Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear

About Me

Skip the ceremony and start the party! Wedding Banned is a musical experience, a show, an event and something you will not forget. Wedding Banned is not so much a cover band in the traditional sense, but a musical interpretation of all your favorite hits from the 80's, 90's and more. The show is high energy and maximizes audience participation and encourages the crowd to get involved. Whether it's an audience member brought on stage as bride or groom during the garter/bouquet toss, or beautiful ladies from the audience rocking on stage with the band, you can throw the rules of a traditional rock show out the window. Led by the charismatic and sexy Captain Mantastic(lead vocals/cowbell) and backed by Barry Mitchell Timmons(keyboards/guitar), Ted "the Gooch" Spumonte(drums), Vinnie Van Action(lead guitar), Bruce Winche'll(bass)and wedding planner Linda Ballzenstein(vocals/keytar), Wedding Banned redefines what to expect from a musical act!
So what songs will you hear? That's a damn good question - so here's a brief sampling: You Give Love a Bad name-Bon Jovi, Don't Stop Believing-Journey, Come on Eileen-Dexy's Midnight Runners, Take On Me- A-Ha, Take Me Home Tonight-Eddie Money, Girls,Girls,Girls-Motley Crue, Baby Got Back-Sir Mix-a-lot, Boys of Summer-Don Henley/The Atari's, Sweet Caroline-Neil Diamond, Hit Me With Your Best Shot-Pat Benetar, Sweet Child of Mine-Guns 'n Roses, Let's Go Crazy-Prince, Shook Me All Night Long-AC/DC all your favorite songs from the 80's and more!!

My Interests

Booking agent, Dave at [email protected]:Foxes, Ladies, Hot Mamas, Sexy Things, Cuties, Babes, and Beautiful Women of all creeds, colors, shapes, and sizes! The banned is:CAPTAIN MANTASTIC- Vocals, leader, ladies man**** VINNIE VAN ACTION- Lead Guitar, Kung-Fu master, special delivery****BARRY MITCHELL TIMMONS- Guitar, Keyboards, prodigy, 8th level cleric****TED "The Gooch" SPUMANTE- Drums, www.mrmagooch.com, "Gooch marks the spot!" ****BALLZ!- Wedding planner, rehab survivor, utility musician, lead recorder ****BRUCE WINCHE'LL- Headband, stache, bass, single ****Supporting cast: Dakota Manning - Erotic entertainer, last seen in Brokeback Mountain: The Musical! Joey "The Meat" Razonka - Erotic entertainer, last seen outside the Bijou theatre begging for change.test

I'd like to meet:

Those who like to rock!

Music:

Watch the video on this page!!!! Check this site for upcoming shows. If you want to book us, and you do, e-mail our booking agent, Dave at [email protected] WE are booked by Double D Booking

Movies:

"Brians Song, The Brian Piccolo Story," HBO: Real Sex Fried Green Tomatoes, Wedding Crashers, Pretty Woman, Deep Throat, Footloose, American Gigalo, Fritz the Cat, Super Fly, Endless Love, The Wedding Singer, Fight Club, Backseat Bangers Vol. 4-6, Coffy, Grease, Love Story, Dazed and Confused ......

Television:

Three's Company, Dr. Phil, Family Guy, Cathouse, Facts of Life, American Idol, What's Happening, Arrested Development, Silver Spoons, Oprah, Love American Style, The Newlywed Game, Good Times, The Gong Show, the Simpsons, the Dating Game, VH1's Behind the Music, Bosom Buddies, My Name is Earl, Female Bodybuilding on ESPN2, Diff'rent Strokes, Blind Date, the Ultimate Fighter, Cheaters! ..

Books:

Curious George Goes To The Zoo, The Kama Sutra, How To Win Friends and Influence People, Soul on Ice, living and losing with ladies, 100 Top Swingers clubs in America, Hustler, Playboy ..

Heroes:

Oprah, Shane's World, Bill Gates Nikki Sixx, Joe Crede Peter North, Cytheria, Fukudome David Lee Roth, Bill Clinton, Bill Hicks, Hef, Alan Alda, Tony Clifton

My Blog

Cubby Bear / Andersonville UPDATE

We have moved 2 of our performances around for June, here goes:We are no longer playing Cubby Bear June 12th, we are now playing Cubby Bear SATURDAY. June 14th.We are no longer playing the 8pm slot at...
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:34:00 PST

CD and Me, what is it?

I am getting a lot of questions about Cd & Me. They put on all kinds of events and in the summer they put on outdoor concerts. So we are playing outdoors! It's a great place. Here is a link to the...
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Wed, 21 May 2008 01:38:00 PST

Cubby Bear on Saturday--9pm start time

Special double bill: Wedding Banned will share the stage with Mike and Joe this Saturday at Cubby Bear in Chicago. We will go on at 9pm. We will play a two hour set and M&J will play after us unti...
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Tue, 06 May 2008 09:38:00 PST

We are back- Time to rock

What a vacation! Let's explore the highlights:Barry led a band on a two week cruise in the Caribbean. He quit in disgust saying, "I will not play with these morons!" He quit before payday and hitchhik...
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:56:00 PST

We are not deleted, just making some changes!!!

We will be back shortly!!!!!!
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:07:00 PST

We are not deleted, just making some changes!!!

We will be back shortly!!!!!!
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:07:00 PST

Song Survey-Tell us what songs you want us to learn

Please pick three songs that you would like to hear Wedding Banned perform. It might not be your favorite song, but you may think WB will make it rock! Just reply to this post with the number or...
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:38:00 PST

Song Survey- You pick what we learn next!

"Please pick three songs that you would like to hear Wedding Banned perform. It might not be your favorite song, but you may think WB will make it rock! As you can see some of the choices are mi...
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:47:00 PST

Looking for Love in all the Right Places

As many of you ladies know, Bruce Winche'll is a single, lust crazed, love machine. However, he is still lacking a date for the Daddio's Springfest show. It has come to our attention that Bruce is now...
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:16:00 PST

The top friends

The Banned has met a lot of people in our 2.5 years of existence. Wow. Some crazy mfer’s, just nuts, and they come to the shows and they bring their friends. We cannot repay these people for the...
Posted by Wedding Banned-Fri-Durty Nellies, Sat-Cubby Bear on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:20:00 PST