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History
How To Take Over The World: The History Of Yellow Five (pt. 1)
by Matt Bell
It may be hard to believe, but the mighty juggernaut of a band known
as Yellow Five, was initially, merely an inside joke between Me and
Nathan.
We were going to go by the name Jest, and the idea was for Ben Bernard
(who
bought a guitar but never really played) and Me (who didnąt even own a
guitar
at the time), to play guitars,Nathan to play bass, Babak as the DJ
(what the
hell were we thinking?) and Jennifer Minton singing. As we slowly (and
I mean
slowly) developed and began to actually make "music", we realized that
we
were missing an important link. A drummer. This is where young Will
Reiss
comes into the picture. As time passed, somehow Ben and Babak just
kinda
stopped being in the band. We changed our name to Fuzz, played with a
guy
named Jeff Dodge, and in addition to the regular line-up of Me, Nay,
Will and
Jenn, played our first show at Ben Bernard's birthday party. As
expected, it
was the single worst concert ever. The set-list for the night included
the
painfully poppy "Where Do We Go From Here?", the most boring song ever,
"Overlooked", a cover of the Gloria Gaynor song "I Will Survive", and a
cover
of a Thin Lizzy song, "Dancing In the Moonlight". Chris Wood sat in on drums, which is likey the only positive thing about the whole show. We sucked like anal
warts,
and a few people had pity on us, and said it wasnąt too bad.
Nonetheless, we
took most of the summer off, wrote some new stuff, changed guitar
players a
few more times, and began playing shows again during the fall of our
junior
year. We played Guido's, Bazaar, and the other usual spots for lame
high
school bands to play, including a rare 18+ performance at Jackąs Guitar
Bar
with an audience of about 12 people (the bands families) . We were
happy, but
after a while, things began to get monotonous. It seemed like we
werenąt
really going anywhere with what we had, and we figured it was time to
do
something about it.
Some changes were made in the line-up during the summer after our
junior year, and in came Tio Pistilli and Amanda Hardaway, our new
singers.
After playing one show at Coleman Park, we did what would change the
course
of history for this little band. We added a skinny white boy with an
afro to
the Yellow Five family. Kelby Caldwell would be the new lead guitarist.
At
the same time, we changed our name to Yellow Five, and the rest, as they
say,
is history. Recently, weąve added another new face to the y5 entourage.
Raven
Hardison has taken over the duties of backup vocals. And now things are
looking up. We've started getting better shows, (8th Day, Indienet,
328,
etc.) started getting a little press, built a fan base, and have won
some
local contests. Weąre in the process of putting out our first CD, and
weąre
putting together a summer tour of the southeast. This leads us to where
we
are now. What the future has in store, we don't know. For now, we'll
just
keep making it rain.
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