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About Me

For far too long, The opd has managed to create unique art-damaged rock and roll in total obscurity. Chad Melvin Stanko (all good criminals use their full name), along w/ a revolving collective of friends (Mike Henry of Catchpenny; Jeff Gretz of ZAO, Conelrad, and From Autumn To Ashes; Adam MacGregor of Microwaves and Conelrad; Steve Moore of Zombi; artist Jon Hine; the Salvation Army Band; etc), continue to make their cult members very happy. Soon you will agree.

The opd will be finally releasing some new PRODUCT, online and at yr local supermarket. Stay tuned for details. Until then...

Roger Keith
Public Relations for the opd
slickville records

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/10/2005
Band Website: theopd.net
Band Members: A Cast Of Thousands...
including...

Chad Melvin Stanko- Vocals, Guitar, Whatever Else, Slave Driver/C.E.O.

Mike Henry - Bass, Firearms

...and perhaps even...

Adam MacGregor - Guitars, The Great Doom

Jeff Gretz - Drums, The Hit Maker

Steve Moore - Drums, Keyboards, Smooth Operator

Influences: Orson Welles, Lenny Bruce, Chuck Jones, Stan Lee, George Carlin, Sun Tzu, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Hunter S. Thompson, David Lynch, Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis, William Friedkin, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bruce Lee, Martin Scorsese, Andy Kaufman, Easyriders Magazine, Creem Magazine, Mad Magazine, Matt Groening, Terry Gilliam, Carl Yung, Neil Young, Nanker Phelge, Robert Johnson, John and Roger Waters, Syd Barrett.
Sounds Like: the opd
Record Label: Slickville Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New music on myspace...

There are exclusive live tracks and some other rarities playing right now on our myspace player...we plan on rotating stuff A LOT more often, so check it before it's gone...
Posted by the opd on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:05:00 PST

The Future Of the opd

Hello All... Over the next few months, the opd will be releasing some new stuff, and hopefully some reissued old stuff as well. Instead of promising ANYTHING, that's all I'll tell ya... The album know...
Posted by the opd on Sun, 18 May 2008 07:18:00 PST

Slickville?

This recently came up, so...   Yes...THIS IS A REAL PLACE...this is the hometown of Chad Melvin. The opd DOES NOT currently live there...however...Slickville Records DOES receive it's mail there,...
Posted by the opd on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:08:00 PST

New Tracks Here And At SLICKVILLE RECORDS myspace page

Hello...Rog here... There are new songs posted at: myspace.com/theopd and myspace.com/slickvillerecords The Slickville Records site will feature rare tunes from the opd, and The opd's many alumni and...
Posted by the opd on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:26:00 PST

"Don't Make A Sound" EP FREE DOWNLOAD

www.theopd.netThe new limited-edition EP, "Don't Make A Sound" is finally up on the website. it's all free of charge, but all donations accepted.Featuring:"Don't Make A Sound"...from the upcoming albu...
Posted by the opd on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:04:00 PST

Syd Barrett...

at some point early 1991, i bought a copy of Syd Barrett's "The Madcap Laughs", and it pretty much changed the course of my life from that point on. I always knew i wanted to make music, but now i kne...
Posted by the opd on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:13:00 PST