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About Me

After Brutal DLX split I bled glitter for glam every month for three years with the Gutter Gangster All-Stars (the house band at L.A.'s scandalous Club Makeup). There I played with an amazing assortment of rock's elite (Dee Dee Ramone, Clem Burke, Chris Vrenna, Steven Perkins, Gilby Clarke, Paul Ill, Joey Waronker, Steven Adler, Daniel Shulman, Lydia Lunch, Jim Thurwell, Richard O'Brien, Alexis Arquette, Ann Magneson) in an amazing series of way over the top theatrical performances.In my no money years I played piano until my knuckles were blue at the Canter's Jams at the Kibbitz Room (hey, they fed us afterword. THAT was heaven). I played Baba's Sunday Jam's at Raji's (I stood in the alley last week that used to be the load in to Raji's; it's a parking lot now).I have deep love and friendship and occassional collaboration with the We3Kings/Whiskey Falls contingent.Yowzah and Dominique and I had a band called Picasso's Nuts way way back in the day.Paul Ill and I had a downtempo/trip hop players band (Shana was in it, too) called Psychotronic. Somewhat shortlived but hugely successful artistically. Look for a Psychotronic return.I played for about a year with punk legend Wayne Kramer.Last year I played bass (1 of 20) in Glen Branca's Hallucination City for 100 Guitars at the Disney Concert Hall as part of the Minimalist Jukebox series.I play keyboard, guitar, bass, a little drums (I program, who doesn't?) and, of course, mainly, I sing. I write songs. I produce other artists. I sit in with other bands. I help with other projects. I recycle. And, every once in a while, I help an old lady accross the street.I enjoy performing a wide variety of music and have (and continue to) lent my talents to a slew of different performers and projects. Most recently I did a stint with as Rank Smell: Guitarist for The Scumbagz (myspace.com/thescumbagz) and as the lead guitarist in Carter Armstrong's All The Grownups (myspace.com/allthegrownups). I love the music life. I will never be done with it.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/06/2005
Band Website: www.highvolumegenius.com
Band Members: Eric Mayron
Influences: Rock, Punk, Pop, Glam, Electronic, New Wave, The Cars, The Pixies, Electric Light Orchestra, Yazoo, Oingo Boingo, Wings, The Tubes, Cheap Trick, Glam-Era Elton John, Sweet, Circle Jerks, The Police, Kluster, Urge Overkill, Queen, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of The Stoneage, Eno, X, Depeche Mode, Parliament/Funkadelic, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Sam Raimi, George Romero, David Lynch, Spike Lee, Tim Burton, Captain America, Scooby Doo, Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, Super Friends, a tasty wave and some cool buds, sunspots and inclement weather.
Sounds Like: Bowie and Ozzy having sex with the Circle Jerks and the Beatles while iChatting with Nine Inch Nails and talking to Kurt Cobain through a Medium (who holds the webcam, incidentally).
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

7 Inch by All The Grown Ups

All The Grown Ups performs Carter Armstrong song 7 inch at Club Good Hurt in Los Angeles.This is a band we formed to play a gig for Carter's Xth birthday. We sounded good and had fun. Here is a sample...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:24:00 GMT

Cool Like Dat by The Scumbagz (Diggable Planets Cover)

Live at The Bouquet, Boise Idaho June 22, 2007Supercool cover... enjoy
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:21:00 GMT

Copland by The Scumbagz

This video was cut together by King's and Egdoh's buddy Tom from footage shot when we played some gigs in Boise. I love it because there is a lot of footage of me. My scumbagz name is Rank Smell.the s...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:18:00 GMT

Woke Too Fast video by Brutal DLX

This is the second video made for our old band, Brutal DLX, by our old friend, Evan Klein. Evan branched out a lot more creatively on this one. Featuring a girl Evan was flirting with and his big bloo...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:15:00 GMT

First Brutal DLX video: Turn Around by Evan Klein

This is the first video made by Evan Klein for our band, Brutal DLX. It was also our first single called, Turn Around. Please enjoy and tell your friends. Thank you,
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:11:00 GMT

Student Film I was in a million years ago.

Student Film by Evan Charles Klein. Starring Eric Mayron, Anna, and the kid whose name I forgot (who was real cool).
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:59:00 GMT

re: Songs I wrote with Inger Lorre

Earlier this year, Inger Lorre, former Nymph Denmother, cruised back into my life saying that she had a fan in a particular rock icon (imagine: famous actress/serial killer) and that he wanted Inger t...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:42:00 GMT

70s Jack Kirby Marvel Hero Montage T-Shirt from Target

TEN DOLLARS!! $9.99 plus tax, but still ten bux (if I were XXL it would be 12) and it's my new favorite T-Shirt. It's a white made-to-look-worn print of the heads 16 Marvel Comics heroes (couple villa...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:35:00 GMT

RHCP: Letting Go Of Hillel

I have always been a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan. At least after their first album. I was die hard: new every song on the first three records. Such a unique band. I watched as What Is This and the Red H...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:56:00 GMT

Glen Branca's Hallucination City for 100 Guitars

Last night I experienced the once (maybe twice) in a lifetime thrill of performing to a sold out crowd onstage at the Disney Concert Hall as part of Glen Branca's (Theoretical Girls, anyone?) Symphony...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:49:00 GMT