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Ben Franklin Book Brigade

Give up the funk!

About Me

Let's see...we originally had Danny and me (Griffin) in a crappy punk band, then I started buying some faster stuff and we bought a drum set and Danny actually learned how to play within a span of two-three weeks. Then we got Dashiell, but all the songs on the demo are Danny on bass and drums, and me on guitar and singing. We'll eventually get around to recording a better (and probably faster) demo, but the songs that are up are pretty representative of what we sound like. Hmm...nothin' else to say, really.EDIT: We don't have plans to put out much more than demos right now, but if you want us on your comp. (and your comp doesn't suck) we can do that. We attempted to do a comp. of all the bands under 18 in KC, but two broke up right as we started to ask people, so that was a failure.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/10/2006
Band Members: Danny-4 string/vox Griffin-6 string/Vox Dashiell-heads/vox
Influences: Heresy, Infest, Larm, Minor Threat, Black Flag, Intense Degree, D.R.I., Ripcord, Napalm Death, L.I.E., Voetsek, When Good Robots Go Bad/Dick Cheney's Dick, Spazz, No Comment, Crossed Out, Hummingbird of Death, I Accuse!, XBRAINIAX, Municipal Waste, Rocket Attack!, Neanderthal/MITB, Straight Ahead/NYC MayhemNon-hardcore influences list!THE RAMONESParliament/FunkadelicBuzzcocksBig StarThe UndertonesThe WhoSabbathNot Led ZeppelinShoesThe Minutemen (You can argue this point for days, but I don't consider them hardcore)
Sounds Like:Thrash!But we also listen to other stuff so don't think we're close minded like some do. Thrash is great, but jazz, blues, and rock n roll are up there too. Classic rock is okay, but we're sick of "punks" constantly touting it as better than any other form of music (which is bullshit...)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Debate Class: The Sworn Enemy of Ben Franklin

So...we might be trying to do a house show sometime if my debate teacher doesn't make me go to a tournament...for like the fucking 5th time. They're all day (12-17 hours) on Saturdays, so this basical...
Posted by Ben Franklin Book Brigade on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:03:00 PST

Sports

Sports are cool, but the way people worship and put their entire energy into them is amazing. Get some perspective. Sports are fun; nothing more.
Posted by Ben Franklin Book Brigade on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:38:00 PST

shows

hey if anyone wants us to open or some shit leave us a post   big thanks to the haunted kitchen for allowing us to play and thanks to who ever the hell let us play at prairie village it was fucki...
Posted by Ben Franklin Book Brigade on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:37:00 PST

IMPORTANT!

Just heard that some people have been calling me closeminded because I don't like Led Zeppelin. Bull! I listen to all sorts of stuff, including jazz and blues. I mean seriously, have you "open minded"...
Posted by Ben Franklin Book Brigade on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:50:00 PST