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the Thingz

"insidiously clever," LA Weekly

About Me

The Thingz are a garage-punkin’ trio from Long Beach with a flippant, Groovy Ghoulies—style sense of fun, as well as a shameless penchant for singing admittedly “ridiculous” lyrics. Guitarist Mike Morris and bassist Kim Thing trade off vocals (“demonstrating the primitive duality upon which rock & roll is based”), combining the overt wackiness of the Rezillos with the stop-start abruptness of a much less angry Angry Samoans. On their 2004 self-titled full-length debut on Pelado Records, Morris and Ms. Thing are obsessed with the dangers of eating on “Manicotti Massacre” (in which a rotting TV dinner enacts its revenge on a hapless human victim), “Picnic Table Massacre” (where militant ants enact their revenge on hapless human victims) and the food-as-sex metaphor “Mastication Blues.” The Thingz turn their short attention spans to the life aquatic on their still-unreleased second album with “She’s a Piranha,” which features Morris’ deliciously icy surf-guitar shivers, and the senselessly cruel interspecies rivalry of “I’m Glad I’m Not a Mollusk.” None of this rampant silliness would matter without such catchy hooks and the frenetic rhythm section of Kim Thing and drummer Jason Cordero. (Falling James) LA Weekly 2/1/07

My Interests

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Member Since: 5/4/2004
Band Website: thethingz.com
Band Members: Mike Morrisonic- guitar, vocals;Kimthing- bass, vocals;Jason- drums
Influences: Everyone and everything.
Sounds Like: We've been compared to most everyone- most of which don't make sense. We probably sound closest to the Drags and the Groovy Ghoulies with a little bit of the Headcoats and the Rip Offs thrown in.Get Your Own! | View Slideshow
Record Label: Pelado Records (1st album), 2nd album ???
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

THINGZ review by Edwin at http://www.garageandbeat.com/

THE THINGZSelf-titled - CDIt's hard not to love this band. They've been slinking around Long Beach and the "greater" L.A. area for a few years and have always brought a smile to my face. The music is ...
Posted by the Thingz on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:53:00 PST

Japanese review- what does it mean?

THE THINGZ/ST (PELADO RECORDS) CD 1380 Yen Genre: POP PUNK/GARAGE/ROCK'N'ROLL As for California 3 human groups of Long Beach. Debut album all the 14 tune recording of 2004 year release. The unique ...
Posted by the Thingz on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:44:00 PST

Banned from ebay

I am now banning myself from ebay because I bought a van. True it is only $710, but I wasn't looking for one or anything. I really didn't think I would win, but of course that is when you always do wi...
Posted by the Thingz on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:13:00 PST

AZ in Aug- are we crazy

Hope we don't melt. Can't wait though. This is our vacation and I wouldn't want to do anything else. Come and see us if you are anywhere near where we are playing. We have to go back to work next mont...
Posted by the Thingz on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Shredding Paper review

Not sure when this was posted because we just found it, but we love it. Let us know what you think. Thingz  s/t CD 14/30:19This rocknroll trio from Southern California brings the fuzz and the reverb ...
Posted by the Thingz on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Lollipop Review

This came out a few months ago- but we're just getting around to posting it. Let us know what you think. LOLLIPOP The Thingz(Pelado)by Ewan WadharmiThe Thingz' Ramones-inflected theme song mentions l...
Posted by the Thingz on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST