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the Cartridge Family

THIS IS THE BAND THAT SAVES LIVES

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BROTHERS
and sisters The Cartridge Family is an out of tune instrument of destruction, blowing a note for justice on the kazoo of freedom that was liberated from the gumball machine of corruption. So cast off the shackles of every day life, put on your fake foam fingers, shake your fists and your butts as you scream, "Hey Abe, what do you think of my mask?" at the top of your lungs. Once described as a breath of fresh air in a stagnating punk rock scene by a random small town stoner, the Cartridge Family should appeal to people who enjoy their punk, soul, rock, hip-hop and old school hardcore played with far more attitude than accuracy. May equally appeal to fans of the antics of food-smashing comedian Gallagher and other such low-brow gimmicks. ..

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/2/2005
Band Website: geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/8351/
Band Members: Trailer for Our DVD...on sale now!!!

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THE CARTRIDGE FAMILY - tcf/dvd
Follow Lansing’s clown princes of punk rock through their first 3 years of mayhem, mischief and trendsetting. From Abe Lincoln worship to 20+ band-member freakouts, this DVD stakes tCF’s claim as midwestern forebears of a burgeoning genre. $10

ACTIVE
duty Ozzie Smith’n’Wesson (Varsity frontman, spandex),
Reverend Craig (Varsity guitar, vox, fire breathing),
KL (Varsity keys, vox, subsidizer of insanity),
Starship (junior Varsity drums, Tony Atlas workout routine),
Dynamite TNT (Varsity drums, All purpose drums, congas, slide whistle, vibraslap, tambourine, John Wilkes Booth, freedom tickler, etc...),
Ball (second vocals when on shore leave, vocalist for 1st EP),
Saut (bass, aerobics instructor, dietary care technician, cook, squirt gun, the other end of the phone during "brohymn"),
Erotic funeral (percussion),
Korey (toy drums, homemade drumset, television, baseball bat),
Brad (second guitar, 47563847546573th string bassist, satanic clogs, Richard Nixon mask, tambourine, drunken horrible videographer),
Jacob Weston (Chef-in-training, stunt monkey, JV bassist/people’s champ)
Rusty (tech geek, dvd compiler, music video goddess, photographer genius, web design extraordinaire)
Keith Scott Budd (the guy that tackles brad),
Zack (Crazy Exotic Dance Routines, Sergeant At Arms, Madness Will Ensue, JV keyboards),
BenBen (stunt monkey supreme, the speedo, the urinal),
Skotty Blood Bank (Hypeman! vocals, accordian, horns, JV frontman, Pollywhirl not that stupid M&M),
Aymor (joe perry) (horns, moon boots, keyboards, additional insanity, JV (and much better) guitarist),
Otis (Varsity bass, Horns, last song insanity, taco neck syndrome),
Sean "the People’s Champ" (Varsity stunt-monkey supreme, Naked Vince Lombardi, Reagan Masks),
Beaverhat Pat/Spike (bringing the motherfucking ruckus),
Eric RejX (ball cannon, keyboard stand, mad scientist, pittsburgh representative),
John Bruce (JV Drums, Sarcastic Remarks, Sardonic Comments, and Esoteric Humor),
Paul (Fro-Fanatic, Chalkboard Equations, jjuggling),
Mario juevos (wicked metal solos),

Hubert H. Humphreyman (Sousaphone/upping the punx),

Little Travis (The Lansing Bat, Promotions, Whatever he can pick up),
Jared (vocals, Living Buffet, Abe Lincoln),
Hack (stunt monkey, lighter of smoke bombs, nixon mask, videographer, roadie, chair pisser),
Daniel (Percussion, Hair Clippers),
Dante (Inferno, Wheelz of Steelz, Jock-role-player in afterschoolspecial rock opera),
HorHJ/smokebreak (the Oily Cowboy, Stunt Monkey Supreme in Training, Melodica),
the Bo (dancing, crowd-hype),
tCF Mike (Full Time Crowd Action),
Sam (stunt-monkey, panda dancing, anal-sax, JV bass/stunt-monkey-supreme, crowd-hype, tCF half shirt),
Heath (occasional metal solos),

INACTIVE
duty REST IN PIECES - Ulysses (Keeper of the keyboards, chick magnet)
Rambeau (bassist on leave),
SABATICAL TO LATVIA - Inese (nurse, stunt-monkey),
Eddie (accordion, additional insanity),
Lyndsay Smalls (accordian, streamers, stunt monkey)
murphy (former harmonica player, currently hates us all)
Elle (accordian, streamers, stunt monkey),
Robbie (Toys? Horns? Videographer),
Joey (bass on play see you in hell, percussion),
Brent (digital guitar? Bass?),
Jerry (looking California, feeling Minnesota)

Influences: Casper Adams, The Fullerenes, Old music, New music, the Buffet Liberation Coalition (BuLC), Dahr Bemlow, N.W.A., Abe Lincoln, street-gangs, Breakin' II: the electric boogaloo, inside jokes and stuff that makes us laugh.
Sounds Like: An out of tune instrument of destruction blowing a note for justice on the kazoo of freedom that was liberated from the gumball machine of corruption...or just a band that really needs to practice more.
Record Label: Bermuda Mohawk
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

tCF Receives Fest VI Award in RazorCake

  We actually never got around to submitting for Fest VI to get turned down in the first place, lol......
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:53:00 PST

January ’08 Update: New B-side, Shows, Wanna’ joins us? etc...

Greetings fellow HIDists and revolutionaries! 08 has given us some new already.  We just threw up our ode to ourly newly married drummer's commitment to fitness to commemorate his special day.&nb...
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:01:00 PST

the Cartridge Family in the Lansing State Journal

No joke.  Read on down or copy/paste this link: http://hub.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071227/THING S0104/712270309/1104/HUBLocal music beat: Get in good with 'The Family'Anne Erickson | ...
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:14:00 PST

Charleston Accross America Tour Blog

Prologue: Last week, the Cartridge Family hooked up the trailer, fired up the generator and loaded two trucks full of assholes, instruments and hijynx boxes to continue in the tradition of crashing ma...
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:47:00 PST

New Songs/release schedule/SHOW WITH ONLY CRIME!!!

Hey kiddies!  I see some of you have noticed, but we snuck up a couple of new tunes over the last few days.  These are two tunes from the 'John Bruce Sessions' which may surface as an EP und...
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:05:00 PST

Shows and Family Night Infos/Watch MVP, Most Vertical Primate!!!

Anyone that was hoping to see us in Lansing on the 21st w/ the Blackout Pact at the Litter Box should take note that the show has been cancelled due to the Blackout Pact breaking up (heard something l...
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:39:00 PST

September Update/ Sorority Chicks Dig Us.../Fall University Tour

Hey, I just realized our songs weren't available for download.  A minor oversight corrected, in case, for some warped line of reasoning, you wanted to listen to us on your computer or Ipod w/out ...
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:45:00 PST

No last second show afterall...

Nevermind on that last minute show! Add Oade's to the banned list. Was it the sandwhiches? the garbage bags? the metal bands goring each other with planks of our wooden football field? The blatant h...
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:58:00 PST

Tomorrow, California Raisins ReUnite 07/07, and Warped Tour...

Reposted from the eloquent Scotty May of My Friend Rudra (who will just as eloquently melt your face), "Dude, this friday at Oades 1210 S. Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48901, US My Friend Rudra, your f...
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:30:00 PST

Which tCF Member Are You?

Take the quiz, comment results...   http://quizilla.com/users/csauter/quizzes/Which%20Cartridge% 20Family%20Member%20Are%20You%3F/...
Posted by the Cartridge Family on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:40:00 PST