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About Me

When Midwestern power pop kingpin Darren Robbins, whose past indie efforts have sold a combined 50,000 copies, returned to Chicago after a decade in L.A., he arrived with the intent of rebuilding Time Bomb Symphony from scratch.
He had a list with three names on it; Sweet Lou from Chicago stalwarts Penthouse Sweets, Mike Zelenko (ex-Material Issue drummer), and Ted Ansani (former Material Issue bassist). That all three said yes wasn't so much a surprise as confimation that, above all else, the songs were strong enough to warrant such interest. "I didn't want to put together a band with anyone else, so if any of them would have declined, I might have just called the whole thing off."
From the moment the band hit the stage at Chicago's legendary Double Door for their first gig, the new outfit knew they'd hit upon something special. Those in attendance knew it as well and word has been building on the Chicago scene with each subsequent show.
The band plans to spend the fall and winter playing anywhere and everywhere that will have them while, at the same time, working on new material for an early 2009 release. The album, tentatively entitled "Symphonic Majesties Request", will feature a number of Robbins-penned tracks, including "Blue Flowers", which has already gotten airplay on Chicago radio station WLUW.
Chicago has a new supergroup and its name is Time Bomb Symphony.

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Member Since: 9/2/2004
Band Website: darrenrobbins.com
Band Members: DARREN
SWEET LOU HALLWAS
MIKE ZELENKO
TED ANSANI

Influences: CHEAP TRICK BEATLES KINKS ROMANTICS HOUSE OF LOVE CHAMELEONS
Sounds Like: yeah
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Ride Of Our Lives

Great things happen when you sleep with the TV on. :)I awoke this morning to see WTTW, the local Chicago PBS station, airing a marathon of episodes of "Ride Of Our Lives", a 12-episode docum...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:26:00 PST

Paul Newman was Nobody’s Fool

With the passing of Paul Newman, the world has lost one of "the great ones". This weekend, you'll no doubt see a lot of career retrospectives on Newman and my hunch is that many will focus on th...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:11:00 PST

Blue Flowers...the birth of a song

So a music supervisor I've been working with says to me "Hey, can you write me a song for an episodic show I'm working?"Sure, thing. Which show, I ask?"I can't tell you. Just give me something that'...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:49:00 PST

September live shows and such!

I haven't been to Wisconsin in ages. That's all about to change, though. The newly revamped and re-energized Time Bomb Symphony will be blasting back into live action with a show September 18th at t...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:25:00 PST

is it friday the 13th or something?!

Woke up this morning, went out to walk my dogs when I noticed a piece of paper underneath my windshield wiper. This being Chicago, where parking tickets are just a way of life, I thoug...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:57:00 PST

lollapalooza

If you're anything like me, you dislike big crowds. At the same time, you also love a good music festival like Chicago's three-day Lollapalooza festival, which takes place this weekend. W...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:52:00 PST

kickin it

This is Rufus chilling in his favorite window. Today, he just had this forlorn look about him, as if he was missing someone and waiting for them to come home.I know how he feels, believe me.In truth,...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:40:00 PST

par-TAY!

So last night, I come home around midnight and see a bunch of POSTED NO PARKING, TOW AWAY ZONE signs in front of my apartment. There are other signs posted as well, informing us that there is a stree...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:09:00 PST

My Eddie Van Halen story (long version)

My Eddie Van Halen storyA couple months after the release of the first Time Bomb Symphony CD, I was sitting around trying to figure out how to promote the thing. I had no money, of course, so a ...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:01:00 PST

a walk in the rain

Wow, when was the last day you had that was just "good"? I mean, I didn't win the lottery or anything, but the day was a success before noon. I awoke, realized I needed a new pair of jeans, went to ...
Posted by [time bomb symphony] on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:44:00 PST