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WKR (Bass player wanted)

White Knuckle Ride

About Me



Former members of Bubblegum Crash and Crashbox combine to take you on a WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE. Hold on tight boys and girls...... Check out our online merchandise here

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/20/2006
Band Website: wkride.com
Band Members: •Joe-Vocals/Guitar
•Mike-Guitar
•Jason-Bass
•Glenn-Drums

Influences: Black Sabbath, Queens of the Stone Age, Helmet, Tool, Quicksand, Soundgarden, Rocket From The Crypt, Corrosion Of Conformity, Smashing Pumpkins, Alabama Thunderpussy, The Hellacopters, Surgery, Best Kissers In The World, Queensryche, Dream Theater, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monster, Slayer, The Melvins, Clutch, Cheap Trick, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Johnny Cash, The Black Crowes, Circle Jerks, Testament, Snapcase, Pigeonhead, Alkaline Trio, Crumbsuckers, Error Type 11, Ludichrist, Deftones, Pantera, Husker Du, Mastadon, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Motorhead, Slipknot, AC/DC, Celtic Frost, Iron Maiden, Isis, Seemless, Cromags, Bad Brains, Kiss, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Weezer, Get Up Kids, The Fluid, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Ramones, Pat Benatar, Thin Lizzy, Glassjaw, Misfits, Faith No More, Nirvana, Sparta, Seaweed, A Perfect Circle, Orange 9MM, Machine Head, NOFX, Lamb Of God, Judas Priest, Mudvayne, Van Halen, Primus, NIN, Sugar, Ozzy, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthax, Love Battery, Window Pane, FISHBONE, Alice in Chains, Filter, Sublime, Down, Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society
Sounds Like: A train hitting you square in the face, but in a nice way.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Lucky night at Shamrocks Pub

Some nights are better than others. And this is certainly true of our Saturday night set at Shamrock's Pub in Saint James.  We got on the bill for this show due to my long association with a one-...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:00:00 PST

Gimmie a J, gimmie an O, gimmie an E

     Ok here it is.  The first posting of any sort by anyone other than Joe.  It seems Joe has done almost everything for the band since he joined us.  We have a Mys...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:14:00 PST

What's brown and sounds like a bell?

It's Thursday night...time for a new blog.Rehearsed just the set tonite in hopes of being somewhat competent for the internet broadcast tomorrow. Anyone who doesnt live in the area (or doesnt want to ...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:56:00 PST

Sydney Smeldrake goes to Kings Park

Ok, last blog I said I was going to try to post a new one after every rehearsal on Thursday nights and we havent rehearsed since. Until tonite, so here goesWe ran through the basic set, which is what ...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Fri, 25 May 2007 08:24:00 PST

Rockin It Heinz 57 style

We haven't posted in quite a while. Lots going on in WKR world good and bad, so we've been busy. Lets ketchup:Mr Beery's: played with 12 Eyes and Borgo Pass to a nice size crowd. We were stoked to pla...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:08:00 PST

Night at the Iron Horse Ranch

Well, we had our second show this past Starday night at the Iron Horse Ranch in Lindenhurst. First off, a huge thanks to the "Ranch", and Long Island Band Bookings for hooking us up. We look forward t...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:58:00 PST

What's It Like?

Ok, so we dont have as much going on at the moment as we would like so it takes way too long for a new blog post. To make this a more regular feature here on the page, I have been thinking about what ...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:41:00 PST

Pigs Have Flown and Hell Has Frozen Over

After another marathon studio session (Thanks Todd at Island Sound), we have finally posted two songs here on myspace. Let us know what you think. We have completed tracks for a total of six songs. Th...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:38:00 PST

Welcome to 2007

First off, Happy New Year to everyone. For whatever that's worth. New Years is just too commercialized, with the buying of new calendars and all that. It's just not the same as it used to be.Not a lot...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:27:00 PST

Purple Frog First Show Report

First, a huge list of thanks for everyone who had some part in the show last night. Thanks to everyone who came down. The turnout was great and the crowd was enthusiastic. Thanks to the other bands: M...
Posted by WKR (Bass player wanted) on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:46:00 PST