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Member Since: 2/17/2006
Band Members: there are and were people in FAMOUS. Just to get the records straight people need to be in bands. Mark Ivanitch, Doug Shive, John Corigliano, Nick Ivanitch, Jeff Stepanek, Bruce Panula, Ken Herblin, Rick Potts, Chris Fountain, Todd Yetter, Eddie Everett, Jay Thomas, Brett Bohnett, Baldy Tucker, Gary Parky, Joe Adragna and DC Harbold have all done things to be in bands, this one in particular.
Influences: Guilt, Shame, Fear, Confusion, Panic, Clouds, Friends, Personal Traps, Finding Patterns In New Experiences, Mistaking New Friends For Old Ones, Getting In Fights With New Friends And Apologizing To Old Ones, Hesitation, The Fact That My Grandmother Has Lived A Harder Life Than Any Of Us Will Ever Know And Will Still Out Live Us All, Pimple Faced Teenagers That Walk Around With Guitars They Can't Play, And Maybe Someday...You.
OK seriously, Influences are a funny thing. I feel compelled to be obtuse, but for practical reasons I'll list a few of my favorites. Directly I mostly listen to bands I've seen, played with or known. Somehow putting a face to the songs makes it resonate more strongly. Dean Wilson and Jones Purcell are two of the best songwriters I've ever heard. They continually fill in the blanks when I'm looking for a mystery chord. As far as persistence goes I gotta hand it to Ken Herblin. You can check out his stuff on myspace. A few shows that changed my life; The first concert i Saw was DEVO at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby PA in 1980. Next was Volcano Suns in 1985. Pretty much anything Peter Prescot touches is perfect. Saw Big Black at the 930 Club in Washington DC in 87. 'Nuff said. The next was Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 1988. Saw them twice that year and they explained a lot to me. In fact that may be why I picked up an instrument. Giant Sand opening for Grant Lee Buffalo in 95 was a doppler shift in my perception of live music. I devour anything Howe Gelb and Grant Lee Phillips put out. Saw the Scud Mountain Boys open for someone who will remain nameless at Silk City in Phila in 97. Hell, where did Joe Pernice come from? I read his 33 1/3 story about The Smith's 'Meat Is Murder' hoping for an insight but I'm still lost. Don't really care about much that happened after but anything the Replacements did, played, recorded, said, fucked, drank, wrote, broke, etc while they were together could be the best thing that ever happened to rocknroll. Fuck all early 80's L.A. metal bands. (Except Dave Mustane) Any idiot can turn their amp up to 11, get drunk and fuck. Meanwhile at the same time, in the same town the Gun Club was making it rain, and if John Doe ever needed to borrow my car I'd hand him my only key. Guided By Voices changed my life again in 2003. "I'd rather find a great song than meet a nice guy" thanks Bob.
I'm sure there's more. But thats the crucial stuff. Thanks for giving a shit.
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This is a video of one of the first bands i was in. We were called Honour Society and my stint in the band lasted from 1987-1989. I place them on my profile because the sounds, members and attitude of the band have shaped my entire outlook toward playing music in public. (with a little Sammy Davis Jr. thrown in) The band was the brainchild of Dean Wilson, who you can now hear as Illyah Kuryahkin. Brian Hayes and Chaz Molins preceded me on bass guitar. After they left Dean said I should learn to play bass and join his band. 'Huh?' I said. Never considering him down on my level I was shocked and scared as hell. When original drummer Ritchie Rubini left, Dean found another drummer in the same seemingly reckless way he found me. His name is Bruce Panula, and he remains a psalmist and one of my favorite people on the planet. This is the lineup in the video. Dean had (and still does) ability to bring out things that are not on the surface. Often difficult but always graceful, his methods were easily misunderstood. His aproach was about encouragement and joy, and his guitar could tear your head clean off. Focused and scattered at the same time. Between Dean and Bruce I experienced the most fertile and stimulating musical experience of my life. Thankfully it was early on and keeps me on track and able to spot bullshit quickly. D. Boon said it best, "This is Bob Dylan to ME". I started a MySpace page for Honour Society that you can find in my top friends. Hope Dean isn't pissed. Thanks. DC
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