The urge to become famous rock stars came for us in 7th
grade. We had a dream. We had just started to listen to
KoRn and 311 and stuff and we wanted to be like that.
So we threw our Nike's out the window and started wearing
Airwalk (ok we were in 7th grade). Ryan's grandma bought him
a guitar and he played through a kareoke machine. It pretty much
sucked, but it was ok for then. Will had a drum set and
played with this other band he was in with his preacher's
son. They played at courthouse day, which is the biggest
"event" he, or we, ever played. We joined forces. The band
was called Sulfur. Great name, no talent. Sulfur died,
but the dream lived on. In 8th grade we decided to try again.
Ryan had his same guitar and a new amp for it, with REVERB!
Reverb opened up new possibilities to the band. You could
know nothing, and sound like a song on the radio, (kind of).
Will got a new guitar and it was kick ass. C.J. came in with his
drumset and we had half a band, some of the necessary members with little
talent. Korey wanted in on this action and ordered him a
geeter. We had a problem then. Three guitar players? No bass?
What the hell was that? It was too much and not enough at
the same time. So someone had to go, and someone had to
come. We drew straws (Just kidding). So there was Ryan
who liked to screw around a lot and get nothing done. There
was Will who could get things done, and Korey (who wasn't officially in the band) just wanted
to be like KoRn. Cj also got a girlfriend and you know how that goes so he had less time for the band. Why
kick just one when you could kick two for double the
price? Will kicked out Ryan and C.J. and instated Korey in one quick breath.
Will realized his mistake and reinstated C.J.
The band needed bass. Matt Nicholas, one of Korey's 6,598 cousins, jumped on the BANDwagon (get it?)
and got one. So the band was hole, for a while. Matt had no
long-term stuff invested in this whole crazy band idea so he
went after a couple seconds on his own free will.
Ryan was sitting in the corner playing with himself and
decided to get a damn bass. He got one and the band was
back. (Keep in mind there were about 2 practices in all this time).
We started playing together and it sounded pretty good.
We picked up Joey (vocals) in 10th grade and we were fully loaded.
C.J. pumps out phat beats on the drums and Ryan churns out groovy
bass lines on the, uhhh, bass. Will and Korey are like Munky and Head's
little brothers. They rip up riffs and make the whole thing
sound cool. Joey has added our much needed lyrical dynamics (screaming) by spitting out insane and offensive lyrics.
and we are now THE band not just a band.
This is where we stand today, when new stuff happens, (like it usually does),
be the first to know by checking back here every now and then.
the band's respective pages
joey reisz
will thomason
korey hensley
ryan thompson
c.j. martin
updates to the site AND THE 'NAME OUR BAND' CONTEST!!!
our current roadies