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Common Courtesy

About Me



Remy Guts and his wife Kate moved from Syracuse, New York to Seattle, Washington. Remy met Dean, from Hidden Number, and Chris, from Thalidomide and Damage Done, at work and tricked them into creating a record that would fuse low brow type rock and roll with rock sensationalism. Feeling duped, Chris then tricked his drummer from Damage Done, Connor, into joining the band. Other people believed and sent money and gifts. Monday nights from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. was born. With a little time, determination, and studio magic, they began crafting The Common Courtesy sound...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/04/2008
Band Members: Remy Guts
Dean Swanson
Chris Elizaga
Connor Koreski
Influences: Rocket from the Crypt
Snapcase
Samiam
Drive Like Jehu
Murder City Devils
Hot Water Music
Dave Brubeck
Bruce Springsteen
Fugazi (not because its's cool to say that)
lungfish
Guided by Voices
anything out of the East bay in the 90's is shamelessly loved
Phil Spector in a grudge match with Steve Albini

Sounds Like: THE BONESAW IS READY!
Record Label: Magnets Large and Small
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hello Tomorrow song notes

Hello TomorrowHistory: The beginnings of this song began in 2003. I had just moved to Syracuse from Auburn, NY. The Guts had broken up for the last time save the final 3 Steps Fair show, and I wasn't ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 09:52:00 GMT

The story behind "This Much I Know"

This Much I Know The History:First off, this is one of my favorite songs that I ever written and until now it has never had a permanent home. This song has a lot of history. This Much I Knows' story ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:41:00 GMT

Hoffa and the persuit of rock

So to give credit to everything involved,most of Hoffa was written when I(remy) still lived in Syracuse, NY. I was living on Howard st. in the North side which was my one and only residence there for...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:28:00 GMT