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Farewell Captain

I like my sugar with coffee and Beam.

About Me



We've been in lots of bands. Some of them were even pretty good. None of them forced us to deal with shit like this, though:

"I'm trying to be fucking serious with you, and you have no right to just laugh in my face and hang up on me. I'm an easy going person, and I don't complain about much. And while what you wrote was funny, it was uncalled for and stupid. I don't give a fuck about being able to log on to that page anymore...I just don't want you writing retarded fucking shit like that. You've cancelled practice just as much as anyone else has...and your assumption that nobody wants to ever practice is bullshit. I look forward to practicing every time. I wouldn't fucking be in this band if I didn't want to be...and that goes for everyone."

We've got a new album coming out soon, thanks to the kindness of strangers on which we've always depended.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/2/2005
Band Website: You're looking at it.
Band Members: Mark Ruggiero - hack guitar, vocals
Chris Frantisak - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Cory Verblen - bass, vocals
Pat Buckley - drums, cigarettes
Mike Conroy - skilled guitar, vocals

Our Distinguished Alumni:
Scott Ozark - skilled guitar, vocals
Al Rodis - skilled guitar
Rafal Szczypta - drums
Influences: Teenage Fanclub, Three Dog Night, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Prince, Big Star, The Kinks, AC/DC, The Band, Naked City, Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah, You Am I, Husker Du, Small Faces, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Blues Image, Descendents, The Flaming Lips when they still played guitars, Joe Jackson, Eleventh Dream Day, Merle Haggard, The Who, Mission of Burma, Devo, Thin Lizzy, Rose Tattoo, GBV, The Hold Steady, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Slayer, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, James Gang, Ohio Players, Iron Maiden, Humble Pie, The Vaselines, Dag Nasty, Superchunk, Supergrass, Supertramp, Steely Dan, Public Enemy, Replacements, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Queen, Motorhead, The Pogues, Explosions in the Sky, Ride, The Jam, The Posies, Built to Spill, Pixies, Fugazi, Harry Nilsson, Genesis, Buddy Holly, Utopia, Yo La Tengo, Plimsouls, Looking Glass and thousands of others.
Sounds Like: A little bit of this:
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Record Label: Electronic Battleship Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

It's a damn shame Metallica sucks now.

Seriously.  Did you see them shit the bed at that Live Earth thing?  So sad on so many levels. To purge the bad taste from my mouth: Tonight - Saturday, July 7th11 pm Beat Kitchen Welcomes J...
Posted by Farewell Captain on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:39:00 PST

Books, Birthdays and Records...and some unabashed sentimentality

Hi.  Hope you are all well. Thanks again to all who came out to Schuba's to see us with Panther Style and Gore Gore Girls.  Both bands were fantastic, and it was great to see all of you and ...
Posted by Farewell Captain on Thu, 31 May 2007 11:13:00 PST

WLUW today, Schuba's tomorrow and The Jersey Bounce

Hi, everyone. We've been in hiding for a while working on our debut album, which I'm pretty sure is called "The Jersey Bounce."  We should be wrapping it up in the next month or so, and we're pre...
Posted by Farewell Captain on Thu, 03 May 2007 05:39:00 PST

Our First Press...thanks to CTRL-ALT-ROCK!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Beat Kitchen to see us with The Tossers.  We had a grand old time, and we appreciate all of you that came and showed your support.  Our good friend&nbs...
Posted by Farewell Captain on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:48:00 PST

Naughty AND Nice - Details Inside

We're playing tonight...hopefully it will give us something to write about.  These blogs are fewer and farther between.  I guess it's because I'm lazy. Before I get into tonight, thanks to a...
Posted by Farewell Captain on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:58:00 PST

Animal Noses, Quarter Beers and Thursday Night

So Cory was charged with finding us some sort of matching costumes/masks/etc. for the show at the Horseshoe last night.  He got us animal noses and clown noses.  Good job, Cory.  I got ...
Posted by Farewell Captain on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:10:00 PST

Costumes?

Oh yeah, one other thing.  We're playing on Halloween.  We're thinking about dressing up.  Any ideas?
Posted by Farewell Captain on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:43:00 PST

Songs, Shows, Clams

It's not like I haven't thought about posting one of these things.  I keep going to the page and looking at "Fuck the Counting Crows" and think (a) well, yeah, obviously and (b) perhaps there's m...
Posted by Farewell Captain on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:10:00 PST

Fuck The Counting Crows. Come to the Note instead.

I mean, seriously.  Who likes the fucking Counting Crows?  Anyone? I didn't think so.  So don't go see them tonight. Come to the Note instead! Tankboy & MPShows Present: Farewell Ca...
Posted by Farewell Captain on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:39:00 PST

If you call me DJ Surly tonight, I'll punch you in the fucking mouth.

Not really, but apparently I have a reputation to uphold. See, I can occasionally get a bit surly.  Some of you that know me may find that surprising.  My bandmates absolutely disagree with ...
Posted by Farewell Captain on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:03:00 PST