERO MAGAZINE called founding member Greg the "quirkiest of the bunch". After playing several gigs in the San Jose/Santa Cruz area, and releasing a full length CD avail in stores and on line, they received a cease and desist order from a lame band in Hollywood, called the Quirks, a band who lists Green Day as an influence (how lame is that)? The Quirks of Hollywood, who were anything but quirky and whose CD wasn't out yet, had legal claim to the name. The not lame Quirks were going to fight it, but then through the miracle of the growing Internet they found several other Quirks, including a side project of Grateful Dead members, and another one managed by Adam West of Batman Fame in the 60's. Thanks to a suggestion from their pal RIKK AGNEW (Adolescents, Christian Death, 45 Grave etc) they changed the spelling at least 15% to meet legal requirements and proudly announce that they are THE QUIRX, for now anyway.
Coming from you, it means a lot. I really love your style of music.
I do study theory, and the thing I love most about it is that you learn all these rules and patterns to make music, and yet it's when you break those rules that really good music emerges.
Why not have both? Just as long as your head is where your heart's at
Hey, we hope everyone can make it to our show at Moe's Alley on Tuesday April 28th. It's a double bill with Still Time from San Luis Obispo, and they rock the house! The show starts at 9pm. See you there!
Thanks for saying hello. I'm just slightly ecstatic that you enjoyed the music! Love your sound. Good to hear something I can really get my teeth into - you know it makes sense :-)
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The number of votes we get will determine which day, what time, and which stage we play this year at Tomfest! The more votes we get, the better slot we get at the fest!
