PERSONAL CRISIS - ProfilesArchive

About Me

The three of us have been playing different instruments in various garage bands in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties for over a decade. A couple of years ago we ran into each other in the Santa Barbara area, decided to get a band together, and Personal Crisis was born. Our roots are pretty much in old school punk rock, skateboarding, hot rods, and wrecking airplanes. Lots of people think we look alike, but we're not related. We play parties, birthdays, weddings, funerals, and political fund raisers, but haven't really broken into the club scene. At the moment we don't have a permanent singer, hence the absence of lyrics in some of the songs posted here. We recorded a seven song, self-titled "Personal Crisis" demo EP in 2006. The sound quality was terrible and you can laugh at our mistakes, but hey, we were just having a good time. "Unleaded" was recorded live on Thanksgiving Day 2007 at Punk Rock Mickey in Covina, CA, with guest vocalist Mad Matt. The "Street Sleeper" single was recorded 12/8/07 at Paulson Studios in Carpinteria with JT as guest vocalist. We recorded a cover of the Clash's "Know Your Rights" at Evil Import Sound Studio in Ventura, with Gumby as guest vocalist. Dude, why do they call you Gumby?

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/13/2006
Band Website: Sorry, too busy skateboarding to set up a website.
Band Members: GUITARS: Dennis the Menace BASS: Bob Terminator DRUMS: Lampshade
Influences: Black Flag, Social Distortion, T.S.O.L., Youth Brigade, Germs, X, Descendents, Agent Orange, J.F.A., Bad Religion, D.I., Adolescents, Circle Jerks, Vandals, Ill Repute, Agression, R.K.L., Subterfuge, Clash, U.K. Subs, Exploited, Johnny Rotten, G.B.H., Buzzcocks, Motorhead, Cult, My Bloody Valentine, Jesus & Mary Chain, Elastica, Ramones, Reagan Youth, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Cro-Mags, Dag Nasty, Down By Law, Shades Apart, Misfits, Sonic Youth, A Global Threat, Pixies, Husker Du, Replacements, Screeching Weasel, Dead Kennedys, Rancid, Operation Ivy, Donnas, Bl'ast!, Los Olvidados, The Faction, 7Seconds, D.O.A., Fender Guitars and Amps, Pearl Drums, Santa Cruz Skateboards, and CHEVROLET!!
Sounds Like: Your worst nightmare... or like we need a vocalist... one or the other. Take your pick.
Record Label: YOU CAN'T PUT A LABEL ON US!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tuesday

R.I.P. JWM 1920-2008.
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:13:00 PST

House band

Hey everybody, we have officially become the house band at The Orange Room in Ojai. Every Sunday night. Yep. Uh-huh. Are you sick of us yet? For a Santa Barbara based band we sure spend a lot of ...
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:05:00 PST

WERE NOT ANGRY!!!!!!!

WE DON'T GET MAD ... WE GET EVEN!
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:02:00 PST

Yeaaaaaaaah!

We now have officially had over 4,000 profile views and song plays since we joined Myspace in 2006. Just goes to show that Americans are suckers for crappy music!
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:02:00 PST

Okaaaaaaay ...

... I guess the new song sucks, because everyone is ignoring us and not commenting on it... that's OK, we can take a hint.
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Sat, 24 May 2008 09:59:00 PST

GUMBY SINGS

Well, in case nobody noticed, we've posted a new song on our page. It's a pumped-up, hotrod, punk cover of "Know Your Rights" from the COMBAT ROCK album by The Clash. ALSO (in case nobody noticed!) ...
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Fri, 16 May 2008 10:31:00 PST

MUTHAS DAY

Don't miss our double-header Mother's Day gigs on Sunday, May 11th, at Bobzilla's and The Orange Room in Ojai. Bobzilla's is at 5pm despite what is listed..... thanks Myspace Tom, you lame-o.&nb...
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Mon, 12 May 2008 07:16:00 PST

THIS FRIDAY

Don't miss Clash City Rockers, the Clash tribute band, this Friday at Soho in Santa Barbara. If you never got to see the Clash in concert, this is the next best thing. BE THERE!
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:25:00 PST

Band Vehicle Sold

OKAY, WE SOLD THE BAND TRUCK! STOP CALLING US!
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:51:00 PST

BAND VEHICLE FOR SALE

Yes, we are serious. We are selling one of our band vehicles, this is no joke. It’s a red 1999 Chevy S10 pickup, 4 cylinder, 5 speed, air conditioning and (of course) CD player. This truck is...
Posted by PERSONAL CRISIS on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:41:00 PST