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The Bus

movin on up, layin in the cut...

About Me

Born in 2002, The Bus started out as a rock band, like most bands do. That is, until we heard various forms of rhythm emerging from cracks in the walls, pores in the skin, and scents in the air. It was the birth of a new creation, and the death of all things holy in Westfield. We found ourselves blessed with the ability to make all of mankind show their soul through movement, from tapping a foot to crowd surfing (yeah, that was cool) to breakdancing on the high school tile. And they did go forth, yea, and they did spread the word, yea, the word that Funk was in, and all else was out (no matter how hard ska wanted to find itself numero uno in our hearts). Diciples of the one god George Clinton, without who there would be no happiness in our lives, they have spreadith thoust funky message of love, peace, and loose booty. When all was at its strongest, our keeper of the beat, Gabe-o-Tron Magnum Yookahn departed for the Deep South, robbing us of the sacred rhythm of the drum. But all hope was not lost, for it was prophsized in the great scripture of the public school system that the master of percussionary matters could return on vacation days. And as such, the Bus carried on hope, until that day, when the Bus would rule again....And that day grows nearer... day by day....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/6/2005
Band Members: Jon, Will, Gabe, Mike
Influences: Parliament/Funkadelic, Jimi Hendrix, Tower of Power, Mandrill, The Meters, Fela Kuti, James Brown, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tribe Called Quest, Coltrane and all of the other jazz folk we listen to to feel smart (besides Gabe, who gets it), Anything out of Studio 1, Channel 1, and Treasure Isle Studios in Jamaica from 60s-80s, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Frank Zappa, and Parliament/Funkadelic
Sounds Like: A molten (but not searing) flash of erupting involuntary spastic motion carried from your brain to your feet. Spikes of pulsating sensations entering your eardrums, melting the remainder of your mind and rendering you powerless to the dance. The sounds of babies crying, mothers farting, scraping of knees and burning of lard in a skillet, wrapped up and encompassed in that which is the ULTIMATE funk package thou and thou, till time ends. A lightning bolt of pure soul sent to your stomach courtesy of the x-treme multitude of rhythmic fire sent forth from drum, guitar, bass, and vocal. Capable of making even the whitest of white shake like a proud mongoose after its kill.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

What's Going On:

So, let me lay it on you so to speak.  Gabe is coming back to New Jersey for Winter Break, and during that time, we plan to spend all of our waking hours playing music, for an audience or in priv...
Posted by The Bus on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 07:46:00 PST