RONG

RONG began as The Original Sinners Band in 2005. Rando and Charr were in Charlotteville,Va. building a skate ramp.Bored in the motel, they decided to go to an open mic night at "The Dewdrop Inn"[apparently the original one featured on "The Waltons"] in Centerville,Va. Armed with an accoustic guitar and a set of bongos, the"Sinners" hit the unprepared audience with original songs like "Beer&Cigarettes","Dead Baby Float", and"Sailing N2 Hell"!Charr finished the set by throwing his bongos across the floor into the audience and they were hooked! The "Sinners" returned the next week to a full house, shouting out requests from the week before! The crowd went wild when the bongos hit the floor! Returning to C.B., theOriginal Sinners experimented with the accoustic set-up 'til they finally said fuck it and hooked up with Jones on stand-up bass to make it meaner! After a couple of shows they hit the studio and recorded "DOWN EAST", a tinny sounding 10 song demo that has yet to be mastered. Shortly after recording, they got the opportunity to open for "WITHERED" at the STAR BAR in Atlanta [featuring an indoor motorcycle stunt show/SWINKS BROS.] where the club manager told them they couldn't be billed as The Original Sinners because that was the name of Xene's [of X] side project! Well la di dah and poopy poo, fuck you, I guess we're RONG!!! Anyway Rando,Charr and Jones are collaborating on heavier stuff while doing shows with the likes of SOURVEIN and The LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS. Went to LEDBELLY SOUND studio(Atl)Jan. '08 & recorded "DAMNATION"' a 6 song LP. We got lucky and a promoter heard "Fulla Shit" and booked us to open for DAVID ALLAN COE! @ Center Stage(Atl)! Thanx Lucy! We had a fuckin' blast and DAC is the man! Since then we've been cruising parties & bars around the CAPE FEAR area! We MIGHT practice this spring since we MIGHT do some shows! Message us if ya'll like what ya hear & wanna do a show in the Wilmington/Carolina Beach, NC area!CHEERS!