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About Me

The Start Up is an eclectic duo who rose from the American working class with one mission... to rock people's faces off and give Rock and Roll the kick in the ass that it needs. Little is known about the background of these two heros, but rumor has it they come from diffrent walks of life from all over the globe:
B80
It is told that B80 came from a failed biological military expirement. A secret military orginization known as the C.L.A.P. genitically engineered human children with the hopes of making the ultimate Being. B80 was released at the age of three, when the U.S. Government went under resesion under George H. Bush. He eventually assimilated into society.
Matthew "Bilbo" Brady
This young man spent much of his life running from the law. At age 9 he had successfully embezeled a sum of 9.2 million dollars from the New York Stock Exchange. By age 16, he had the largest money laundring ring in the world. He eventually met B80 in the mountains of Peru, where he was rescued from the clutches of INTERPOL and gave up a life of crime.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/10/2005
Band Website: angelfire.com/ms2/beattie
Band Members: Brian "b80" Beattie - (Guitars, Drums, Lead vocals)

Matt "Bilbo" Brady - (Bass, Guitars, vocals)

Influences:

"Sleeping Lessons" by The Shins

"New Noise" by Refused

"The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" by Brand New

"Buddy Holly" by Weezer

MUSIC THAT INSPIRES US:
Green Day
Foo Fighters
Weezer
blink 182
cKy
Jimmy Eat World
Bright Eyes
Wilco
+44
Lifetime
Tenacious D
Jackson United
Paint It Black
The Vandals
The Ramones
Underoath
The Clash
Straylight Run
Dashboard Confessional
The Pixies
Rise Against
The Almost
Angels and Airwaves
311
Saves the Day
Senses Fail
Queens of the Stone Age
The Special Goodness
Radiohead
Johnny Cash
Son Volt
Uncle Tupelo
Yellowcard
Neil Young
The Replacements
Tsunami Bomb
Incubus
The Offspring
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Transplants
Viva Death

ALBUMS CURRENTLY IN B80’s CD PLAYER:

1. "The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me" - Brand New

2. "Nothing Feels Good" - The Promise Ring

3. "Under the Boards" - Saves the Day

4. "Is Is" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5. "...Is a Real Boy" - Say Anything

6. "Pinkerton" - Weezer

7. "Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace" - Foo Fighters

8. "Insomniac" - Green day

9. "The Needles, The Space" - Straylight Run

10. "The Alchemy Index Vol. I and II - Fire and Water" - Thrice

ALBUM CURRENTLY IN BILBO’S CD PLAYER
1. "The Sufferer and the Witness" - Rise Against

2. "Icky Thump" - White Stripes

VIDEO GAMES:
World of Warcraft
Kingdom Hearts
Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’06
Grand Theft Auto

MOVIES:
All Kevin Smith movies
Star Wars = The greatest movies ever made
Fight Club
Spiderman I, II and III
Haggard
Donnie Darko
Garden State
Old School
Anchorman
40 Year Old Virgin
Trainspotting
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jackass I and II
Lords of Dogtown
Freddie Got Fingered
Transformers
All the Harry Potter movies excluding the first two
Sin City
Anything with Jason Lee, he’s the man.
All Wes Anderson movies

Comedians:
George Carlin
Mitch Headburg
Zach Galifinakis
Nick Swordson
Bob Sagat

TV Shows:
The Simpsons
Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
Weeds
Californication
Dexter
Robot Chicken
Family Guy
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Moral Orel
Perfect Hair Forever
Conon O’Brien
South Park
My Name is Earl
The Adventures of Pete and Pete

Gear We Use:
Epiphone Dot Archtop
Epiphone Les Paul
Takamine Acoustic
Fender Deluxe amp
Orange 15R Amp
Ibanez Bass and amp
Sunlite and Pearl Drums
Zildjian Cymbals (14’ Quick Beats, 18’ A Custom Projection Crash, 20’ A Custom Crash, 21’ Sweet Ride)
Sounds Like: Music to jump around and dance to.
Record Label: None, yet
Type of Label: None

My Blog

In the studio!! (part one)

The Start Up will be going into the studio on the 23rd to beging production on our first full length. Our friend Josh Stanford will be recording us in his home studio and we hope to have 10-12 songs o...
Posted by The Start Up on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:54:00 PST

Ding! 5,000

Cool, we got 5,000 plays. Thanks to everyone who took the time to check out our music. Or... thanks to the one person who listened to our songs 5,000 times. Love! -b80
Posted by The Start Up on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:05:00 PST

We're number... 74!!

Hello there everyone. If you look on Myspace's top artists from Mississippi.... The Start Up is ranked number 74! Now, 74 is a nice number.... but there's a sweet buffalo nickle in it for all of you i...
Posted by The Start Up on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:38:00 PST

Aliens Are Coming guitar tab

Ok this took me about 5 minutes total. I know it's pretty easy to play anyway.... but I figured I would post this cause I'm pretty bored: "Aliens Are Coming" by The Start Up www.myspace.com/thestartup...
Posted by The Start Up on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:31:00 PST

09/04/06

I will have some more songs up tomorrow. Krissy let me borrow her copy of the demo so I was able to put those songs on my computer and deliver them to you, the loyal fan. Keep your eye out f...
Posted by The Start Up on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:28:00 PST

08/30/06

Hello again everyone. Well if you're reading this it probably means that you have a computer. This in turn means that you know that computers are stupid and they like to fuck up all the time. For this...
Posted by The Start Up on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:24:00 PST

Listen to these bands!

The Special Goodness Land, Air, Sea is probably the best record I've heard in the past year. Imagine Weezer on a coke bindge and it will come close to describing the music. It feat...
Posted by The Start Up on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:32:00 PST

Myspace ate my songs!!

We'll it seems that myspace has eaten three of my songs.... so I posted a studio version I did of Waiting. It was a one take so some of the performances are not up to my standards. I am in the process...
Posted by The Start Up on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:04:00 PST

Bilbo here

So I decided to start participating on this myspace thing and not let Beattie have the complete monopoly. Anyway, all is well in Starkvegas, but I miss you guys. I want to thank everybody w...
Posted by The Start Up on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:01:00 PST

02/13/06

Hello again everyone, Yesterday's show went very well for those of you who couldn't make it. I was very pleased with our performance. I have posted some pics so you guys can continue soaking up o...
Posted by The Start Up on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:03:00 PST