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It is a mixture of all that stuff man and then part stand-up comedy, too. That is how we ended up kind of doing our sound. It was cool songs with cool voices, the baritone voice, and then the high voice and the middle. They were kind of like the Fishbone of the '50s. A big influence are The Coasters, as a matter of fact, that they were a big deal. We were very big in the '50s and '60s style music, kind of campy, kind of vaudeville, almost like Ska. It was an LP comp with all these funny songs like “Yakity Yak" and stuff like that. Being born in ’71 some of the first records were Funny Bone Favorites. My first records were those funny classics.
Our records were a big deal to us growing up. We were kind of a bastardization of everything we liked. The Scorpions are another one of my top five bands, and AC/DC we were so into those bands. We also loved the British/European heavy metal. Bringing banners and lights and fire-breathing characters out on stage even if you are not doing dual guitar solos or hearing a guy who can sing opera.
We always wanted to have a live show like theirs, even if we were a DIY band. We were all about (MTV) Headbangers Ball, and Iron Maiden is probably the biggest influence, even though the band ended up being a ska punk band, or whatever you call it. We heard the horns, but we also love metal. My older brother would bring home that stuff - he is four years older than me -all the 2 Tone stuff and the New Wave stuff, along with bands like Fishbone and Oingo Boingo. I would say that Fishbone and the 2 Tone era of Ska, all the British stuff, that was a big deal. When the albums started coming out, it was really big for us, as these bands were all big influences on us. I mean, those are the bands that were the scene and being from around here, being from about an hour away, from Riverside, we were able to soak it all in. They were a big deal for us, I mean, because we were starting to become a band and play little backyard parties and try to find our niche. bands that were going on in the mid- to late-'80s, bands like Fishbone, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction. GM: When the band started in 1988, what got you into playing this style of music?ĮC: I guess we were influenced by what was going on it was mostly the L.A.