"THE DIRT"

02/16/08

  Hola,

  Have you ever been in a relationship with a person that has the same personality type as your own? If so, you have some idea of what it's like to be in a band. Except that you have to relate to three or more other clones of said personality as well (think Michael Keaton's character in Multiplicity). Trying to keep a band on an even keel with that many like-minded individuals can be incredibly frustrating at times if not downright impossible. This band was formed in the winter of 2000 by Daren Ware and John Phillips (technically, it was formed when these two were in high school but that gets waaayyyy too sordid). Anyway, Daren and John re-connect in the winter of 2000 along with Dave Kleba on drums and Steve Carter on bass and call themselves Thunderbox. Lost the drummer to substance abuse... Auditions... Pick up Chris (last name escapes me) and won the battle of the bands at the 2001 Thunderfest at the Roostertail... Replaced the bass player with said bass player's younger brother Larry... More gigs... Lose drummer to substance abuse... Auditions, yawns... Insert Larry's friend from another band on drums (damn, I can't even remember this guys first name)... Even more gigs, alcohol and lost brain cells... Band falls apart due to lack of constructive communication... Daren and John join forces with Matt Cox and Steve Gobie and an awesome band called Brutal Truth is formed with Daren on bass and vocals, Matt and John on guitar and Steve on drums... Great reviews and a following starts... More great gigs... Drummer MIA (at least we didn't lose this one to substance abuse)... Daren and John enlist the talents of drummer Jim Paulie and bassist extraordinaire, Dave Chmelko from Tastes Like Chicken and continue to rock asses around town under the pseudonym Brutal Chicken (Note: Mr. Chmelko has been on retainer for several years now and has been integral in keeping this band going in the interim, thanks bro!) ... The band changes the format a little with this grouping and their material is heavy on dance songs which they find out eventually aren't as well-received as their specialty, rock and roll... Hire "the Crusher" (I think his name was Jim or something...) on bass and do even more girly-tunes... Band fizzles out... In the summer of 2005, Daren and John re-connect with former bandmates Matt Cox and Steve Gobie and enlist the help of Dave Chmelko on bass yet again just to keep it rolling... Unfortunately, they can't come up with anything more provocative than Dirty Sanchez for a name... Many more asses rocked... Auditions... Steve Lepisto (former bass player for 60 Cycle Hum), an incredibly talented musician, is convinced to join the band (seriously, I think we shamed him into it)... Steve Gobie quits the band... Auditions ensue... Dominic Ciolino is referred to us by a friend and pulls 40+ songs together in a few weeks to help out with pending gigs. Things click and he joins the band to round out what is undoubtedly the tightest and most communicative lineup this band has seen. What a concept, a group of five talented individuals with no ego problems.  No, really.

And a year and a half later we are still going strong with the same lineup, More bars rocked and many more asses rocked as well. Stay tuned in as this could go on for some time..

iLargo vivo el bigote marron!