Mopping Janet

It's a band. It's about music.

Why Mopping Janet?
It's a long story but it involves a bottle of 43, a blonde, and a patio.
Use your imagination.
History of Mopping Janet:
It started with me (Tim) and Dino. I put up ads on Craigslist.org. We scheduled meetings with folks over coffee etc. (you really don't want random wierdo musicians showing up at your doorstep without screening them). We found a set of folks that seemed to click

1.0:

We were playing mostly 80's stadium rock with some 90's thrown in - Journey, The Cars, Styx, Staind, Black Crows, etc.

Bass - Shannon Drums - first Amy, then Rob Keyboards - Jerry Guitars - Tim and Pete Vocals - Dino

And then poof! it was gone.

1.5:

After the implosion of Mopping Janet 1.0, Jerry formed Firewire. While technically the band wasn't Mopping Janet, the songs were mostly the same and so were the players.

Bass - Shannon Drums - first Lyle, then Bryan Keyboards - Jerry Guitar - Tim Vocals - Dino

Naturally this died too. How hard could it possibly be to get a handful of 30-40 year olds to commit to playing once a week and actually learning some songs? Pretty hard as it turns out. At least this version gigged.

2.0/2.1:

I wasn't ready to bail on the whole idea yet. So we gave it another go.

Bass - Nick Drums - Bryan Guitars - Tim and first Jimmy (2.0), then Kevin (2.1) Vocals - Dino

We auditioned second guitarists forever. When we got Jimmy things were looking up. Then he had to bail. So we began the search for a guitarist again. We actually gave up looking and were going to go as a 4-piece when I got the e-mail from Kevin. He was excellent - we were rolling again. And then it fell apart. Again. D'oh.

3.0:

That brings us to Winter '07/'08. We're starting to do some recording. Dino and I have been messing with original material for a while and think we've got some good ideas for tunes.

1/26/2008 - Bryan came over and we began experimenting with recording the drums. There's still a lot of room for improvement but I think it turned out pretty good for our first ever attempt at recording acoustic drums. Drum Test Recording

Bass - John Drums - Bryan Guitars - Tim and Steve Vocals - Dino

3.1:

Of course that didn't last. Steve left. But Jeff joined! So now it's:

Bass - John Drums - Bryan Guitars - Tim and Jeff Vocals - Dino

And then Bryan left.

4.0:

It looks like Russell, one of John's former bandmates, has agreed to hit the skins for us!

Bass - John

Drums - Russell

Guitars - Tim and Jeff

Vocals - Dino

Let's see how long this lasts

And now Dino's gone...

5.0:

We're in the market for a singer now. We'd also like to change focus and play heavier stuff in this incarnation. Stay tuned!

Bass - John

Drums - Russell

Guitars - Tim and Jeff

Vocals - ????

Here's our latest pics!
Pasttimes gig first video of American Band