THE GEEK ARMY NEWS got it. Nothing has changed for us. Everyone's still coming to shows, and things are getting even bigger and crazier. So now is a great time to thank everyone who helped us get the word out, and especially everyone who chooses to come party and rock with us now and then. Thanks!!
10/21/2007
Well, how about this past weekend? Incredible. So many of our friends showed up at both gigs this weekend. What a blast it was for us! We hope everyone who attended had half as much fun as we did. Doc Holliday's was insane. That place was soo jam packed... and to think that we were concerned about it. Thanks everyone for coming out and partying with us. And hey, if you're up for the Halloween Party at Oasis next Saturday, or the Halloween Party at the Mound Grove on Friday, we'll have even more new tunes. Should be another great weekend. But first, let's settle down and recover from this one, huh?
Some new pics are up, just scrolling by on the slide show, but that's only a few. We have a ton more that will be up once we get them sized and uploaded. So come back soon. And tell a friend.
10/16/2007
Update 1 - New Material - New Website
The new songs we've learned have been working out pretty well. And we've still got three or four in the works (busting out at least a couple more this weekend). They don't call the Geek Army the hardest working band around just because we play so many shows, oh no, it's also because we're working all week long to make sure things don't get stale when you come back to see the Geeks again. (pat, pat on our own back) Anyway, you're gonna love the new stuff. We promise. (Think Seether, Finger Eleven, Black Sabbath, Pearl Jam, GnR, Sum41)
Grimes has the new website under construction. Which is to say that Grimes is working on it after work, between running in the rain and learning several new songs, so little by little it's making it's way into the ether world. Eventually, we'll forward www.thegeekarmy.com to the official website with a link to the myspace, and also feature a link to the official web site on the myspace page. Plus, coming exclusively to MySpace page very soon - Geek Army live video footage.
Update 2 - Name Change Re-Dux
On the same day in August that Nerds, Inc, were honored with the Erie Music Award for Favorite Cover Band, we officially lost the name Nerds, Inc. That's no joke. For legal reasons, we are now officially the Geek Army, formerly known as Nerds, Inc.
We received official word recently that we can in no way use the name "nerds" for what we are doing. "The Nerds" is a federally registered trademark, and it was brought to our attention that the owner of that trademark believes that we are infringing upon his product. Yes, we have a lawyer, yes, he strongly suggested that we needed to change the name.
Now listen up. You can still call us nerds. Feel free. Do it often. do it like you're Ogre from the movie Revenge of the Nerds. We just can't call our band that.
10/01/2007
Geek Army News
A bunch of new material is in the works for upcoming shows. Not that the Geek army isn't constantly leearning new material, it just seems to be more abundant right at the moment. A few songs we're pretty excited about breaking out too.
Do us a favor, tell everyone you know to come on down to Sherlock's this Saturday night. It's going to be a helluva night. We're going to be there, and we expect the Geek Army to be in full effect. We'll b rocking the place, and we'll have a few surprises for you all...
Got the DVD of the Erie Music Awards this week, pretty cool. Nothin like watching yourself get an award and rewinding over and over and over and over Chunk's bit about th "children are the future.." You didn't think he would ever live that down did you?
09/18/2007
Geek Army Highlights
Just a few from the past few weekends. (1) How about Professor Grimes' Hall of Fame move - breaking a string and changing and tuning it inside of two minutes. That's a pro move. And Chunk and Rockberg pitching in and covering him with Rapper's Delight. (2) Garbage bag covering the front monitors at the Sunflower Club - based on the recent Front-row Frenzies (no, not fights, just general craziness) which have made it dangerous for our electronic equipment to be left unprotected. (3) Several different people relaying to us that they tried to go downstairs during the Sunflower Club show, and when they got to the top of the steps, there were several hungry people chomping at the bit, waiting for them to leave so they could get in -due to the fact that it was a capacity crowd - so they decided not to wander out of the room after all. Now THAT's what we wanna hear. (4)Wood doesn't wear his Browns jersey, and Derrick Anderson ends up looking like Peyton Manning. A trend?
09/17/2007
This Past Weekend
Well, Friday night, that sucked. Most sincere apologies to everyone who planned on partying at Speed-Ez, and of course to the staff of Speed-Ez. Wood wasn't well enough to play and, for the first time in a very, very long time, the Geek Army had to cancel a show. Certainly not something we ever like to do, but when one of your band members can't walk, you can't play.
Saturday night, feeling a little better, singer able to stand up straight, the Geek Army brought it to the Sunflower Club. What a fantastic night of rockin' that was. Capacity crowd, don't know the numbers, but there were hundreds of people, the room was rockin' all night. Thanks to everyone who came out, hope you had as good a time as we did.
Curious about the name change? Scroll down to the 09/01/2007 post for the explanation!
09/10/2007
Things I've Learned This Past Weekend - by Wood
I learned that it is a terrible idea to wear a Browns jersey under your nerd gear, then pretend you're really hot and take off the shirt and tie on stage, exposing the Browns jersey - while you're playing at a bar in Pittsburgh. Yep. Bad idea. I figured it would be funny, and that people would have a sense of humor and enjoy some good natured ribbing at Wood's expense. Wrong. Some people got it, and they did enjoy some good natured ribbing at my expense. On the other hand, some others were seriously offended and seriously angry at me. Ugh. Lighten up. And please, don't bust the band's balls about the Browns, none of the other three are Browns fans. I'd feel bad to give them that kind of reputation. I was just funnin.' That's what we do.
I learned that no matter how bad you feel physically, specifically when your discs in your back are bulging from lifting shit you shouldn't have been lifting, and you feel like there's a knife jammed into your spine, once you get on the stage for a few minutes, the energy takes over and for a little while you feel pretty good. And that's Vicadin free!
I learned that this band has some pretty damn cool friends. Every week we do this thing, and every week people are so much fun to hang around with and to scream at. And every week, someone somewhere has something nice to say to us, or does something to help us out.
We're pretty lucky that way. So thanks.
One other thing, some people have commented about the new name, so I'll answer the questions here, on behalf of the four of us. (1) No, we're not going to incorporate cammo, we're still nerds... plus we all agreed that we wouldn't do that, that's already being done around here. By some pretty rockin' dudes. (2) So far, the general concensus about the new name has been mostly positive. For the most part, everyone understands that the situation was not under our control, and most people we've spoken to think it's a pretty good idea anyway. Not everyone has said "hey I like the new name," in fact we have had people say they dislike it, or offer us other suggestions. But, we've already decided and moved on, and again, most people are cool with it. We're pretty happy with it, so that'll do just fine. New contacts (out of town clubs, etc) have responded well, and most of them didn't even know who Nerds, Inc were in the first place, so, right on! (3) We haven't gotten a new banner yet for myspace, although we have several things we can use, thanks in large part to Rick from Kasiah's Mind, so we'll get some up soon.
09/03/2007
On to the latest... Labor Day Weekend was one of the biggest weekends we've had. The Oasis on Saturday night was sick. Sooo many people. Head count didn't happen, but it's safe to say there were hundreds of people through their doors. The west side still rocks! Back there again Halloween weekend...
Sunday night Labor Day party at Sportsterz in Geneva, Ohio was just as sick. The place was packed, hundreds of people through the doors, and there had to be 30 people there who made the roadie in from Erie. What a party. Imagine how cool it was for us to be at an out-of-town gig, when it felt just like playing at home.
In case we don't say it enough, thanks to everyone who comes out and parties with us on the weekends.
Professor Grimes is working on the regular website as we speak, and it should be back up soon. We had to change server addresses, so if you had us saved in your browser, you may have to save again - the adelphia.net server will not allow us to make any changes. We've redirected our web addresses, so nerdslive.com and thegeekarmy.com will both still work, they just redirect you to our new server. Got it? Good. Bitches.
09/01/2007
Name Change Explanation Revisited for those who missed it
On the same day that Nerds, Inc, were honored with the Erie Music Award for Favorite Cover Band, we officially lost the name Nerds, Inc. That's no joke. For legal reasons, we are now officially the Geek Army, formerly known as Nerds, Inc.
We received official word recently that we can in no way use the name "nerds" for what we are doing. "The Nerds" is a federally registered trademark, and it was brought to our attention that the owner of that trademark believes that we are infringing upon his product. Yes, we have a lawyer, yes, he strongly suggested that we needed to change the name.
Now listen up. You can still call us nerds. Feel free. Do it often. do it like you're Ogre from the movie Revenge of the Nerds. We just can't call our band that.
08/31/2007
Getting used to the Geek Army yet? We are already. Rich from Kasiah's Mind has helped get us some preliminary artwork, to help get the word out. That has been invaluable to us while Erie's Favorite Bass Player (Aaron) has been working on our Bud Light sponsorship posters / artwork.
Thanks for all the kind words. The comments and messages have been coming fast and often, and it's been great to get good and not-so-good feedback from everyone on the new name situation. The support makes it that much easier / less stressful to pull this off and get the Geek Army train rolling off to a good start.
And this weekend is a great one, we're anticipating - back to the Oasis on 8th and Kelso, and back to Sportsterz in Geneva, Ohio for our last summer weekend. Awesome. Anyone up for the roadie, send us a message and we'll guide you to the place. See you this weekend bitches!!
08/27/2007
First off, all four of us would like thank every single person who voted for us as Erie's Favorite Cover Band. What an honor that was.
And, well, here it is, the big nerdy news...
On the same day that we, Nerds, Inc, were honored with the Erie Music Award for Favorite Cover Band, we officially lost the name Nerds, Inc.
That's no joke. For legal reasons, we are now officially Geek Army, formerly known as Nerds, Inc. The complete story to follow, stay with us...
The Erie Music Awards were astonishing to say the least. It was done in such a professional, big-time way, that it was actually kind of breath-taking. Especially if you had to walk onstage and say a few words of thanks after winning an award. I (wood) personally felt the words I chose on the spot were pretty good, and Professor Grimes and I had a little more planned, but then Chunk attacked the mic with an inane rambling about the kids being the future, and threw us both off our game, leaving me only to smirk and say a last quick "thanks..." After nearly twenty years being friends and rocking with that guy, he still leaves me shaking my head sometimes. Idiot. That's why I love him.
We were seated at our table right alongside the Earthquakers, with Moneyshot right beside us as well. So, you know we had some fun. Upon our names being announced, I received the biggest hug from Marty of the Earthquakers, and then upon taking the stage promptly didn't thank him for his years of mentoring and advice. But hey, I was nervous, and Chunk apparently thought he was receiving some humanitarian award.
The video of this entire event will be available August 31st through this website. My guess is that this video will most definitely be worth it.
And now, the final word on the new name. We received official word recently that we can in no way use the name "nerds" for what we are doing. "The Nerds" is a federally registered trademark, and it was brought to our attention that the owner of that trademark believes that we are infringing upon his product. Yes, we have a lawyer, yes, he strongly suggested that we needed to change the name.
Now listen up. You can still call us nerds. Feel free. Do it often. do it like you're Ogre from the movie Revenge of the Nerds. We just can't call our band that. We certainly can describe ourselves as "nerdy." So, y'know what. We'll try this tag line... "Geek Army -the nerdy rock show" I kinda like it.
At first, we thought this whole name change thing was really bad, and kind of a big deal. But the more time and effort we put in to coming up with a new name and a marketing plan for it, the more we realized that we can turn this in to something positive. A new start. Granted, I don't know why you would need a "new start" when you have just won an award for Erie's Favorite Cover Band, but bear with us bitches, we're trying to put a positive spin on this...
The only thing that is really going to suck is having to explain the reason for this name-change to people at shows about 14,000 times over the next few months... Ugh.
08/24/2007
We'll wait until after the Erie Music Awards to make our Big Announcement. Whether or not we are voted Erie's Favorite Cover Band, we owe a debt of gratitude to everyone who supported this band with your votes. We understand that everyone had to endure two months of every band in town, including us, deluging your mailboxes with pleas for your vote, and we want you to know that simply being listed in the top 3 for this event is an honor to us.
So, after you come to the Mound Grove tonight and rock and roll all night with us, then you get on I-86 and party like a rockstar in Bemus Point, NY with us at the Village Casino on Saturday, then you lay around Sunday and recover, getting your game face ready for the new work week, then you go back to work Monday, then, after all that, we want you to come here. To this myspace page. Find out what the Big Nerdy News is. Bitches.
08/13/2007
Not much to report. Except that Nerds, Inc is indeed playing Celebrate Erie after all. It's Friday, August 17th from 8:20-8:40. Then we're moving on to Scooter's to play from 9:30-1:30. Be there. Saturday and Sunday nights after Celebrate Erie closes down, we'll be at Sherlock's BOTH nights. Saturday night Razor Wire Shrine is opning the show.
Last chance to vote for Nerds, Inc. This is the last week of balloting. Spread the word.
08/07/2007
We have some pics coming soon from the Sherlock's Block Party. So check back soon. Miz is finished with the tedious work of resizing and uploading them, and has added them to her page. I've only had time to add one (our current profile pic) because I look like a dork, it shows some of the giant crowd early on, and it emphasizes the lack of stage lighting hedged by the rock star act that followed...
A much needed weekend off for Nerds, Inc coming up. It's a baseball weekend. One lucky Nerd is doing the three ballparks in three days thing instead of rocking. But hey! We booked some new gigs recently, check out the schedule and plan accordingly would ya?
Nerds, Inc is not playing Celebrate Erie. The gig was offered to Nerds, Inc for being one of the top three leading Cover Bands in votes received in the Erie Music Awards. It's unfortunate that we can't play the set, but it's our fault. We got offered a last minute paying gig the same night we were scheduled to play and time constraints didn't allow us enough time to do the 20 minute set and still make to our 9:30 show. Kelly and the rest of the Rock Erie crew busted their humps to schedule 33 bands, and in fairness, they couldn't accomodate our change.
if you still haven't voted what the hell are you waiting for. Help some brothers out.
08/03/07
The Block Party was huge. You knew it was going to be. Nerds, Inc is an easy band to please. Give us a couple thousand people crammed in to a city block and some beer, and we're happy. We had a great time, and it was worth the hassle just to rock with all of you outside. What hassle, you say? Well, suffice it to say that New Wave Nation expected Nerds, Inc to set up in front of them, until Wood made it clear that Nerds, Inc is not their opening band and that NWN would be moving their equipment aside or they would be playing first. So, we took our anger at the old 80s rock star treatment we received, and gave it 110% on stage and tried to make 'em think about the show they had to follow...
Sour grapes aside - how many opportunities does one get to play such a big show at home, outside, in the 80 degree heat? Wood got to dedicate a song to his momma, and dance on stage with his daughter. Chunk's mom and dad were hanging out in the wings, and all our friends were there. On top of it all, the guys from Raven Sound did a fantastic job, and helped us out every step of the way. Thanks everyone. Awesome!
Don't forget to vote . Time's running out!!
07/30/2007
A.B.A.T.E. Poker Run is over. Discover Presque Isle is over. Sherlock's Block Party is on the horizon. Schedule is: Nerds, Inc 6pm-9pm, New Wave Nation 9:30pm-12am. Discover Presque Isle was awesome. We were the first of several bands, and we had a blast, got some sun, and enjoyed sets by Full Force and Hammersmith before heading home. Great job by everyone, including Z102.3 FM.
Poker Run was extra special super duper fun. We got to watch a ton of music by Freudian Slip, who played an awesome set, and had Chris and John from Hammerd do some AC/DC with them. Then we played and, thanks to an advance phone calljust before we went on, our good friend Isaiah from the Earthquakers hung out with us for quite some time, and wow-ed the crowd by singing four or five songs with us. He's agreat entertainer and a beer drinkin' son of a bitch. We finished around 3am, and got out late, but what a party!!!
07/27/2007
The Erie Music Awards balloting continues until the end of August. Nerds, Inc have already been invited to play Celebrate Erie as one of the leaders in votes received in the Cover Band category at this point. That's Friday, August 17th from 9:40-10:00pm on the State Street Stage. If you've voted for us, thank you for getting us the opportunity to play this showcase, your votes got us there. If you haven't voted yet, there's still time!
It has been a crazy summer so far, our best yet. it seems lilke every show we've played this summer has been packed to the roof. Thanks to everyone for coming out, and be sure to tell some friends and bring them the next time!
And even after all the huge shows this summer, there's more - right now we're preparing for this weekend and the Discover Presque Isle show, the A.B.A.T.E. Poker Run, and the Sherlock's Block Party, all in within a week. Shortly after that is Celebrate Erie and then the huge Sportsterz (Geneva, Oh) blowout for the end of summer on the Sunday night of Labor Day weekend.
...check back often.
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Here's Why The Geek Army Should Be Playing Your Event
The Geek Army has won Erie's Favorite Cover Band in the 2007 Rock Erie Awards - and has been nominated in the same category once again for 2008.
The Geek Army has performed the family oriented version of their rock show publicly in front of literally tens of thousands of people at events such as Ohio Bike Week 2008, Celebrate Erie, The Erie Wild Rib Cook-off, Discover Presque Isle, Erie Speedway Pre-race Events, A.B.A.T.E. annual Poker Run, and Erie's City Block Parties to name just a few. Contact the Geek Army at (814) 323-3615 before you plan your next big event!!
The Geek Army is the ultimate party band. The Geek Army plays everything, from the rock hits of today to the classic rock hits of the 80s. Mix in some country, some dance songs and some pop, and an important heaping helping of good humor and BOOM! there you have it. The greatest rock and roll show on the planet!!! Ask anyone, and they'll tell you that we think we have the greatest show on earth.
The Geek Army has come to be Erie PA's most popular band by playing weekend after weekend year after year and perfecting their stage show, geared towards entertaining the masses, while at the same time making their brains melt with the sheer force or rock power.
Some Songs You'll Hear
- Kid Rock - All Summer Long
- The Outfield - Your Love
- Journey - Anyway You Want It
- Seether - Rise Above This
- Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
- Rehab - Bartender
- Puddle Of Mud - Psycho
- Weezer - Pork 'n Beans
- Matchbox 20 - How Far We've Come
- BuckCherry - Sorry
- Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
- Metallica - Enter Sandman
- Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
- BuckCherry - Crazy Bitch
- Seether - Fake It
- Nickelback - Rock Star
- Nickelback - Figure You Out
- Nickelback - Animals
- Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots
- 80s Medley - Whitesnake, Bullet Boys, GnR, Cinderella, Warrant
- Daughtrey - What I Want
- Seether - Fake It
- Seether - Remedy
- Ratt - Round and Round
- Matchbox Twenty - Real World
- Matchbox Twenty - 3am
- Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
- Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time
- Poison - Fallen Angel
- Def Leppard - Pour Sugar On Me
- Hinder - Lips of an Angel
- Pearl Jam - Jeremy
- Rick Springfield - Jesse's Girl
- Tommy Tutone - 8675309 (Jenny)
- Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
- Stevie Ray Vaughn - Pride and Joy
- Cheap Trick - I Want You (To Want Me)
- The Romantics - What I Like About You
- The Romantics - Talkin' in Your Sleep
- Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
- Afro-Man - Because I Got High
- Commodores - Brick House
- Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
- Big n Rich - Save A Horse
- Shania Twain - Man, I Feel Like A Woman
- Garth Brooks - Friends In Low Places
- Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down Georgia
- Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
- Rage Against - Killing in the Name Of
- Metallica - Medley
- Godsmack - Bad Religion
- Sublime - What I Got
- Fuel - Shimmer
- Fuel - Hemmorhage
- The Fixx - One Thing
- Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
- Queen - Crazy Little Thing
- Queen - Fat Bottom Girls
- Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands
- Bozz Scags - Lido Shuffle
- Van Halen - Ice Cream Man
- Stray Cats - Rock This Town
- Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
- Modern English - I'll Stop The World
plus several others - and always learning more songs...
Wanna see more videos?? Go to youtube.com and search for The Geek Army...
