To fully understand the Frogs, you must know the 1985 sci-fi adventure Explorers . Go out and buy the widescreen edition DVD if you are unfamiliar with this Joe Dante classic. Frogs is made out of equal parts of the three main characters:
^The nerd, loves science/computers.
^The cool kid, listens to the rock music.
^The dreamer...
Just your average Frogs tryin' to make his way in the world. I am a musician in Los Angeles (one of many!) and I have performed in/with many bands/artists:
-Oh Crap! Ninjas
-Marc Cogman/Welcome To The Danger Show
-Jami Ross
-Jaremiah James
-David Hasselhoff (seriously... The Hoff)
-Lucy Lawless
-The Neon Calm (R.I.P.)
Also if you get real bored listen to these I made:
Captain Dude!
An Afternoon With Grammy
Safe Halloween USA
A Brief History Of Frogs:
Early 1980 - Chuck & Alice decide to bring offspring no. 2 into this crazy world.
May '80 to Feb '81 - In Eutero. Highlights include: being warm all the time and not having any chores to do. Cons: no TV/atari/personal space.
February 9, 1981 - Born on a Monday... figures.
The early years - Pretty uneventful. Too young to really appreciate the 80's. I did fall off a building and onto my head when I was 3. That was fun. I had a tyranical older sister and a whiney younger brother (they both turned out fine).
September 1986 - School. Hated it. I did get my first taste of the bass guitar that year though.
1990 - I started listening to WAAF Boston after getting a small radio for my room. The first albums I owned (on cassette of course) were Faith No More's Angel Dust and Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power. I was suprised my parents didn't notice that both had those annoying "Parental Advisory" stickers on them.
1991 - In 5th grade I started playing the tenor saxaphone. I made it rock as best I could
September 1993 - Got my first guitar, a black Peavey Predator. Started a band with Marcus and Max called The Raging Idiots. The name fit.
High School Bands:
Gasket (formerly Average Joe)
Reveille
The Uncalled Four (featuring Chuck )
Freeride
September 1999 - Began classes at The Berklee College Of Music . Cofounded Chimpira with Marc and J , later adding Rizzy .
August 2001 - The death of Chimpira also marked the birth of The Neon Calm. Adding Arms completed the lineup and marked a change in direction of the music.
May 2003 - Graduated Berklee with a bachelors degree in Music Sythesis.
June 2004 - The Neon Calm relocate to Los Angeles. That pretty much bring you all up to speed.
