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THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! TO EVERYONE WHO CAME DOWN TO THE 7TH ST ENTRY ON SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND TO SUPPORT THE COMING OUT PARTY OF X RAY HIP. YOU ARE WHAT MAKES THIS CITY ROCK!!! WE ARE OVERWHELMED BY YOUR SUPPORT AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN VERY SOON.******************************************************* ****X Ray Hip is a new rock 'n roll band based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although they are a new band, members of X Ray Hip have piles of experience in the rock 'n roll world. X Ray Hip players have fronted their own projects, backed some formidable rock 'n rollers, performed in studios, at clubs, festivals, theaters, and on television, throughout the US and Europe. X Ray Hip consists of founding members of The Delilahs, The Magnolias, The Widgets, Wood, Rob the Carpenter, and Billy Can't Drive. X Ray Hip players have also been contributing members for the likes of Marlee Macleod, Dylan Hicks, Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios (The Sidewinders), Mike Davis (MC-5), Curtiss A, John Ewing Band, and Peter Himmelman, to name a few. Over the years, X Ray Hip members have also shared the stage with rock 'n roll icons The Replacements, Semisonic, Trip Shakespeare, Run Westy Run, House of Large Sizes, The Afgan Whigs, The Suburbs, Dead Kennedy's, Pete Buck, The Mighty Mofo's, Chris Issak, The Indigo Girls, Tina and the B-Side Movement, Stuart Davis, The Jayhawks, Johnny Winter, Counting Crows, etc., etc. All of the rock 'n roll miles plus the deep roots it has embedded into the indie rock garden of MPLS equal the rock 'n roll sound of X Ray Hip. ***********************************************************X RAY HIP IS:Aaron Seymour--SingerFounding member and lead singer of MPLS greats The Widgets and The Delilahs, systems analyst, all-american dad, sings through an EV microphone************Billy Skarstad--GuitarGuitar player in cool MPLS bands Rob the Carpenter and Billy Can't Drive, Musicologist, new dad, plays The Heritage guitars and a Fender Blues Deluxe************Chad Mittag--GuitarGuitar player, bass player, and singer in MPLS bands Rob the Carpenter, Marlee Macleod, Billy Can't Drive, special ed. teacher, ex-professional water skiier, all-conference dad, runs with Gibson SG and Marshall Bluesbreaker************Kevin Larson--Shakermaker, Backing SingerBass player/backing singer in Billy Can't Drive, tool tech, more commonly referred to as "Skin", excellent lover, shakes a tambo and sings into a 58 microphone************Craig Teiken--BassFounding member/singer/guitarist of the MPLS bands Wood and Rob the Carpenter, golf pro, adequate lover, X Ray Hip was hatched in his basement, runs Fender P-Bass through a Peavey fridge************Tom Cook--Drums27 year rock 'n roll veteran, drummer for the Magnolias, Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios, The Mike Davis MC-5, John Ewing Band, the list goes on and on, has played millions of shows in the US and abroad, bangs on Ellis Drums, road tested, not mother approved.