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About Me

The Tinys started in 1999. Claude Bernard and Matt Cook began hitting intsruments with their arms while yelling in the back room of the strangest house of all time. Travis Garaffa, who used to live in this same room (where racoons had races nightly against the rats), decided he wanted in or else. So, they scrapped the initial first plan (which was Claude of drum area, Matt-whatever, Micheal Crow to be stolen from Grand Champeen to play guitar, and bass to fall from the sky). With Travis now drumming, bass fell from the sky in the form of Jon Connally (not the Gov, but former Fuzz guitarist). They began practicing at Claude and Con's writing songs together when Phillip Mcheachearn (s.p.) entered the equation on keyboards. Soon thereafter, before their first gig, Con and Phillip quit and formed Mandible (presumably because the rest of them were embarrasingly horrible)--Mandible still being one of the best bands of all time. This left three. But they showed the entire world by recording an amazing album with the affor-mentioned Crow as producer (which still has never been released). The Tinys became known for their legendary live performances (something interesting was bound to happen). In 2004 they recruited heavyweight guitar slinger Bill Corsello (from Ye Olde Casteltons, Good Times Crisis Band, etc.) to fill out the sound. But recently Matt moved to Kansas and no one knows what's going on.

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Member Since: 9/29/2005
Band Website: None, yet
Band Members: Claude Bernard-Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards... Matt Cook-Bass, Vocals... Travis Garaffa-Drums...
Influences: Grin, Leroy and the Mystic Rappers, The Picket Line Coyotes, Prescott Curlywulf, Fivehead, The Diaz Brothers, The Damnations, and The Gourds (plus lots more, but we don't wanna look derivative do we?)
Sounds Like: Like a small man shooting a turn-around jumper in front of a department store.
Type of Label: None