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The Chop

The Chop loves you, Baby.

About Me

The Chop came into being when five lifelong friends from the great state of Delaware decided to take over the world. Though briefly separated by the entirety of the North American landmass, an east-west migration spanning three years found them reunited in San Francisco . It was here then, that The Chop was born. The Chop’s mission: to rock as many earholes as possible. The Chop’s methods: clean guitars, three part harmonies, and shameless self-promotion. The Chop was made to love you and you have been pre-selected to love The Chop.

The Chop... found California AM radio gold when they reached our [west] coast. Though the band is more than capable at three-part vocal honey, its demo recordings feature at least one dance floor–ready cut.
--SF Weekly

--Pacific Noise, June 2007

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Member Since: 5/3/2006
Band Website: TheChopRocks.com
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Influences: Lou Reed's diary, John Magrans' profanity, The Guide to Getting It On, David Bowie's haircut, Bruce Springsteen's sweat, the slow burn of a fine bourbon, and the Virus TI owners manual.
Sounds Like: Fashion,
Love in a blender,
Declan MacManus,
The crack of a whip,
Jesse and the Rippers

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The Unofficial The Chop Blog

Record Label: Record labels are so 1963
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Chop's Tour update!!

We left SF on Wednesday.  After a long night of driving we wound up at a cheap Medford hotel where Johnny B impressed us all with his ability to continue drinking beers in the complete darkness o...
Posted by The Chop on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:21:00 PST

The Chop Equips, Vol 3: The Virus TI

I am your synthesizer. I am incomprehensible circuitry; I am impossible. I am a mobius strip printed with an unending image of Jesus eyes that follow you around the room when you walk. I am unrecogniz...
Posted by The Chop on Thu, 17 May 2007 02:18:00 PST

El Equipo del Chop: Vol. 2 - The Guitar of the Captain

The Fender TelecasterA sweet, American-made, California-style, Oak-barrel aged, 1995 Telecaster. And there it is; that last sentence represents the sum total of concrete knowledge I have about this gu...
Posted by The Chop on Mon, 14 May 2007 02:59:00 PST

Boosh Bag?

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Posted by The Chop on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:13:00 PST

Chop-ography Vol 5: Captain Red Beard Kassees

Captain's Log, Star Date: -342649.19While on a routine check of the neutral zone bordering Federation space, The Enterprise encountered a temporal disturbance discharging high levels of Tachyon Emiss...
Posted by The Chop on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:09:00 PST

The Legend of Moneyhands' Bass Drum Pedal

Gather round now children, and I'll tell ye a tale of one of the most bafflingly magical instruments to ever strike a beat.       'Twas on a trip round the Horn, cutting 40 l...
Posted by The Chop on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:48:00 PST

Chop-ography Vol 1: Johnny Buffalo Balls Magrans

Johnny "Buffalo Balls" Magrans was born in that cradle of modernity and sophistication known as Wilmington, Delaware on October 6, 1980.  The son of Cuban immigrants who had just a generation before s...
Posted by The Chop on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:17:00 PST

Chop-ography Vol 4: Moneyhands

"Little" Thomas "Tommy" Franklin "Moneyhands" Monaghan III was born on Juneteenth, 1981 into a loving family and ideal environment in Wilmington Delaware. Chop historians have often wondered what coul...
Posted by The Chop on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:03:00 PST

Chop-ography Vol 3 - Jabber Jaw

Phil Matarese clawed his way out of the womb and on to the mean streets of Wilmington Delaware on December 17, 1981. Blessed from an early age with a thunderous voice and an undying desire to tell peo...
Posted by The Chop on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:21:00 PST

Chop-ography Vol 2: Dr. Cocktopus

Some would say the true workhorse of The Chop is ole' James Kafader. Those people would be 100% right. Kafazar was hatched in the peaceful and prosperous town of Wilmington, Delaware, where all The Ch...
Posted by The Chop on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:40:00 PST