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The Cryptomaniacs

Paint your brain with deliberate strokes.

About Me

The Cryptomaniacs met on a phone line thanks to one of the uncountable benefits of drinking in January, 2005. Then they played some shows and were immediately invited to play live on one of the local radio stations, and invited to continue playing live on their live compilation CD.Then they bought a van. They stepped inside the van. It took them to Hollywood, Long Beach, Vancouver, Edmonton, Red Deer, etc. They skated everything, peed in soft drink cups, camped in parking lots and gave a fake parking attendant $5 towards his crack collection.Then they went back home and got onto a compilation by Gravewax Records. A new bassist and an organ player was added to the band. They stepped back into the van. It took them to Sudbury, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, etc. They skated some more, peed some more, played quarters, and saw giant wolly mammoths in a park.They came home to play in backyards for 4 year olds and 82 year olds. They played for misfits and weirdos. They played in basements and barber shops. They played in art galleries, art colleges, and for art societies. They had a zombie bride for a tamborine girl. They played for an ultimate figher. They temporarily replaced the drummer with a topless girl who was much more than just a pair of legs. They ate chocolate dogs and drank Cryptogin Bombs. They got themselves a wolf in the face and found a snake in the lake. They chucked rocks at a 7-11 to save lives.Now they continue to entertain a wide variety of freaks and reluctantly, even some normal people too.The seven-incher
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Postage to US and Canada included

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/7/2005
Band Website: (nope, just email) [email protected]
Band Members: TRASH CAN ANDREW: GUITAR

JOHNNY DUMPSTER: BASS

the PRINCE OF GARBAGE: DRUMS

SLIME CLAWS: ORGAN

Influences: Voices in their heads.
Hypnosis.
Loud people with opinions.
Loud people with onion.
Loud people reciting pi.
Underground Molemen Rock.
The answers to magazine questionnaires.
The headgear of Roman legionnaires.
Animal noises.
Home construction noises.
Industrial park noises.
The sounds of industrial kids playing in industrial parks.

Sounds Like: Formerly of: I Lost My Cape on Television - Duderotomy 13 - Hardcore Cardboard - the Alter Egos - No Coast Hardcore - the Nicoteenagers - Donnybrooke - the Hosers - the Dino Bravos - the Riot Nrrds - the Get Down Syndrome - the Mongoose is on Fire - Manatees with Banjos - the 5/4s - Talky Talky Talk - $$Bling Bling Muthafuckaz!$$ - High Five Jerry Curl - Señor Que? and the Whas? - Satanic Sleepover - the Aint Got No Nuthins - The Grand Adventures of a Weasel With Wood Chips Living in my Pants - Full Contact Cuddlefest - Cliché Name and the Backing Band - Big Daddy Bitch Tits and the Roody Poo Candy Asses - and several other bands whom nobody heard of.
Record Label: The record label is the bit of paper in the middle
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Summer 2008

word is...summer 2008 is gonna be HOTTyeah!you know why???????????????because the CRYPTOMANIACS are back from the grave!  resurected for one more swirling ritual of a graveyard summoning ceremony...
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:21:00 PST

DEBUT RECORD

Sometime on Thursday June 14th, our debut EP arrived. You may be wondering why we put it out so late...we had been told we'd have it at the end of April. Ah well, it exists now, and we're really excit...
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:08:00 PST

LAST SHOW

we thought it would be right to do our last show in our nestthis Friday June 15th!at the MOUSE HOUSEhopefully some people show up, it's an odd onewe were supposed to be doing it on the 16th with a bun...
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:08:00 PST

iWOO WEE NEW TUNES!

That's right! You guessed it! Incredible sonic masterpieces! All  new, all powerful, all seeing, all most real! Take yer pick and get 'em while you must! From the bottom of our crypto-hearts...
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:41:00 PST

MakingManiacs

there are 2 things we're getting really excited about the Cryptomaniacs LP - ready for the summer and a 2 week west coast tour with Calgary's "the Ostrich"!!!
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:25:00 PST

MOUSE HOUSE PARTY

It's gonna be ridiculous, that we will guarantee. Friday April 20th, bring all your friends to the MOUSE HOUSE It's gonna be a party, with all of the bands that jam at the MOUSE HOUSE PIECE OF THE LIE...
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:32:00 PST

VANCOUVER

Hi Vancouver, guitar maniac and drum maniac are in a play called the Headless Cowboy check it out at the Performance Works on Granville Island from March 14th through March 17th bass maniac and organ ...
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:37:00 PST

the Blushin' Bride

Wicked! Reviewed by Stef for her zine the Blushin' Bride appeared in issue #1 March 2006 "The Cryptomaniacs are Calgary's creepiest band, and their creepiness has increased tenfold with the addition o...
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:34:00 PST

the Bloody Glove

Aw Yeah! Reviewed by Miles Cantafio from the Bloody Glove taken from issue #2 "Knucklehead w/ the Cryptomaniacs & the Grey July 7, 2006 Broken City The first day of the Greatest Outdoor Show ...
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:26:00 PST

the rockabillies thought we were lame

This is how I described our band... apparently the rockabillies thought it was lame   "If the Cryptomaniacs have a message, then this message describes motion&the dynamics of energy. We transmit ...
Posted by The Cryptomaniacs on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:50:00 PST