Member Since: 10/22/2006
Band Members: BIO of Cho Paquet-Cho started playing drums and singing when he was five years old. He could not convince his parents, Stephen and Cynthia, to buy him a drumset so he went behind the local drug store and carried home discarded boxes that would become his kick drum, floor tom, and mount tom. Since he did not have a bass drum pedal, he actually did kick his kick drum with his foot. For drum sticks, he measured and sawed a wooden dowel, then carved the tips with a bone handle hunting knife his grandfather, Charlie, had given to him. He carved the tip of another wooden dowel to accept the round metal base of his disassembled globe. This became his cymbal stand and crash cymbal. His best friend and bandmate, Michael O'Brien, played his father's Fender Stratocaster guitar through a Fender Twin Reverb amlifier. Dave O'Brien, an accomplished Jazz muician, had several instruments, including a vintage Ludwig all wooden marching snare drum. Dave loaned this marching snare drum to Cho, thereby completing his drumset.Cho and Mike both sang lead and harmonies. By the age of seven, they were performing neighborhood concerts on a regular basis. Upon notice, Cho's sisters, Susan and Sandra, would charge around the neighborhood knocking on doors and alerting the neighborhood kids that the Atom Blasters were about to put on a show. Mike's mother, Patt, would graciously welcome the horde of kids seating themselves on the O'Brien front lawn. Even at noon in the middle of summer, dozens of kids would show up to make the scene. Claire Rice was always sure to sit up front.At the age of eight, Cho started creating songs. "I wrote five songs, one of which was good enough to remember. But I realized I was too young to pursue that ambition. I knew I would resume it in the future." Instead, he concentrated on his musicianship and memorizing what would add up to thousands of songs.At the age of ten, his parents bought him an electric guitar and amp. He took lessons with his cousin, Greg Larsen. But after a few lessons he quit. "I had no interest in learning how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb. There was a fifteen year old boy in that class who could play anything on the radio. He couldn't play Mary Had A Little Lamb either."At fifteen, Cho started playing bass guitar. "I played the hell out of that E string. I played everything with that E string. I couldn't see much use for the other strings."At seventeen, Cho started writing songs again. A flood of compositions, words, music, arrangements came through. This time he could not silence the music within, and he did not try. His style continues to evolve, and how the next group of songs may sound is anyone's guess. There is only one thing we can be sure of, Cho still refuses to play Mary Had A Little Lamb.Produced by Cho Paquet
All words & music by Cho Paquet
Photograph by Echo Star Helstrom
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Influences: One hit wonders from '60's rock and roll
Sounds Like: No one else
Record Label: Single Kick Music (ASCAP)
Type of Label: Indie