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The Black & White EP on eMusic and iTunes!

About Me

Billy Steve Korpi, guitarist for the Crack Pipes, is undergoing treatment for leukemia, he has no insurance. funds can be donated through PAYPAL to [email protected] or by going to benefits held for him. For more info or to drop off a donation contact the friendly folks at the Rio Rita (1308 E.6th st. Austin,TX). A NEW WAY TO PAY: send check or money order to Pioneer Bank,SSB 100 Creek Rd. Dripping Springs TX 78620 make checks payable to "Billy Steve Korpi Benefit Acct."...thank you again.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/11/2005
Band Website: thecrackpipes.com
Band Members: ray pride (vox/harp) mike corwin (drums) billysteve korpi (guitars) nick moulos (bass) w/ coby cardosa (keyboards and percussion)
Influences: jimi hendrix experience,the clash,sly and the family stone,howlin' wolf,junior kimbrough,STAX RECORDS,SST RECORDS,MOTOWN,the temptations,eric burdon w/the animals and war,oblivions,reigning sound,ike and tina turner,mudhoney,royal trux,hank williams,george jones,waylon and willie,tammy wynette,loretta lynn,johnny paycheck,bo diddley,chuck berry,NRBQ,carl perkins,muddy waters,john lee hooker,lightnin' hopkins,lowell fulson,rufus thomas,otis redding,wilson pickett,o.v. wright,janis joplin,aretha franklin,the velvet underground,sonic youth,ornette coleman,eric dolphy,john coltrane,charles mingus,sun ra,brian eno,david bowie,the rolling stones,the beatles,the byrds,the yardbirds,neil young,kak,knife in the water,bob dylan,the jesus and mary chain,prince,run-dmc,public enemy,evan johns,fugazi,the who,deadly snakes,charming snakes,hot snakes,black eyed snakes,the big boys,poison 13, jack o'fire,lord high fixers,total sound group direct action committee,attack formation,tia carrera,and you will know us by the trail of dead,the inhalants,the paranoids,glorium,gut,ed hall,butthole surfers,roky erikson,johnny rivers,and many more in the past,present and future
Sounds Like: a change is gonna come
Record Label: emperor jones/sympathy for the record industry
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Black & White EP out NOW on the internet

The new ep from THE CRACK PIPES is out now on CHICKEN RANCH RECORDSavailable on eMUSIC and iTUNES!!! please check out "THE BLACK & WHITE EP"it features 5 songs featured in our live sets! songs by ...
Posted by the crack pipes on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:48:00 PST

mountain of love!

dear fans, one of the crack pipes is getting married, uhm, one of us is already married, so it's one of the remaining three...happy happy joy joy!! good luck guessing who it is! ...
Posted by the crack pipes on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:07:00 PST

Remember the 1990's ?

Remember when...Nick wasn't in the band? Bush wasn't in the White House? You had to scan your photos before you could put them on "the internet" ? When one of the best gigs in town was at the funny...
Posted by the crack pipes on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:30:00 PST

What's that 'Greensboro' song about?

Check out this letter to Socialist Worker newspaper:Greensboro victims fight for justiceJune 16, 2006ON NOVEMBER 3, 1979, in Greensboro, N.C., American Nazi Party and KKK members shot and killed five ...
Posted by the crack pipes on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:44:00 PST

Watch the Record Player Party video !

It was late 2001, and the nation was still reeling from the release of the The Crack Pipes' "Every Night Saturday Night" on Sympathy. See the whole gang in this brilliant video by Divya Srinivasan. ...
Posted by the crack pipes on Tue, 16 May 2006 12:22:00 PST

what is a "baby break"?

mike & lily are having a baby.  mike is our drummer.  so, we're taking a break.  the break will be for months...that's a baby break.  everyone should take one.we'll be writing ...
Posted by the crack pipes on Mon, 08 May 2006 08:46:00 PST

blackoutfest is the outer space!!!!

thanks to scott winland and all the people that came out in athens,ohio for another wonderful night of blackoutfest! friday night we saw the tough & lovely and the gris gris and black sunday and more ...
Posted by the crack pipes on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 01:57:00 PST

looking for new label love

so, the crack pipes are looking for a new sexy label to put out our next (unrecorded at this time) album, if you are a label, contact us, if you are a fan of the crack pipes, talk to some labels, if y...
Posted by the crack pipes on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:20:00 PST

it's 2006! thank god!

dear crack pipe fans- thanks for everything, thanks to you, our record "beauty school" was a smash hit...well, the austin chronicle liked it, they gave it alot of kudos, check 'em out if you're not bu...
Posted by the crack pipes on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:49:00 PST

welcome to the now sound

hello, dear crack pipes friends and fans, we're going to keep everybody up to date on everything we're doing, so hopefully that will be good news for most of you, and if you're doing anything cool let...
Posted by the crack pipes on Mon, 15 Aug 2005 06:09:00 PST