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Vampire Squid

Fueled by Coffee Weed & Beer!!!

About Me

Details are scarce on this mysterious group, but legend has it that in ancient times, when The Vampire Squid ruled supreme over his cephalopod bretheren, there rose a brilliantly jeweled and many splendored palace in the center of the Tethys Sea. Descended from an ancient and powerful race of spacefaring entities, the cephalopods were the masters of a puny two-legged race:humans. After Eons of bloody war, the humans managed to pull The Vampire Squid from power, and banished them and their cohorts to the depths.
This band professes a desire to bring back the Cephalopods' ruling glory through otherworldy melodies, and mesmerizing rythms. Join them if you wish to be on the side of might.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/11/2006
Band Members: Matteo-Vocals, Noise, Headbanging, Skin Flute, Pointless fits of Rage that enrage all around him.

Byronius-Trumpet, Control of Legions, Cheetos, Getting Whiskey Bent and Yelling about Politics Until Passing Out.

Baghead-Bass, Dancing, Bagheading, Falling Down.

Marisa Motherfucking Barnes-Violin, Faux Dreadlocks, Silly Hats, Hippie Dancing to Loud Metal Bands.

Beatrice-Violin, Vocals, Boobs, Keeping Walrus Babies at Bay.

Nikolai-Percussion, Sex, Keeper of the Sacred Moustache, Naked Wrestling In The Snow.

Autin-Keys, Birds, Squid-Wrangling, Looking So Much Like Zappa It Is Scary Sometimes-Especially When You Are Drunk.

Brockinator-Former Skinpounder Now Being Responsible. He Has Cthulhu's Blessing.
Influences: Mr. Bungle
The Smashing Pumpkins
Ozomatli
Cake
Faith No More
Tool
Sun Ra
Regina Spektor
Man or Astro-Man?
Mastadon
The Dillinger Escape Plan
John Zorn
Genesis
Led Zeppelin
Melt Banana
Zamla Mammas Manna
The Mars Volta
Tub Ring
Dog Fashion Disco

Outside of music, we like:
David Attenborough
Robert Anton Wilson
Phillip K. Dick
Richard Dawkins
Douglas Adams
Tom Robbins
Stephen Colbert
John Stewart
Adult Swim
H.P. Lovecraft
Richard Buckminster Fuller
James Joyce
Aleister Crowley
Terence McKenna

Sounds Like: Vampire Squid is probably the most amazing band you will ever hear. Fusing Dynamic Polyrythms that twirl and spin with Soaring Melodies only to become Drunken Circus strains that stumble across a swamp of Orchestral Events. Seven musicians that love music for music. A real bunch of drunkards. Toss that Mozart out the fucking window, if you want smart kids, play Vampire Squid for your babies.
Record Label: We Will Feast Upon Your Very Soul Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Whattup with the VS?

We have had some setbacks here in the Vampire Squid household, we lost one of our percussionists, not to death, but to an alcoholic lifestyle, and we're kind of freaking out about that, and not sure e...
Posted by Vampire Squid on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:29:00 PST

Vampyroteuthis Infernalis

so Lee and I have finally finished the Live at the Rud cd thingy.we only had four tracks worth saving, and they actually sound alright, we're taking our first batch to the Art Sanctuary Soiree tommorr...
Posted by Vampire Squid on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:19:00 PST

hmmmm

this is drunk matteo and I was thinking that Vampire Squid should start saying we're a christian band to make a lot of money easily!what do you think?
Posted by Vampire Squid on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:11:00 PST

Concerning the show on the 5th...

So, this is an apology of sorts to everyone that came out to see us record a live show, we were plagued by unforseen technical problems.  I think a lot of this was due to our lack of foresight, a...
Posted by Vampire Squid on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:03:00 PST

What we are working on.

So at this point in time, we're trying to get some new songs written as well as get as much practice in before Anna is gone for a month.  This also means that we have to teach Marissa all of Anna...
Posted by Vampire Squid on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:16:00 PST

shows have gone down!

so our first show was awesome, Don't worry if you missed this! It was a last minute show idea, and whoever was already at the party got to experience the awesome that is Vampire Squid! We rocked the h...
Posted by Vampire Squid on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:40:00 PST

Songs'n'Shows

So we have two Songs Completed, and two almost so.We are looking to schedule a Show at the end of may or begining of june.We'll be recording two of our Songs in the next couple of weeks.the track name...
Posted by Vampire Squid on Tue, 02 May 2006 11:32:00 PST