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Ivan and The BeETs

NOW WITH MORE SODIUM!!!

About Me

We started a few years ago. It's been fun. We're all inside one body.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/20/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/istillgetrocksoff
Band Members: The cult members of Riverside's most happening ultra-new religion "The Weltanschauung Verfremdungseffekt".

Influences: Roger Miller, Malvina Reynolds, Queen, Le Tigre, Wu-Tang Clan, Violent Femmes, Talking Heads, Modest Mouse, Rasputina, Fear, Django Reinhardt, David Bowie, Julieta Venegas, Dethklok (fer shure), Rev. Horton Heat, Iron Horse (I know they're a cover band, but god-damn if they aint grand), The Cure, Captain Beefheart, Nirvana, Alice Cooper, Underworld, Manu Chao, The Dick Tracy Soundtrack (feat. Ice-T and K.D. Lang), Teddybears STHLM,
Sounds Like: I don't usually like to go past 2 minutes. I record everything in my room while sitting on my bed. The quality of the recordings suffers, but im getting better.On garageband.com, reviewers have said i sound like Violent Femmes, Talking Heads, Neil Young, "post punk retro new wave" and "the worst i have ever heard on this" (but whats the fun of doing anything if at least a few people don't hate you?).On this page i have been compared to ariel pink and mason jennings (whoever the hell they are) and once a guy from scotland said i sounded like "a skronky fucked up Velvet Underground"You decide, and please let me know.
Record Label: I do this for fun, not profit.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Whats up

I've been busy with the monks founding the "Weltanschauung Verfremdungseffekt". What that is is a new YouTube show we have currently in construction. Our first guest star is lined up and I am proud to...
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:59:00 PST

3rd album

is 3 songs deep so far. woot.
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:06:00 PST

Second album

was finished yesterday! Instead of doing my final for english i decided to stay up all night, drinking shiraz i stole from my roomate. so yes, we now have two albums, Black With Sherbert Stripes &...
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:27:00 PST

Lately

i think that last month, i had a total of "0" days completely sober. everyday I do bad things in good ways.at one point i went 5 days without a shower and like 3 without brushing my teeth. it made me ...
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:01:00 PST

Lyrics to "Black With Sherbert Stripes" Album

1. Yeah Yeah You know, sometimes I wake up in the morning, and, I just don't know what I'm gonna do with myself, today. And that's a problem So I decide, that if there's nothing else that I...
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Fri, 11 May 2007 09:23:00 PST

Put on a happy face!

I wrote a song called "I <3 abby", "Abby Danger Waxler would die if i asked her if she would go to the prom with me but it could never be because i met her too late she would have blushed in my c...
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:08:00 PST

new mp3's

i've downloaded recording software finally! all i need is a mic cord and new songs will be posted IMMEDIATELY after that. hopefully by the end of today or tomorrow.
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

YAY FOR HATEMAIL 2!!!!

kimya dawson totally sent me a message, turns out my #1 fan melinda told her i wasn't giving her credit for the song on my page. i cleared it up and now im waiting on a response, ill post it if i get ...
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

On the subject of hate mail.

TODAY I GOT MY FIRST HATE MAIL!!! YAY FOR 16 YEAR OLD HIGHSCHOOL GIRLS!!! from "melinda gone mullet" (www.myspace.com/melindaa) "i can't believe you had the nerve to cover a Kimya Dawson song. h...
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

As for The Beets

They are currently in rehab. They bacame horribly infected by "S.T.D.'s" and "Viruses" due to filthy needle file sharing. They will be back when they are living clean and sober. Not that that's a requ...
Posted by Ivan and The BeETs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST