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Bison Bison

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Bison Bison was about playing and having fun, over the course of 8+ years playing locally and all over the Eastern United States developed a reputation for their absurdist behavior and occaisonally listenable music.
Bison Bison Timeline
Fall 2007 Bison Bison concept originated at Mendon Country Fair
October 1999 Bison Bison plays first show at Katie Hackenson's Halloween Party
December 1999 Bison Bison plays first of many shows at Aric Binaco's Garage
Winter 1999 Bison Bison releases their first album "Star Crunches Are Good"
May 2000 Bison Bison wins Nipmuc Talent Show defeating a girl with a sword.
July 2000 Bison Bison wins Nick Zinno benefit battle of the bands at Serendipity Hall in Uxbridge, uses Guitar Center gift certificate on a banana shaped maraca and a condenser mic. That day they also release their second album "The Zach Lavis LP (pictured)
October 2000 In their first brush with the law Bison Bison brings the police to a birthday party in Mendon...there are no arrests.
Fall 2000 Bison Bison plays Binaco's Garage again and shortly thereafter goes on hiatus.
June 2001 To coincide with many of the members high school graduations Bison reforms and releases Bison Forever a groundbreaking disc
August 2001 Billed as "The Last Bison Show Before College" Bison plays at Binaco's and Barry The Rabbit meets his demise
January 2002 Bison Bison plays the first of many shows at the Sad Cafe
Spring/Summer 2002 Bison Bison hits the studio to record Nothing Can Kill The Grimace, this record features Get Clear Wedge which will become Bison Bison's Signature Song.
Summer 2002 Bison Bison plays a series of shows at the Northbridge Legion Hall sharing the stage with their brothers in Eight Bit Tradgedy as well as bands like Can't Face The Falling and newfound friends Making It Right and national touring act Hidden In Plainview
August 2002 Bison Bison anchors Mollusk Fest I at the Grafton Polish Hall.
August 2002 Bison Bison hits the road for the first time playing in Vermont, Syracuse (pictured), Buffalo and New Jersey
December 2002 One of the bigger years in Bison history ends at the Ashland Fish and Game playing the Up In Arms Reunion/Final Show. Bison plays a strong set and local celebrity continues to build.
May 2003 Clearmotive becomes the best band to ever play with Bison Bison in a garage as the boys take it BACK TO THE OCEAN.
Aug 1,2,3, 2003 The series of shows that built a legend, Mollusk Fest was a 3 day affair in 2003 with over 30 bands and 3 nights of Bison! With tempatures pushing 100 degrees and bands like Montys Fan Club, 34 Spoons, Sgt. Peterson, Clearmotive, Pickle Spill and The Lead Hour sharing the stage local music had a great weekend. Bison's set on the second night inspired this comment from a long forgotten livejournal: "They all dropped their pants and went nuts... steve from tasl screamed and emily and i peed a little ...yes it made us laugh so much." -xgirlnextdoorx
Aug 8-16 2003 Bison hits the road for real! CT, PA, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey. This tour will go down in history as the genesis for Bison as we know it, with their new album "The Village Creeme Stand" hot off the presses Bison fought insane tempratures and a lack of laundry to play some of thier finest shows. Also Tim's car exploded in Indiana and a 17 hour drive through the great northeast blackout ensued!

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Member Since: 1/4/2004
Band Website: bands used to have websites
Band Members: The following people have been members of Bison Bison at one time or another, the group most often associated with Bison Bison includes: Alex Williamson, Kenny Gallant, Anthony Leonelli, Tom Majkut, Pete Dicampo, Aric Binaco, Tim Wilkinson, and Chris Cammilucci.

Other Bison Members over the years have included: Damon Barberi, Mike Jacaruso, Grant Wheeler, Braden Wheeler, Richard Maguire, Brian Wood, Lianne Ward, Josh Breckmen, Greg Souza, and Evan Dwyer.

The band often featured a dual vocal attack (usually Leonelli and Gallant) and sometimes a tri-vocal attack (with Pete Dicampo or Brian Wood).
Influences: The Era

"Back in the hey day of fun core kids skanked it up and the only screaming was from the crowd" -Mike Johnson (Making It Right)

Bison Bison was born out of a local music scene that really does not exist anymore. In their infacy they shared the stage with such local legends as Tempus and bands like the Obscurities.

As they matured they began to book local shows and an unprecedented era of local music solidarity began. Sweaty nights at places like the Trance Buddha, The Ashland Fish And Game, The Grafton Polish Hall and the Northbridge Legion shaped many of our childhoods.

This was a time before Myspace, before mosh hats, when justanotherscene.com could plan your weekend, a time when a band singing about cookies and yelling about yard gnomes could share the stage with yet another band mangling Understanding In A Car Crash
As Justin Trask put it "these were the days when you didn't have to worry about being kicked in the face for wearing a baseball hat and shorts"

Sharing the stage with such local bands as Making It Right, Montys Fan Club, Eight Bit Tradgedy, All Said And Done, Duckhunt, The Lead Hour, Fighting Words, Francine, 34 Spoons, Sgt. Peterson And The Chicago Police, Can't Face The Falling, No Trigger, The Cheat, Pickle Spill and The Senators among others, some of those names have become legendary others feel like secret passwords to a secret society and are long since forgotten. Often 5 or more of these bands would be on one bill at the legendary Mollusk Fest.

As the halcyon days of local music surged on the Mollusk Fest Culture harbored by Bison Bison gave rise to numerous up and coming local acts following in their footsteps, bands like Sweatpantsdotcom, Junta and The Wasted Afterhought cut their teeth at Mollusk Fest and became local favorites.

Out of town acts such as Clearmotive and MC Goldie Wilson would find their was to Central Mass on occaison and share the stage with Bison Bison.

Mollusk Fest became a highlighted date on many local calenders, Bison Bison is an result of their upbrining and their local and hopefully an inlfuence on it's homeland as well.

We hope there is hope for local music once again, but it may have been a special time that cannot be replicated. As Jerry Lucey formerly of the band Fighting Words and currently of the band Golden Spurs said "Music in the good ol days was just plain fun, everyone got a long, now it's a huge competetion...which is lame"

loud, obnoxious, hot, sweaty, fun, silly, great, gross, wonderful, are all words that come to mind but one word that will never be used to describe that era is lame.
Sounds Like: Your Childhood
Record Label: Cactus Kitty records

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