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Jason's Innocence

2006-07-31T18:09:36Z

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== Jason's Innocence ==

Jason's Innocence is a garage band out of Jamestown, North Dakota.

== Band Members ==
The band is formed of Sam Ova(Mary's Sacrificial Lamb) and Nick Aune(Boss and Onions). Sam is the main vocalist in the band and also plays acoustic guitar. Nick does vocals also and plays the electric guitar.

== Background ==
This band was formed during winter 2006 in all actuality. But there is also alot bigger story to them, you see Jason's Innocence was formed after a mockumentary Sam and Nick had done about a band that broke up 15 years ago and then reunited. This is that story. 20 years ago Sam was playing at a club called "The Pink Flamingo" with some people and Nick saw him and thought it would be really awesome if they were in a band together. So the next day Nick ran into Sam, with his car, and asked him if he'd like to be in a band. Sam in pain but not in serious condition said, "Yeah sure." So that was it the band started recording, Sam had alot to get off his mind. it appeared the band had a very raw angry sound and kept almost no rhythm. They developed a humongous cult status and ended up going on world tours, but refused to ever sign a record label with anyone because they wanted to be completely independent. So they relied on only the money they made at the concerts they played for $5. Sam during this time was growing an ego in the band, where as Nick stayed down to earth. Sam also developed a drug problem that was just wrecking all their live performances. Nick decided he'd deal with it until one day when they were up on stage in front of thousands of people and Sam quit in a middle of a song and yelled at Nick because Nick was playing guitar while he was singing. That was the last straw for the band, they broke up until the winter of 2006 when a documentary was being made about the two and they were asked to reunite with each other for the first time in years. Both members agreed to do the show since they were in need of money. During their time broken up they both had attempted solo careers but failed terribly. They had also both started bands with Cameron Leben that were both on the rise at the time of their reuniting. So when they reunited it was as if the fire that they had at the beginning of their career was rekindled. Sam was no longer and egotistical drug addict and Nick was just as cool as he always had been. They got into the studio as fast as they could and recorded a Greatest Hits album of their old songs since they were strictly a live band before.(the rest of this is true)So sometime in April 2006 they recorded a brand new cd called "Reunicorn" which had a different sound then their old stuff but it was better. Then in July they released another cd, "Untitled Post Graduate Project", which has been a huge success. The band now is trying out a new sound where Nick sings more often and they use both and acoustic and electric guitar in each song. The two are currently working on a new album, which i'm hearing good things about. So that's the story of Jason's Innocence.

== Discography ==

Greatest Hits(2006)

Reunicorn(2006)

Professionalized Sort Of(2006)

Untitled Post Graduate Project(2006)

== Website ==

[http://www.myspace.com/theinnocenceofjason]

Mary's Sacrificial Lamb

2006-07-31T18:06:02Z

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== Mary's Sacrificial Lamb ==
Mary's Sacrificial Lamb is an Jemo(jesus emo) band out of Jamestown North Dakota.

== Current Band Members ==
Sam Ova(vocals)

Cameron Leben(guitar)

== Background ==
The band was formed in early 2006 when at a concert Sam Ova, Ariana Barnick, Hannah Steinmetz, and Dan Sorenson had a discussion about making an emo band that was also influenced by Jesus. Thus their own style of music "Jemo" was created. Ariana and Dan although later decided that they didn't want to go through with it. So Sam was looking for a member who had alot of skill and talent and that is when he contacted Cameron Leben, the guitarist/vocalist for Boss and Onions, who gladly took up the offer. So within the next week Sam, Cameron, and Hannah threw together a 10 track cd called "Velvet Sludge." They sold the cd to a few people and formed a sort of cult status. So they decided they needed to follow it up with something bigger so for the next month or so(no one quite knows how long)the band recorded tracks here and there until finally they had accomplished their goal. The product of their work(they only do one try of every song and it's mostly improv)was "This Is Me Dying For The People, which ended up being a huge hit because it had a nice blend of very loud angry music with touching acoustic ones and songs that were so offbeat and strange they were likable. So the band went back into the studio, by now Hannah had slowly faded out of the band and was rarely included on any songs, and they recorded "Deathodills". Deathodills was a mess some would say, almost hard to sit through besides two tracks "There Are No Pheasants In Heaven" and "IT". So the band felt they had let their fans down and it was a feeling they didn't want so they just stopped recording almost completely. They've only released one single since then "Still Dying" which is a good track but nothing like what they had before. There have been rumors that the band may be breaking up soon, but according Sam those rumors are not true. He also says they promise to release just one more song before they're done. But right now one knows if there has been any progress on a new album or not.

== Discography ==
Velvet Sludge(2006)

This Is Me Dying For The People(2006)

Deathodills(2006)

Boss and Onions

2006-07-31T03:00:44Z

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== Boss and Onions ==
Boss and Onions is a garage/folk/jam band located in Jamestown. the band is made up of Nick"Onions" Aune and Cameron"Boss"Leben. The band was formed in 2005. they are still together.

== The "story" ==
According to Boss and Onions myspace, the current story of Boss and Onions up to this point is:
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Once upon a time there was a huge factory located in small town ND. This factory made Onion Garlic Butter. The foreman was tall man who everyone called"Boss". Now all the employees feared "Boss". His violent tendencies and impulsive manner earned him a reputation and respect. But above all things it made him very intimidating, and gave him the ability to scare his employees out of their pocket change. He would save this money up for sevral years until he finally bought his two loves- a Peavey Amp and an electric guitar. All was going well with " Boss" and his rule by fear, until one a new employee was hired at the factory. His name was unknown, but everyone called him "Onions" because of his habit of stealing the onions from the factory.Now "Boss" hated "Onions" . His intimidation method didn't seem to work on the calm "Onions". Whenever he threatened " Onions", "Onions" would just laugh at the thought. Well one thing led to another, and there was a huge accident at the factoryinolving a volcano, a live gopher, a wheat thresher, and a " I LOVE NEW YORK" shirt. To make a long story short, "Boss" and "Onions" were out of a job. The next part is unkown, but it is assumed that the two teamed up and roomed to ease the difficulty of rent. That's when boss found out that "Onions" had a keyboard. The two bought a second-hand tape recorder and went to work. With the release of their first cd "Prepare For the ice Age" ,they relized that they could be so much more. So, they planned on going back into the studio and rerecord "Prepare For the Ice Age"!!! After several months passed though, they grew bored of "Prepare For the Ice Age". This boredom frightened them. Could this mean that their creativity was gone? They spent many sleepless nights trying to get back their sound, but to no avail. Suddenly, one morning after 3 months with no sleep the duo realized that maybe all this lack of sleep was helping their sound. They recorded the first thing that came to their heads quickly! And the item produced was the duo's second EP, "Insomniac". They had done it. They had gotten their creativity back. But what about "Prepare For the Ice Age"? And what ever happened to the mysterious "Sexual Foot"(Dont worry we're still working on it.)? The two had to make a decision. What to do next? They decided that their next move should be to thank all the people who had helped them in the past to become what they are today. But how? Thats when the idea was created. Why not use their newly revived musical creativity to thank them? So Boss and Onions began to sing their hearts out about all the people that helped them. The result was " Songs About People" which can be downloaded song by song weekly. After the success of the weekly song about a person , Boss and Onions did the unthinkable. They removed all songs from the myspace. Had Boss and Onions lost their mind? No. Boss and Onions publically announced that they were updating the myspace with all new songs, off of their "Summer Sessions part 1" album. Soon, they thought, the public will see what they are made of."

Of course this story is total fiction.

== The Real Story ==
Boss and Onions was formed through the combined creative brain power of Cameron and Nick. The name came from a spur of the moment random pick of words.
The fathers of Boss and Onions, Cameron and Nick, were friends for several years before forming, and were in the band Guilty Conscience, although no records of this band still exists.
The two one day decided to form a band after Nick had a dream of forming a band.
They at first just played around,solely jamming and recording their tunes. After a while, the duo forgot about Boss and Onions. In winter of 2005, Nick was hospitalized for drinking.In was in the hospital when Nick realized that he and Cameron should get back to work.
So the two went to their typical studio( Sam's house) and in a few hours, recorded their first EP, "Prepare For the Ice Age". Nick was again hospitalized. After Nick was released, the two made a pact to stay up for 24 hours straight, and then record. They did this and produced their second EP,"Insomniac". this album was a long stretch from their original recordings, as it was more serious, more alternative rock, and had no lyrics.They then recorded a series of songs about people they knew. These songs were released weekly on their myspace.It became known as their "Songs About People" singles.
The two are currently working on a new album called "Summer Sessions"

== Discography ==
Prepare For the Ice Age EP 2006

Insomniac 2006

Songs About People: Luke 2006

Songs About People: Jackie 2006

Songs About People: Stephanie 2006

Songs About People: Andi 2006

Summer Sessions 2006

== Websites ==
www.myspace.com/bossandonions

Mary's Sacrificial Lamb

2006-07-31T02:56:31Z

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== Mary's Sacrificial Lamb ==
Mary's Sacrificial Lamb is an J-emo(jesus emo) band out of Jamestown, North Dakota. The band members are Cameron Leben(guitar) and Sam Ova(vocals).

== Background ==
The band formed in early 2006 when Cameron Leben from Boss and Onions met Sam Ova from Mary's Sacrificial Lamb and Sam proposed that they start a band with a few other members(Hannah Steinmetz, Ariana Barnick), needless to say that they all got kicked out of the band and Sam and Cameron were the only two left. So they made a few records, and that's it. They are said to be releasing their final album on May 4th, 2007.

== Discography ==
Velvet Sludge(2006)

This Is Me Dying For The People(2006)

Deathodills(2006)