This is the long story of the Doo-Doo Heads trials and tribulations.
It started in April of1998....Dave's then girlfriend, Deanna, introduced
him to her cousin, the infamous Scott Laur. Somehow they became friends.
He told Dave about the band in which he played drums.
Dave wanted to check them out so he attended a practice and realized they were
the dumbest band that ever happened.....awful. After practice, Dave stuck around
and jammed with Scott and sang some songs.
Scott thought he had talent. Soon after,"Stain" broke up and Scott wanted
to form a band with Dave. He set up a jam session with Dave, and the former singer
for "Stain"(who sings about as well as Stevie Wonder can see)
He also invited two guys he knew named Patrick and Geoff, who formerly
played together in a band called "Hated".
Geoff didn't like Dave at first...thought he was snobby. Dave thought Geoff wore
dumb shirts. So they played a few songs and wrote a few songs and couldn't help
but notice the chemistry between the musicians. Dave's power-pop guitar lines
and beatle-esque melodies, Geoff's smooth and creative basslines, Pat's
straight up metal influence, and thick metal guitar sound....(oh and Scott's mongoloid
drumming on the most ghetto, cheap ass drum set ever put together) Needless to say, we had no keepers. Every time Scott would give a name, Dave would say,
"nope, that's doo-doo" another idea, "nah that's doo doo as well.". Soon Scott became agitated and out of frustration, said," well Dave,
why don't we just call ourselves........ the doo-doo heads?".......That was it!!!It was written in the stars.
So they played the show and sounded horrible. Suddenly, they were a real band. (a real bad band) And Damon was their agent/manager. We needed a replacement...fast. Pat called his old drummer from "Hated", Mikee.
He asked Mikee to fill in for a while and he agreed. The Doo-Doo- Heads sounded better than ever.
We played a few shows and everything went well until... We had signed up for a battle of the bands at Bohagers and on the night of the contest Mikee just Quit.. no explanation.
What now? Give up? hell no!We'd rather humiliate ourselves. With such short notice, they could not find a replacement so Dave decided to play drums and sing.
They played 3 songs and the crowd was very polite considering the horrible music they made that night.
Anyway, a friend of Geoff's named Greg was at the Bohagers show and Greg offered
to play drums for them. They tried him out and it was amazing. He blew them away. Finally, they were coming together. They sounded like a real rock band. A good rock band.
Greg was into some hippy bullshit like Phish and tried to incorporate it into his drumming. Well fuck that shit!They had to shape and mold him
into a real drummer and leave that freeform hippy crap at home.
They have overcome many obstacles and are now the greatest rock band in the tri-state area.
Or region for that matter. Possibly even the world!
This was the beginning of The Doo-Doo Heads.
They continued to practice
a couple of times a week. Soon, friends would come to Scott's basement to watch.
....And then more people. Until every practice was full of people. They thought we were
the shit!! Little did they know...
One day, Dave's old friend Damon came to a practice.
Damon was in a band that was playing shows. He was also booking shows. He saw potential in them
and asked them to play a 10 band gig at a dump in Dundalk called The Old Mill Tavern.
They agreed to play, but in order to be billed they had to have a name. They threw around a few Ideas.
Scott wanted to be called' No Real People"(stupid),Geoff wanted to be called "confusing confucious"(deep huh?)
, Dave wanted to be called" Smegma"and Pat wanted to be called "The Asshole Worshipping Rim-Jobbers".
Some other names that were thrown out were: "Nancy Reagan's breast tumor", "Stink Finger Clit", and"Fuck you and the Fucks"
.
They called Damon and told him their new name. Damon laughed his ass off and said "are you sure?..That's pretty retarded." Well, retarded was their middle name.
Next, Scott booked us at a local Star Search gig. They brought over 100 screaming rowdy friends with them.
....The contest was based on audience reaction so they took 1st place.
They sounded like utter shit. Like 4 Retards who just got instruments and formed a retard band.
They won some studio time in Tenn. that they never used.
Well they kept getting shows and improving as a band,
but tension was beginning to build. Turns out Scott's dumb ho girlfriend was forcing him to quit the band.
A blessing in disguise.
So now they were a real band with good songs and a good sound.
No matter how much everyone in the world dislikes Scott, remember,
He was the founding member of The Doo-Doo Heads.
Without him we would never have come together.
Thank him.
He made a great contribution to the world of music.
