Member Since: 6/1/2004
Band Website: xanga.com/endoftheworldbeijing
Band Members: CURRENT MEMBERS
Lee Clow (Vox) comes from a long line of ninja . He decided not to go into the family business, but still married ninja (he otherwise would have had to commit seppuku.
Jeph Solo (G-tar) is the offspring of a drunken Han Solo and a Wookie he met at a party.
Devin Allen (Bass)
Once an exec, once a teacher, once an artist, once a drifter who decided to get married and stay put in Beijing
Stu (Trumpet) is a crazy geezer
Adam "Heavy Metal" Lee (Bari Sax) is actually a transforming robot, his alternate form is a giant ass saxophone.
Mark "Da Woodchippa" Cole (Drum) is a drum ninja.
Zhu Kun (Alt Sax)
Aaron (T-bone)
FORMER MEMBERS
Shimada Yoshiyuki "Yoshi" (Bass) is MIA.
Johannes Francke(Trumpet) is really German! Don't tell me German's can't have fun!
Kenn Bermel (Tenor Sax) is a 1337 Haxx0r. He totally Haxx0red your mom last night. Ph33r his 1337 skillz. BTW Kenn thinks 1337 is teh suxx0rs, n00b!
Yuko Ueda-Clow (T-bone) is Lee's wife, she'll tell you "There are no ninja in modern society", yeah right...
Influences:
Lee: Reel Big Fish, Rancid, The Aquabats, Mustard Plug, The Sex Pistols, Jeffries Fan Club, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dead Kennedys, Bad Manners
Jeph: Specials, Slackers, Hepcat, Mad Caddies, Skatalites, Big D and the Kids Table, Mustard Plug, Five Iron Frenzy, Buck O Nine, Toasters, Unsteady, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Pietasters, Less than Jake, Suicide Machines, Cherry Poppin Daddies
Adam: Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Stray Cats, Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, Royal Crown Revue, Grieg, Ella Fitzgerald, Soundgarden, My Grandfather, and of course....Kenny G!
Devin: Herbie Hancock, Tom Waits, Bob Marley, Weather Report, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Montey Alexander, Tom Jobim, The New York Dolls, Elvis Presley, The 5,6,7,8's, Quincy Jones
Stu: Goldie Looking Chain
Zhu Kun:
Aaron:
Yuko: Mad Caddies, Rancid, Reel Big Fish, Mustard Plug, The Aquabats
Mark: G.G. Allin, much assorted first wave ska and reggae
Kenn: They Might Be Giants, Cake, The Aquabats, Boingo, Ookla the Mok, Save Ferris, A Gun That Shoots Knives, Horrorpops, Tubeway Army, Talking Heads, Frank Black, The Pixies, Sheldon Alman, B.E.P., Basement Jaxx, Nirvana, Dead Kennedys, Voltaire, Minibosses, One-Way Sunday, TBA, Nick Cave, Weezer, The Gravel Pit, and, uh... Robbie Williams.
Johannes: Blood Sweat and Tears, Absolute Beginner, the Jacksons, David Hasslehoff
Sounds Like: One hand clapping, a tree falling in the forrest with no one to hear it, a stupid white guy screaming in 3 languages and sounding bad in every one, trilingual juvenile humor
Record Label: Sold our souls. This is all they were worth...
Type of Label: None