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About Me

Pennsylvania's famed Vibrokings resurfaced in Nashville, TN...former band members Douglas Khorey and Ford Thurston along with Chris Lohr and Ronnie Lavella of The Yards packed up and moved south...built a recording studio out back...look for the new single "Get It Together" in Summer 2008 with record to follow by the end of summer...keep an eye out for appearances and more info soon! -Made in U.S.A. (don't be fooled by any cheap Euro imitations) real editor best profile tools real editor best profile tools

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/05/2008
Band Website: www.rockthevote.com
Band Members: Douglas Khorey-Vocals and Banter
Ford Thurston-Guitar and loud singing
Chris Lohr-Bass, singing really high and engineering our records
Ronnie Lavella-Beatin' the skins and Sportscenter
Influences: average white band, beatles, cream, david bowie, extreme, funkadelic, grand funk railroad, house of pain, inxs, jimi hendrix, kiss, lenny kravitz, michael franti, neil diamond, otis redding, prince, queen, rage against the machine, sly and the family stone, tom jones, u2, van halen, war, ummm....xtc, uhhh...young mc??, and..oh!!..zz top
Sounds Like: A Revolution!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

happy new year

happy new year to everyone out there!  life, as always, becomes a "longer and stranger trip" with each passing year...for us this is especially true; but the goal lives on in 09... ford is somewh...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:35:00 GMT

EVEN MORE MUSIC WE LOVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1kLnN3uFk8Red Hot Chili Peppers - 1990 - Higher Ground - Live, Letterman Studios beyond the many obvious reasons--and as much as you gotta love youtube--how cool is the...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:24:00 GMT

BAND UPDATE

here's the latest...things are getting crazy in preparation for our hometown show at the rex on saturday the 23rd.  lots and lots of running around but considering our other name choice was the p...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:31:00 GMT

Isaac Hayes: Rest in Peace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2cHkMwzOiM Black Moses Live in Spain 1973
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:14:00 GMT

MORE MUSIC WE LOVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWABJzHrGww wanted to pick a golden age glam moment--this is not exactly it--but oh my goodness, how could i pass this up? and on so many levels....?
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:53:00 GMT

I LIKE KENTUCKY

i like kentucky.  with everything that's been happening in vibroworld--traveling between pennsylvania and tennessee more than once-i've got to say that i've grown an appreciation for the bluegras...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:11:00 GMT

MUSIC WE LOVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiDq4Q62tz4 i'd like to occasionally post a music "video" that we find to be inspirational. and i'm not sure there is any better way to start than with Otis Re...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:35:00 GMT

DREAMS CAN BE SO UNREALISTIC

still have this image from a childhood dream.  can't remember how i got there, but i was in a neighbor's garage and i saw myself in a full length mirror where i appeared dressed as a circus ringm...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:56:00 GMT

BUT SERIOUSLY...

you don't often get straightforward from me i guess...but i hear that a few people would like to know a little more about what we are up to musically.  fair enough.the first time around for the b...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:36:00 GMT

YOUR "STRIPPER" NAME

...you might know this one about how if you take the name of your first pet and combine it with the first street you lived on=that becomes your "stripper" name.  i don't know why i was thinking o...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:55:00 GMT