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Chief Beef

King of all meats

About Me

Chief Beef is a rock band from Phoenix. We have been together since November 2004 and played our first show in March 2005.

We have two official releases to our credit, an 11 song full length from 2006 called "Something About Rock" and a 7 song EP from 2008 called "Equilibrium". You can listen to both at our website, CHIEFBEEFBAND.COM , in the media section. In addition, we have played 70 shows in eight states.

Currently we are on hiatus from playing shows. With no drummer and a very pregnant bass player, the band gets the backseat for a little bit. Thanks for your continued support, we hope to see you soon with some new material!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/18/2005
Band Website: chiefbeefband.com
Band Members: CURRENT:
John Lipfert (guitar/vocals)
Christine Lipfert (bass/vocals)

PAST:
Stewart Alaniz (Drums 2004-2008)
Aaron Burke (Guitar 2004-2005)

Influences: TOOL
Queens of the Stone Age
The Channels
These Arms Are Snakes
Chavez
Bloc Party
Radiohead
Muse
Traindodge
Failure
Life and Times
Shiner
Kyuss
The Fucking Champs
Medications
At The Drive In
Mars Volta
Burning Airlines
Jawbox
Jesus Lizard
No Knife
Don Caballero ...

Sounds Like: Instruments creating sounds in a similar rhythm and melodic key.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

back in the studio - day 1

so today was set-up-the-drums day and then we began tracking. it was very cool and i had a great time doing it. jamie is super fantastico to work with and makes the whole studio experience seem a lot ...
Posted by Chief Beef on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:26:00 PST

New shows and new record

2 new shows were recently posted. Both shows will be in Northern Arizona. Come freeze yourselves with us. :)So, we are 2 days away from going into the studio. I am 2 days away from laying down the fou...
Posted by Chief Beef on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:54:00 PST

stories are neat

so two nights ago we kind of finished the last song we needed to complete the six we want to put on our ep. it sounds pretty good. i'm listening to it right now actually. it needs some tweaks of cours...
Posted by Chief Beef on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:20:00 PST

modified show 10/11/07

Last night was awesome. We saw a lot of folks that we haven't seen in a while and lots of new people which was really cool. We had a great time playing some of our new material from our forthcoming EP...
Posted by Chief Beef on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:41:00 PST

Gravy Tour Day 9

DAY 9Another long drive day yesterday, but we made it to Las Cruces in enough time for a relaxed dinner, plus some tea at the Bean where we played the first time we hit LC. El Patio is a cool venue, n...
Posted by Chief Beef on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:32:00 PST

Gravy Tour Day 8

Emo's Alternative Lounge  Austin, TX.   Last nights show was easily the best show of our tour and possibly the best show we've ever played in terms of venue and line-up. HOLY SHIT! No kidding....
Posted by Chief Beef on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:57:00 PST

Gravy Tour Day 7

Day 7 The show at Andy's Bar in Denton was excellent all around.  There were approx. 50 people in attendance.  The opener was an acoustic act called Joey Kendall.  Normally I don't lis...
Posted by Chief Beef on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:33:00 PST

Gravy Tour Day 6

Day 6 We arrived in Tulsa and got to our hotel, we actually arrived in the mid afternoon. Christine and Stew took naps while I swam in the pool and read my book in the not so hot hot tub. I know& we'...
Posted by Chief Beef on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:26:00 PST

Gravy Tour Day 5

So last night we played at the Record Bar in KCMO. It's a really cool venue and we sounded great. I highly recommend playing there if you are in a band or checking out the venue if you get the chance....
Posted by Chief Beef on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:21:00 PST

Gravy Tour Day 4

We played in downtown Springfield at a place called The Outland Ballroom.   We all really liked this place.  It was a good size with separate bar area and band areas.    ...
Posted by Chief Beef on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:04:00 PST