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Triceratops

About Me

The band was formed on January ?, 2005. Originally supposed to be a boys-band, Triceratops turned into something else...some kind of musical Frankenstein. In a nutshell: from our uneasy beginnings, through our mythical rise, disturbing rumours of strange occult practices, power struggles and human sacrifices to our latest hits, we have been a rather musical band.
STUDIO ALBUMS:
2005: Horny Beast
2005: Around the Clock
2006: Christmas vs. Easter Deathmatch
2007: Phone Sex
2008: Crowned Heads

SINGLES:
2005: No Candy for you!
2006: Lullabies...for your Horny Babies
2006: Santa Loves me...
2007: Ulysses
2007: The Hunter
2007: Triptych
2008: Far away and Friendless

LIVE ALBUM:
2008: Fossil-Live

COMPILATION:
2006: T-sides and T-mixes

DVDs:
2006: No DVD for you!
2008: Fossil-Live

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/18/2006
Band Website: http://www.trashrecords.org/triceratops
Band Members: Mitch Heidegger (drums, vocals, keyboards): Born on a farm in Westphalia to a poor peasant family. He built his first drum kit out of the remnants of a demolished henhouse. He joined the band Lustfaust, which broke up after 1 year. He then decided to move to Canada to become a lumberjack. Upon arriving in Vancouver, Canada he got into a bar fight with his future band mate Cliff Hegel. Famous producer Zeke Mason found him playing bongos in the street and immediately asked him to become a member of the boys-band Triceratops. When he next met Cliff Hegel at the first Triceratops meeting they got into another fight. And the rest is history.
Axel Schopenhauer (guitar, vocals): Born in a German community in Brazil. He was a gang leader by the age of fourteen, involved in organ trafficking. Pursued by the police, he took shelter in Chile but was discovered there and only managed to escape by hopping a drug boat to Vancouver. One cold winter day on Granville street he saw a Fender guitar. Overcome by the phallic power of this item he broke into the store and stole it. He learned to play guitar, was arrested for a number of crimes and began playing all night in his cell. Zeke Mason discovered him after his release and asked him to join the boys-band triceratops.
Cliff Hegel (bass, vocals): Born Robert, Graff von Eschenberg, to an impoverished aristocratic family in Switzerland. He became a semi-famous Schlager singer but drank away all the profits. He was forced to move to Canada to evade his creditors to whom he owed thousands. He met Mitch Heidegger in a Vancouver bar (cf. Mitch Heidegger). He then met Zeke Mason on a go-kart track after their karts had collided in a freak accident. And the rest is history.
Influences: Grateful Dead, Gwar, Red Army Choir, Leonard Cohen, William Shatner, Knorkator, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles, Opeth
Sounds Like: According to Mitch Heidegger, we sound like "a modern-days Grateful Dead". To be more precise, we are more like a mix of funky (though metallish at times) bass lines, jazzy drumming, and pop/rock guitars. We can be soft as the lamb (cf. our big hit "The Candy Song"), irreverential as the fox ("Nietzsche got Laid"), and brutal as the great white shark ("Triceratops").
Record Label: Trash Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Working on new stuff (by Jason Bogonivlecki)

Hello,So the band's been in the studio for a while, working on a new album.Expect more soon!JB
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:59:00 GMT

"Triptych" (new single) released today!!! (By prof. B. Babcock)

Dear fans,"Triptych," the third single off "Phone Sex" was released today, November 2nd at 00:01.Run to your favourite disc store and buy "Triptych!"BUYBUYKILLBUYBUYKILLLoveBB
Posted by on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:30:00 GMT

New Single (by Prof. Bramwell Babcock)

Dear fans,Aside from being absorbed in the recording of new material, the band has also been involved in the release/post-production of their new single: "The Hunter." The single (the 2nd one off "Pho...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:03:00 GMT

News

Hey losers,After a long, draining world tour, the band made it back to Vancouver - a while ago actually, like more than a month ago, but you're not at the top of our to-do list. We're currently workin...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:17:00 GMT

Ulysses Single

Hello all, It is I, Mitch Heidegger. You may have heard of the band I play drums for: Triceratops (often called "the greatest band that have ever been or ever shall be"). Anyways, I'm just here to tel...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:30:00 GMT

Ulysses Single, September 24th

The full version of the Ulysses single will go online on September 24th and will also be available in hard copy. Check the newly updated Triceratops homepage on the 24th for the single, and now f...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:48:00 GMT

New Triceratops website (by Professor Babcock)

Hello my friends!Triceratops has a new and funkier webiste... check it out:http://www.trashrecords.org/triceratopsBB
Posted by on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:54:00 GMT

Break (by Jason Bogonivlecki)

Hello there, We just crossed the bridge... we now are in Malmo, Sweden, after a few days' rest in Denmark. We're doing well. Not that many fights. Later... JB
Posted by on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:29:00 GMT

Brussels-Amsterdam (by Jason Bogonivlecki)

Dear fans,After a pretty good performance in Brussels, the band is now on its way to Amsterdam. Apparently the police was warned of our arrival and has even called the army for help. I'm sure all will...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:16:00 GMT

PHONE SEX - OFFICIAL RELEASE ALL OVER THE WORLD (by Professor Babcock)

Dear fans,After a pre-realease in Canada, "Phone Sex" was released all over the world last week. You may download the album as well as the art on the website:http://www.trashrecords.org/triceratops/mp...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:01:00 GMT