Drummer Dave

I love to laugh....... Me play drums! Me no sing. Me hit golf ball Me "TRY" to do Muay Thai! Me love beer way too much! Love to catch me some fish too! Everything else about me it TOP SECRET!! Except that my farts smell!!..................................................... ..............................Newsflash!! The band is no more. Yep, the band called Anti-Chrysler/Shimp Dimpsey/Group 13/Nurse Ratchet is dead. My band… Its over… But its been a good run. We have recorded a few discs, been on the radio, played numerous shows, kicked some ass, and even sucked some ass too. We played a lot of wackey shows along the way, some good, and some not so good. But playing shows is kinda like sex and pizza, even the worst pizza cold the next morning is still pretty fuckin good. Even with a hostile crowd, as long as there was one person there that dug us, it was o.k. Or even if there was no crowd and the bartender dug us(or didn’t), we would just drink up and play like we were at the forum. ............................................................ ............................................................ ....................... Looking back on it brings up a lot of memories for sure. Like the time we inadvertently booked ourselves at a lesbian bar. We were playing a battered womens shelter benefit show, it just happened to be held at a lesbian bar in Long Beach. And how the lesbians really didn’t like us at first, and then we won them over by the end of our set. Watching lesbians rock out is funny, it’s the second best thing to watch them do, lol. Then there was the time we got kicked out of Josies in HB for sneaking in our own beer. That’s right, we snuck beer into a bar. What were we thinking? They already have beer there stupid! Oh, and that time at Rumplestiltskins(Sharkeez) in Newport Beach when instead of paying us they just gave us an open bar tab.. And they really didn’t realize who they were giving an open bar tab too. Then on top of that they got a noise violation by the cops because we were playing too loud and had too many curse words in our songs. We drove away as the owner and manager were getting in a fist fight over our unpaid bar tab. See ya… guess we won’t be playing here any more. And that backyard party we played in Fullerton. The guy told his wife we were a disco band so she would agree to let us play. She had all her friends there ready to dance up a storm to the disco band. We had no idea he did this by the way. About 1 minute into the first song they all marched right into the house and slammed the door. We got through about 3 songs before the cops came. How about the time we played Bananas in Fullerton. We told Melvin he could be our backup singer. He was so nervous before the show that he drank a six pack before we even left the house to go there. By the time we played he was so wasted he could hardly stand up. He kept falling backwards into my drums, and kept trying to pull his pants down. Andy was singing into the mic in one hand and holding Melvins pants up with the other, classic. I could go on and on, well, I did just go on and on. There are many more stories from countless shows at places like: Foothill Tavern in Signal Hill, The Juke Joint in Long Beach, Barwinkles in Long Beach, Tracys in Long Beach, 13th Floor in HB, Fitzgeralds in Fountain Valley, Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, Hogue Barmichaels in Costa Mesa, Thunderbird in Newport, Club 369 in Fullerton, El Ranchito in Newport and HB, Rockfield Tavern in Lake Forest, and of course our famous Christmas shows at our rehearsal studio Sound Matrix. We would decorate our instruments with Christmas lights, wear Santa hats, bring egg nog, and get blasted and play a Christmas show for our friends. That was the most fun actually, blowing up Room 3 at Sound Matrix at practice. That’s where we could really goof around. With that, lets take a trip down memory lane shall we? ............................................................ ............................................................ ................................... This song is off our first demo that we recorded at Pasadena City College. We did it live on the stage in the auditorium on Sunday. That catch was we got snuck in there by the sound guy we knew. But we had to be out by a certain time because William Shatner had rented the place to rehearse some play he was doing. Yep, we had to get out of there before Captain Kirk showed up, lol. This demo was called “Nurse Ratchet” “Penis-illin” The song is Through the Grey. This was back when I used to write lyrics, boy did I suck, but not as much as those guitar leads…lol. I like the false starts we kept doing, and the engineer keeps chiming in…
Ok, lets throw in one more… This one is called Closer to the Grave. I wrote these lyrics too, lol. I SUCK!! Its about being trapped in corporate America at your job. Guess I wasn’t feeling the love at work at this time.
Liposuction became the standout song off our Nurse Ratchet CD. We didn’t try to do that it just happened. It was a joke song at first. Randy wrote those lyrics on the spot one day. He was on a dry spell with the ladies and contributed it to his beer gut at the time. This was the result. I think the lyrics are genius myself, but I have a twisted sense of humor. This song became a favorite at shows and even got us on the radio. Go figure. Some people take a hit on this one like: Rikki Lake, Tommy Lasorda, Suzzane Somers, Richard Simmons, and even Slim Fast and Thigh Master take a hit. Its fun though. At shows we used to play it really fast and call it LightningSuction.
Next up was the Below Average EP. This was when we changed our name to Group 13. Wendell went through a breakup and wrote the words to this without any music. We had the music but no words. He brought the words in one night and gave them to Andy. We played the song, Andy just put his thoughts to the music and it just worked. We had a new song in about 10 mins. Then I added the guy who stole my car later. I wish I had the original cover of Melvin posing with a Mickeys 40oz, but those tapes are long gone.
After a long time of not recording we finally recorded the Group 13 CD. This is the song Thirteen, it wasn’t really a favorite but it was about the band and was fun to play so here it is.
Ok, one more from this disc. This one is about Melvin and is called 32. Its about giving up. Since that’s what we are doing here it is…
The last time we recorded was as Anti-Chrysler. I thought the recording sucked personally. This one was kinda funny though, especially at the end with the drums and the commentary. So I guess that’s where it is going to end…. Its been a good run, a lot of fun too.
So, whats the next adventure in music? I’ll let you know…… "Well you see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo and when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive drinking of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers." Cliff Clavin