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WHIP!

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About Me

WHIP! is a Rock band from Nashville, TN. They are a fine blend of Tom Pappas from Knoxville's Superdrag, Eric Otto from Knoxville's The Scenesters, and youngblood drummer Mark Petaccia from Pennsylvania. Combining all of Tom's punk/pop sensibilities with Eric's blues/punk riff-rock rants, and Mark's slamming drums and recording experience, WHIP! is a magnificent force to be reckoned with! Their debut E.P., "Hellevator," is a "once thru," no overdubs representation of the immediate power of the band's sound-off. Now working on their second release, "The Defibrillator L.P.", WHIP! (with John Davis of Superdrag as producer), is coming around to a more defined band songwriting style. More will be reported as the story continues to unfold.


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Member Since: 1/30/2007
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: ERIC OTTO(guitar, vocals) TOM PAPPAS (bass, vocals), MARK PETACCIA(drums), MIKE ATLAS (guitar).
Influences: Englebert Humperdink, Hang on, Let me think, Alice Cooper, Hall and Oates, Wang Chung, Johnny Cash, Cyndi Lauper, Fred Estaire, Prince, Taking out the trash, Reverend Horton Heat, Beach Boys 2 Men, ABC, BBD, Dogstar, Fat Albert and Kool and the Gang, Sushi, Sheila E, The Fat Boyz, The Sex Pistols, Billy Idol, The New York Dolls, Dead Kennedys, Alcohol, Max Weinberg and the Max Weinberg 7, Conan O'Brien, Conan the Barbarian, Hanna Barbera, Be Bop-a-lula, The Big Bopper, Jalepeno Poppers, Jell-o Pudding Pops, John Cougar, Liberace, Niel Diamond, John Fogerty, Frederick F-in' Chopin, Nashville's Economy, GN'R, Kurtis Blow, Basketball, Abba, Simon and Garfunkel, Casey Casum's top 40 countdown, Rick Astley, Billy Ocean, Wierd Al Yankovich, Aaron Neville (as played by Horatio Sans), Seger, Conway Twitty, Hank the 4th, Dragon Tales, Tara Time, Christopher Cross, Queens of the Stone Age, Mudhoney, The Ramones, Hayseed Dixie, Chaka Kahn, Bill Murray, The Good Ol' Boys, Ray Charles, Black Flag, The White Stripes, Jack Black, James Brown, The Blues Brothers, Blue Fades, Paisley Orange, Red Sovine, Red Red Meat, Panama Red, The Indigo Girls, Green Day, Blackie Lawless, Pink, Pink Floyd, The Pink Spiders, Skittles, Whitesnake, The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, White Lion, The Black Album, The White Album, Big Black, Great White, The Black Keys, The Plain White-T's, Deep Purple, My Green Tambourine, Yellow Submarine, Orange Goblin, Red suited Spider-Man, Blue's Clues, Oliver Blue, The Big Orange, Simply Red, Radiohead, Rainbow Brite, Lite-Brite, Light Beige, Nickelodeon, Nacho Libre, Thee Billy Childish, Verbena, The Cult, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire, Newcleus, Egyptian Lover, Stevie Wonder, Cream, Chicago, Michael McDonald, Ronald McDonald, Old MacDonald, Easy Mac, The Beta Macks, Mack Daddy and Daddy Mack, Ozone and Turbo, Knight Rider Theme, Different Strokes Theme, The Beatles, the Go Go's, The Stones, Elvis Aaron Presley, Jason Priestley, Judas Priest me, Alabama, Television, Strongbad, The Statler Brothers, Chuck E. Cheese, Chuck Berry, "I'm ya huckleberry," Perry Farrell, Harold Carey, Patsy Cline, Polka, Tom Pappas' voicemails, Whales, Snails, and Puppy-Dog Tails, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Streussel Swirls, Nestle's Quick, Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Boo-Berry, The Neif, Telecasters, Jazzmasters, Stratocasters, Ghetto Blasters, Parliament, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ms. Shirley Q. Liquor, Slash, Bob Barker, Eagles of Death Metal, AA Bondy, Nirvana, The Scenesters, Flesh Vehicle, Blackbird Studio, John Netti, Soundgarden, The Police (Both kinds), Chris Farley, Pants, Shirts, Shoes, Socks, Bling, Doggy Underwear, Foghat, Mr. Frodo, Pegasi 51, Hypertribe, My Ruin, The Mustard, Beton Brut, Atombomb Pocketknife, the Holy Ghosts, The State Champs, Superdrag, Grimey's Record Store, Grimey, The internet, all things Hessian, NPR, The Funhouse with Derek and Rob, Faster Pussycat, L.A. Guns, Motley Crue, Electric Light Orchestra, Alan Parson's Project, Brendan Benson, The Replacements, Sebadoh, Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Meat Puppets, The Muppets, The Muppet Babies, Carly Simon, Rick James (bitch), Watching Gangsta Rap and Emo Die, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Napkins, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Alvin Lee, Leonard Cohen, The Velvet Underground, Doc Holiday (as played by Val Kilmer), The Cars, Waylon and Willie and the Boys, Kraftwerk, The Jesus Lizard, Clapton, and a crap-ton of other stuff. I've been everywhere, man. I've been everywhere.
Sounds Like: ROCK
Type of Label: None

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BUY YOUR HELLEVATOR E.P. AT SUPERDRAG.COM

If you want a copy of the Hellevator E.P., go to Superdrag.com and look under 'merch' and then under 'c.d.s' and you can buy it. Hope you can dig it. Knew that you could.
Posted by WHIP! on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:55:00 PST

Look What the Metro Pulse had to say about WHIP!

There weren't any more explosive performers on the Knoxville rock scene of the mid- to late-1990s than Tom Pappas and Eric Otto; Pappas as the original bassist and mop-topped flashpoint of the city's ...
Posted by WHIP! on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:52:00 PST

WHIP! DEBUT EP

The first effort from Nashville based WHIP! offers 7 tasty treats of Rock n Roll delight. Links will be posted soon to purchase online. IN THE MEANTIME, you can get the record directly from us and ...
Posted by WHIP! on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:07:00 PST