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Bands you used to play to piss your parents off?
Replied Nov. 27, 2008
List of Bands that Should Be on MFT But Are Not, Yet!
Replied Apr. 25, 2008
List of Bands that Should Be on MFT But Are Not, Yet!
Replied Apr. 25, 2008
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LonPaul Memories
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Music Gear
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Team Indianapolis
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Bloomington - Indianap...
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Steven Pratt's Videos
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PooP - Seattle - 4/11/09
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PooP - Tacoma - 4/12/09
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Billyclub - Tacoma - 4/12/09
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Well done, Pratt...I saw Billy Club about 6 or 7 years ago in Miami, opening for GBH. Arent they from Texas? You gonna tour Florida?
Our dear friend LonPaul Ellrich passed away early morning Wednesday May 7th. We are hoping that some of his friends can share memories and pictures that we can archive and save for his son Rupert. Thank you
I guess it's been a while since I've written anything on this site at all, so here's the quick update..
A couple of months ago, I moved back to Southern California. I am playing in a band called PooP w/ Rikk Agnew (former Adolescents, D.I., Chris...
Comment Wall (40 comments)
- At 8:59pm on June 23, 2009,
lanny said…
- At 3:09pm on December 24, 2008,
NealTaflinger said… - We actually still live on Ritter, just a few blocks south.
- At 5:42pm on November 22, 2008,
JULIE A. HUFFAKER said…
- HEY,, STEVE, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN!
- At 2:40am on November 22, 2008,
otto the comic said… - just saw the dutch 45 photo, with the description, had not realized that before
- At 1:21am on November 22, 2008,
David Schlabach said… - Stevo
A long time no see, my good fellow. When are the Slammies playing' next.?
I am married now and have three sons. In my second year at PURDUE ( ECET )
Man I saw the Slammies videos! You guys are Rocking at warp speed..
- At 2:49am on November 21, 2008,
David Schlabach said…
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- At 1:42pm on November 6, 2008,
David Schlabach said…
- Founded by four drug addicts in 1983, The Repellents ambushed the unsuspecting Indianapolis/Cincinnati music scene with its brand of fast, loud, straight-edged hardcore influenced primarily by the Ramones. The Indy scene had several great punk bands around (Zero Boys, Slammies, and others), but The Repellents stood apart by being older,snobbier and appearing more spaced out, and playing much sloppier than any of their counterparts.
Drummer Yukki and Bassist Jakki, both of whom were musical prodigies, provided the raw horsepower to drive the monster sound. Lumpy's virtuoso performances were legendary. Dave, the singer ( who was mildly retarded and who suffered from attention deficit syndrome) would frequently fly into a rage for no apparent reason and dive onto patrons table , upsetting both the patrons and their drinks.
Down in hill-jack land, in Newport, Kentucky, The Jockey Club was the center of the Cincinnati underground music scene in those years, and The Repellents quickly found a home there. In the early years of the band, lack of money and drugs kept the quartet from traveling much. The Repellents found a way to play a short tour of Ohio.
The first line-up of The Repellents recorded and released some songs on the master tape, thanks to punk rock maverick Bill " tricksie" Levin. It was well received in the national punk press and fanzine network and even garnered some airplay on college radio stations throughout the United States and Europe. Locally, The Repellents gained notoriety for being the first band to make no apologies for habitually being too drunk to perform well. Legendary disk jockey Handsome Clem Carpenter regularly featured the the Repellents on his weekly punk show, Search and Destroy, on WAIF in Cincinnati.
As members changed and the musical interests of the members evolved, The Repellents moved away from the thrash sound of D.C. toward the metallic appeal of Motorhead. This direction was an appropriate one, as guitarist Lumpy had matured into an accomplished lead player. In their later days, singer Dave Repellent Jr., having completely overcome his initial shyness, put on an extraordinary show by leaping around the stage with a sweaty face while Lumpy displayed his virtuoso guitar work. The Bassist for this line up was the legendary Julie Huffaker ( She lives, Last four (5) digits,etc.) and Eric Stouder ( Ivan ) on drums.
The Repellents had a Reunion show on Aug. 8th at Radio Radio in Indy. It was truly a knock-your-socks off performance. Several people in the audience were stunned (stoned).
The second and third incarnations of The Repellents each produced studio recordings that for a variety of reasons were never released. Fortunately, the master tapes survived the intervening years and they have been digitally re-mastered, now sounding better than ever. These second two tapes, along with the original " Rocker Bob" EP, also digitally remastered, will all soon be available to the public. Stay tuned.
- At 12:10am on October 29, 2008,
David Schlabach said…
- How have you been steve-o?
- At 1:23am on October 2, 2008,
David Schlabach said…
- Hey
Jeb has threatened to "contact his lawyer" and "contact ning" because of the musicalfamilytree2 site..he "can not allow it"so....
CHECK OUT THESE NUTS!!!
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- At 2:02am on September 29, 2008,
David Schlabach said…
- http://musicalfamilytree2.ning.com/
Hey Steve..Come join the fun!!
Profile Information
- What Instrument(s) Do You Play
- Drums
- About Me
- Born in Indianapolis. Have lived in Jacksonville (FL), New York City, Berkeley, Huntington Beach, and currently Anaheim, with a return trip to Indy in between almost every location.
- What bands are you or have you been in?
- These are in some chronological order, the best that I can remember. Some of the years are probably off by one or two. Life seems to blaze by in a big haze sometimes. I played drums in all but Poison Center (bass). All were Indiana based except for PigPen who were based in New York, even though we were all from Indiana.
Poison Center (1982 - 1983)
The Slammies (1988 - 1991, 2007 - Present)
Pig Pen (1991 - 1993)
Edgar Strange (1993 - 1994)
The Tea Bags (1994)
Dutch 45 (1994 - 1998)
SuperFatFlyBoy (1996)
Drunko (2001 - 2004, 2006 - 2007)
The Mighty John Waynes (2001 - 2002)
The Jabs (2002) [fill-in while Andy Fark recovered from a broken collar bone]
The Retreads (2002 - 2004)
Ass Cobra (2001 - ???)
Hot Damn! (2002 - 2008)
PooP (2009 - )
- What city are you from?
- Anaheim, CA
- Original Hometown
- Indianapolis, IN
- MySpace Page
- http://www.myspace.com/prattitude
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Steven Pratt's Blog
The first leg of our Spring '09 Tour
I guess it's been a while since I've written anything on this site at all, so here's the quick update..
A couple of months ago, I moved back to Southern California. I am playing in a band called PooP w/ Rikk Agnew (former Adolescents, D.I., Christian Death) and Scoot Hoogland (Iformer Mechanics)..
We're getting ready to start the first part of our tour, which we will be doing with One Way System and Billyclub... Unfortunately, this leg of th… Continue
A couple of months ago, I moved back to Southern California. I am playing in a band called PooP w/ Rikk Agnew (former Adolescents, D.I., Christian Death) and Scoot Hoogland (Iformer Mechanics)..
We're getting ready to start the first part of our tour, which we will be doing with One Way System and Billyclub... Unfortunately, this leg of th… Continue
Posted on March 20, 2009 at 5:18pm — 1 Comment
Part Six: Where was I?
You know... It's not really that important... In the months that have past since my last entry, I've realized (insert profound observation here)...
If I'm not mistaken, I had just quit my job as a computer programmer to go on tour when Part Five ended... The next few weeks were a blur that took me to a handful of legendary clubs for the first time. The Channel and The Rat in Boston.. CBGB's.. and there were a few basement parties and an equal number of canceled gigs... I had to call home for mo… Continue
If I'm not mistaken, I had just quit my job as a computer programmer to go on tour when Part Five ended... The next few weeks were a blur that took me to a handful of legendary clubs for the first time. The Channel and The Rat in Boston.. CBGB's.. and there were a few basement parties and an equal number of canceled gigs... I had to call home for mo… Continue
Posted on November 22, 2008 at 5:54am —
Memorial
I've really had a hard time putting this into words. As I've grown older, the frequency in which I see my childhood friends has become significantly less. I have lived back in Indianapolis for 7 years now and had gone the first 6-1/2 of those without seeing Sean, aside from random bumping intos. I do feel fortunate that we were able to hang out a few times within the last few months. Once, he came to see The Slammies play at The Mel, and again at The Zero Boys show at Radio Radio... He also help… Continue
Posted on May 26, 2008 at 3:06pm — 1 Comment
Sean West funeral information
Marvin L. Boatright Funeral Services
2163 N. Illinois Street
Indianapolis, IN
Tuesday May 27
Calling at 9:30
Funeral 11:30
2163 N. Illinois Street
Indianapolis, IN
Tuesday May 27
Calling at 9:30
Funeral 11:30
Posted on May 22, 2008 at 10:53pm — 6 Comments
Part Five: My career as an engineer, Marvin P, Strippers and Pere Ubu (1985)
I actually wrote this a few weeks ago.. pressed send and got some sort of error. My first instinct today is to write the whole thing in MS-Word and then copy/paste it over here....
I had spent my senior year trying to figure out what I was going to do with the rest of my life... well.. maybe that's not true.. maybe I just didn't care. I really can't remember what I was thinking. I took a bunch of college level courses during my last year at Carmel. Scored really high on my SATs.. and began gett… Continue
I had spent my senior year trying to figure out what I was going to do with the rest of my life... well.. maybe that's not true.. maybe I just didn't care. I really can't remember what I was thinking. I took a bunch of college level courses during my last year at Carmel. Scored really high on my SATs.. and began gett… Continue
Posted on May 16, 2008 at 9:30pm — 7 Comments
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