Hammerhead - Revision history

Mathematicscore at 21:56, 13 March 2021

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Yauch: /* Discography */

2020-08-28T14:22:52Z

‎Discography

Pl31tch at 13:43, 20 March 2018

2018-03-20T13:43:21Z

Pl31tch at 16:13, 19 March 2018

2018-03-19T16:13:47Z

Pl31tch at 16:46, 27 October 2015

2015-10-27T16:46:52Z

Pl31tch at 16:45, 27 October 2015

2015-10-27T16:45:04Z

Apbahn: /* Testimony Andy Bahn */

2007-08-28T15:38:58Z

‎Testimony Andy Bahn

Apbahn: /* Members */

2007-08-28T13:49:30Z

‎Members

Apbahn: /* Members */

2007-08-28T13:49:02Z

‎Members

Apbahn: /* Testimony Andy Bahn */

2007-08-28T13:46:06Z

‎Testimony Andy Bahn

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:56, 13 March 2021
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	*[[Vaz]]		*[[Vaz]]

−	[[Category: Fargo]] [[Category: Minneapolis]]	+	[[Category: Fargo]] [[Category: Minneapolis]] [[Category:90's]] [[Category:2010's]]

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 *Split 7-inch with godheadSilo, Oxo Records
 *Split 7-inch with Halo of Kittens, Amphetamine Reptile Records
 *"Ethereal Killer" Amphetamine Reptile
 *"Evil Twin" EP Amphetamine Reptile

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 Hammerhead performs at the CBGB on July 23rd 1993, video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY275WStlu0 here]
-== Fly
+== Flyers ==
 Derek Hess did some awesome posters for the band in 1994 and 1995.
-http://www.derekhess.com/images/gallery/1994/hammerhead9402.jpg
+* http://www.derekhess.com/images/gallery/1994/hammerhead9402.jpg
-http://www.derekhess.com/images/gallery/1996/hammerhead.jpg -doug
+* http://www.derekhess.com/images/gallery/1996/hammerhead.jpg -doug
 == Discography ==

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-[[[image: Hammerhead.jpg|thumb|right]]Someone can probably do a better job explaining this than I can (and please do)... the band got their start in Fargo, hooked up with Amphetamine Reptile Records somewhere along the way and then moved to Minneapolis, toured like mad, released a bunch of records and broke up. [[Paul Sanders]] started a band called moreRAM (which released a 7-inch on [[Meat Records]]) and [[Paul Erickson]] and [[Jeff Mooridian]] started up Vaz.
+Someone can probably do a better job explaining this than I can (and please do)... the band got their start in Moorhead, hooked up with Amphetamine Reptile Records somewhere along the way and then moved to Minneapolis, toured like mad, released a bunch of records and broke up. [[Paul Sanders]] started a band called moreRAM (which released a 7-inch on [[Meat Records]]) and [[Paul Erickson]] and [[Jeff Mooridian]] started up Vaz.
 == Members ==
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 In the fall, Paul Erickson went back back to Moorhead and I went to St. Cloud. More [[December's Children]] ([[Paul Sanders]] goes to Madison and [[Mark Schroeder]] fills in on Bass while he's away) and a year goes by. I leave St CLoud in the spring of 1988 and move to Moorhead to join my mates for Rock-n-roll. Diddy Wah Diddy ([[Ditty Wah Ditty]]) is formed with Paul Erickson on Drums, Paul Sanders on bass, and Steve and I on guitar(Jeff Mooridian moves somewhere and is gone for a time from Fargo -so December's Children days come to an end). We play all summer and as young people are want to do, dramatics happen and somehow the band disintegrates in the fall and Steve Mann moves to Mpls leaving Paul, Paul and I to form the next version of [[Floored]] as a three-piece, although we originally called ourselves "Geeks." We are just getting going when winter arrives and Paul Sanders and I decide to forgo the winter in Fargo and move to Utah and California, respectively. We come back in the spring and Floored picks up some steam until we actually start sounding like a band - somewhere between MC5, Dinosaur Jr, and The Stooges. Many recordings are made and several shows happen that only a handful of people ever witnessed. We develop many songs and dream of making it, but we never manage to gain an audience or win a bit of luck.
-Meanwhile, Paul E spends his free time plunking around on the bass and smoking pot while talking with his good friend Joel Longtine aka Moleman. Mostly, they listen to music all day long, but over many bowls the idea of Hammerhead is borne among heavy bass licks and the story of the Gremlin Brother twins -  Roky and Roly (Get it? Rock and Roll...). Paul is Roky and I am his twin brother Roly. Jeff Mooridian is Renny and Paul Sanders is Rummy who only gets to watch his older brothers while trying to stay out of their way. Roky, Roly and Renny are rocking in the basement and suddenly out the dirt floor emerges Moleman. Joel was a budding cartoonist and the story has a comic book plot and was talked about more than actually drawn or written. There are plans of long haired wigs and platfrom shoes (Floored was banned from Ralph's and Kirby's for long periods of time because we were too loud - thus incognito) with guitar straps shortened and bell bottom slacks. Anyway, the culmination was a show at 7th street entry on Tuesday new band night in the spring of 1990 (Paul Erickson had a tape of this show, but don't know if he still has it). [[December's Children]] opened, followed by Diddy-Wah-Diddy, and then Hammerhead's first show. [[Floored]] closed out the night. Hammerhead was the highlight of the evening (Moleman was on fire and did the highest flying scissor kick I'd ever seen in my life - even if he did end up landing flat on his ass, it was mega-cool), although all bands put on great shows even with a shortened Floored set due to personality breakdowns from a long, drunk and drug filled evening.
+Meanwhile, Paul E spends his free time plunking around on the bass and smoking pot while talking with his good friend Joel Longtine aka Moleman. Mostly, they listen to music all day long, but over many bowls the idea of Hammerhead is borne among heavy bass licks and the story of the Gremlin Brother twins -  Roky and Roly (Get it? Rock and Roll...). Paul is Roky and I am his twin brother Roly. Jeff Mooridian is Renny and Paul Sanders is Rummy who only gets to watch his older brothers while trying to stay out of their way. Roky, Roly and Renny are rocking in the basement and suddenly out the dirt floor emerges Moleman. Joel was a budding cartoonist and the story has a comic book plot and was talked about more than actually drawn or written. There are plans of long haired wigs and platfrom shoes (Floored was banned from [http://ralphscorner.com Ralph's] and Kirby's for long periods of time because we were too loud - thus incognito) with guitar straps shortened and bell bottom slacks. Anyway, the culmination was a show at 7th street entry on Tuesday new band night in the spring of 1990 (Paul Erickson had a tape of this show, but don't know if he still has it). [[December's Children]] opened, followed by Diddy-Wah-Diddy, and then Hammerhead's first show. [[Floored]] closed out the night. Hammerhead was the highlight of the evening (Moleman was on fire and did the highest flying scissor kick I'd ever seen in my life - even if he did end up landing flat on his ass, it was mega-cool), although all bands put on great shows even with a shortened Floored set due to personality breakdowns from a long, drunk and drug filled evening.
 Let me see..., more dramatics, and [[Floored]] is still going through the summer of 1990 in Fargo. Diddy-Wah-Diddy reforms and disbands over more dramatics (there were punches thrown in there somewhere, but nobody hurt much - other than ego and pride). Paul E is forced to move out of his small home on the North West edge of Moorhead in the fall which had been established as the practice place and late night party house. I suddenly get a sense of the futility of it all and tell Paul E and Paul S, that my time in the band is coming to a close. "Wait," they tell me, "we have a gig at the Uptown in Minneapolis opening for a band called 'The Cows!'" "Sorry," I reply, "I'm out of here." Well, the rest is history. Paul, Jeff and Paul put together the new Hammerhead in short time with Paul S taking my place on guitar and without Moleman on vocals. There are a few shows bringing back Moleman, but the bright lights are not for him. I observe from afar as my old friends enjoy success I once craved.

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 *[[Oblivion Ensemble]]
 *[[MoreRam]]
-*[[Vaz]
+*[[Vaz]]
 [[Category: Fargo]] [[Category: Minneapolis]]

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 *[[Hungness, Brannon]] (guitar)
 *[[Andy Bahn]] (guitar)
-*[[Joel Longtine]]aka Moleman (vocals)
+*[[Joel Longtine]] aka Moleman (vocals)
 == Testimony Andy Bahn ==