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Humanimal
NEWS
The last show's review:
What to say about this show? I don't know, how 'bout:
"Well, it's me, EZP, and I'm listening to the show and drinking a Guiness right now. Last night, Jewmanimal hooked up his laptop to the PA, so's the Humanimals could record live. Let me tell you, it's a f***ing rock show people. Songs that tend to meander to the left and to the right. Songs that have long-ass endings. Short sets. That kind of thing."
Listening to last night's recording is an eye-opener. Humanimal is trying to scrape together a live album. So the Humanimals sit and think:
"How are we gonna bankroll a live recording?"
So they call Andy, the producer of thier last album, The Mythologies:
"Andy, how much you wanna charge us for recording a live album? We wanna do a double album. One of originals and one of the Humanimal covers."
"5 to 6 hunderd."
And so a flamewar is ignited. You've got the Humanimals in the band that wanna go for it (JJ and Paul). Then you've got the band members that don't wanna shell out the cash (Dave). You've also got the Humanimals that wanna do it on their own (Jewmanimal), and then you got the Humanimal who the other Humanimals forgot to ask his opinion (Dan).
This whole discussion of recording a live album happened during show set-up. Some people were already there. Grump and Dave James from the mighty Skunkweed were in attendence. 2 girls were there playing darts, and one of 'em asked Paul some questions...you know, friendly banter. Paul being freindly..he answered her questions regarding why the Irish Pub was a great place to play. The girl was cute, so when the other girl walked up, Paul realized the girls were lovers. Not wanting to get his ass beat by the tougher girl, Paul made sure to leave be4 things got ugly.
Jarrette the Grand Duke of Hazzard made an 8-song appearance. He was hot off the recent Bowl Of Cereal release "Ass-Mouth Deodorant Mouthwash" ( http://www.jarretteschule.com/movies.asp ). Long ago the Humanimals decided to record an album. On their way to Austin, Ben and Jarrette wrote skits for the album. One of those skits was "A Word From Our Sponsors" in which Jarrette and Ben wrote about all the different companies that sponsored the Humanimal album. One of those companies created Ass-Mouth Deodorant Mouthwash. So, for 7 months after the album came out, nothing happened. But then, on the weekend of April 30th, 2005 things were different. Bowl Of Cereal (the BOC) showed up at the Health Science Center and filmed all scenes in about 1.5 hrs. The website was getting a major spike in original hits from people checking out the site. The Humanimals had the brains to e-mail all 250 people on the Humanimal Legion Of Power E-mail list about the new movie.
It's a lot of progress. And Paul was leaving it behind in a matter of weeks.....2 more shows left. Around 20 months in a row of Humanimal Adventures. One album, severed ties with the majority of 99.5 KISS, the alliance with other SA town bands, TV, radio, magazine. Gone. 20 months of tightning the band up..so nasty tight. Over. What was to happen? Well, Maestro is planning to jump in the Humanimal guitar business.
If I was to stay, I would take a break. 5 weeks off. No shows. Only writing new Humanimal Songs and the bringing in 10 or so new Humanimal Covers. Which translates to about 5 total in real life. Writing new songs in Humanimal isn't too tough. We've aced the three chord clownshow, having exhausted that shitpile long ago. The last couple o' songs were actually a little more complicated. Hogan, Rubberneckers, Tron (kind of). Good songs too.
That is why getting the last show as a live recording is so important. It would be to capture what took so long to build. So you could have that album. Immortalized, quality style. Not Humanimal "Learn From Your Mistakes But Still Screw Up Somehow" style. With newer artwork and TWO albums in there.
So what if Paul stayed? New album. New material. A new logo, a new look. New cities to play. Open for acts that bring in the people...give those people a show.
So...as things wrap up, what is to happen of the Good Doctor? Will he start a new band in Arizona? Will it be another Humanimal? Will it be the next Bon Jovi? Who knows. But hopefully, if the Hermananimals permit...I will continue to keep ye posted, right here, on the Planet Humanimal Forum, you heard it on here.
What to say about this show? I don't know, how 'bout:
"Well, it's me, EZP, and I'm listening to the show and drinking a Guiness right now. Last night, Jewmanimal hooked up his laptop to the PA, so's the Humanimals could record live. Let me tell you, it's a f***ing rock show people. Songs that tend to meander to the left and to the right. Songs that have long-ass endings. Short sets. That kind of thing."
Listening to last night's recording is an eye-opener. Humanimal is trying to scrape together a live album. So the Humanimals sit and think:
"How are we gonna bankroll a live recording?"
So they call Andy, the producer of thier last album, The Mythologies:
"Andy, how much you wanna charge us for recording a live album? We wanna do a double album. One of originals and one of the Humanimal covers."
"5 to 6 hunderd."
And so a flamewar is ignited. You've got the Humanimals in the band that wanna go for it (JJ and Paul). Then you've got the band members that don't wanna shell out the cash (Dave). You've also got the Humanimals that wanna do it on their own (Jewmanimal), and then you got the Humanimal who the other Humanimals forgot to ask his opinion (Dan).
This whole discussion of recording a live album happened during show set-up. Some people were already there. Grump and Dave James from the mighty Skunkweed were in attendence. 2 girls were there playing darts, and one of 'em asked Paul some questions...you know, friendly banter. Paul being freindly..he answered her questions regarding why the Irish Pub was a great place to play. The girl was cute, so when the other girl walked up, Paul realized the girls were lovers. Not wanting to get his ass beat by the tougher girl, Paul made sure to leave be4 things got ugly.
Jarrette the Grand Duke of Hazzard made an 8-song appearance. He was hot off the recent Bowl Of Cereal release "Ass-Mouth Deodorant Mouthwash" ( http://www.jarretteschule.com/movies.asp ). Long ago the Humanimals decided to record an album. On their way to Austin, Ben and Jarrette wrote skits for the album. One of those skits was "A Word From Our Sponsors" in which Jarrette and Ben wrote about all the different companies that sponsored the Humanimal album. One of those companies created Ass-Mouth Deodorant Mouthwash. So, for 7 months after the album came out, nothing happened. But then, on the weekend of April 30th, 2005 things were different. Bowl Of Cereal (the BOC) showed up at the Health Science Center and filmed all scenes in about 1.5 hrs. The website was getting a major spike in original hits from people checking out the site. The Humanimals had the brains to e-mail all 250 people on the Humanimal Legion Of Power E-mail list about the new movie.
It's a lot of progress. And Paul was leaving it behind in a matter of weeks.....2 more shows left. Around 20 months in a row of Humanimal Adventures. One album, severed ties with the majority of 99.5 KISS, the alliance with other SA town bands, TV, radio, magazine. Gone. 20 months of tightning the band up..so nasty tight. Over. What was to happen? Well, Maestro is planning to jump in the Humanimal guitar business.
If I was to stay, I would take a break. 5 weeks off. No shows. Only writing new Humanimal Songs and the bringing in 10 or so new Humanimal Covers. Which translates to about 5 total in real life. Writing new songs in Humanimal isn't too tough. We've aced the three chord clownshow, having exhausted that shitpile long ago. The last couple o' songs were actually a little more complicated. Hogan, Rubberneckers, Tron (kind of). Good songs too.
That is why getting the last show as a live recording is so important. It would be to capture what took so long to build. So you could have that album. Immortalized, quality style. Not Humanimal "Learn From Your Mistakes But Still Screw Up Somehow" style. With newer artwork and TWO albums in there.
So what if Paul stayed? New album. New material. A new logo, a new look. New cities to play. Open for acts that bring in the people...give those people a show.
So...as things wrap up, what is to happen of the Good Doctor? Will he start a new band in Arizona? Will it be another Humanimal? Will it be the next Bon Jovi? Who knows. But hopefully, if the Hermananimals permit...I will continue to keep ye posted, right here, on the Planet Humanimal Forum, you heard it on here.
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Well if you've made it to this bad ass futuristic page then you're obviously interested in how Humanimal and their supersonic songs came to be. It all started late in the summer of '97. Paul Langlais had just graduated from Texas Tech and was back in town after a roadtrip to his homeland of Quebec with his brother Mark and his Pops. Ben Schenk had just returned to town after a summer in Vermont as a camp counselor. Ben had become pretty tight with the Grand Duke of Hazzard Supreme a.k.a. Jarrette Schule and another dude, Dave "Hollywood" Jimenez over the past couple of years. Paul was looking for a new band, having had a successful run with his first band at Tech, Death Star, which he started with Blayne "EZB" Terry. One night in early September, Schenk called up Paul and got him to cruise to this guy Dave's house. Paul brought his trusty acoustic and after a couple of Line Star Light tall boys, Paul played a Death Star original called "Cho Chai Thai" and Dave was sold......So they began jamming, two acoustics, recording everything with a Karaoke machine that Paul had since Christmas of '87. And so they jammed in apartments, at The Lakehouse, at Paul's parents house, and then they got the balls to do open mics. One day, a girl named Heather Phillips called Dave and told him that she got an audition for Humanimal at the infamous Tequila Mockingbird downtown on the San Antonio Riverwalk. They got the gig, which was hosting an open mic show of thier very own every Sunday night which started in March of '98. Humanimal jammed at Tequila Mockingbird for about two years until it all came to an end when Dave decided to move to Hollywood. And so Dave went to Hollywood for two years and then one day in July of '03, he showed up at the lab, surprised Paul, and declared that the Rover was out front with U-Haul in tow and that he was back in SA town for good. It was that day that Humanimal saddled up and began to ride again. After about ten days, the legendary Cameron Mansker called up Dave and declared that she had secured an audition for Humanimal at a place called Alibi's, downtown near Sunset Station. The owner, Nick Johnson, was an instant Humanimal sympathiser, and offered the boys a steady gig Saturday nights as an acoustic two man show. After about one month, Dave and Paul reunited with the original members of Humanimal, Dan "The Automator" Aranda on drums and Jason "The Jewish Jailbird" Hernandez on sax, by a pure twist of fate. With the help of Amy "Miss Humanimal 2003" Jackson they recruited an architecture student from UTSA, J.J. "Fozzy Bear" Weiss as the bass player.....and well, to put it bluntly, sh*** just straight up took off. Humanimal began to make a name around town, and in just under 2 years the band managed to release the magnum rock opus "The Mythologies" and counquer SA town by winning the hearts of fans and the media alike
Why this name?
Humanimal became official after searching for a band name for a little over a month. The name Humanimal came from a skit on "Mr. Show", which was on H.BO. during '97 and '98 (the same show that helped launch Tenacious D). Originally, Paul was not interested in the name Humanimal, he preferred Manchine, but was outvoted (2 to 1, Schenk and Dave vs. Paul)
Do you play live?
Hell yes we play live, we live for it. San Antonio Texas, straight outta SA Town. We're too stupid to get our sh*** together and play Austin, Houston, Dalls, the Coast...
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
It gives bands like mine MASSIVE exposure compared to no internet. Duh.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Hell yes. They do all the sh*** work while we surf the world.
Band History:
They officially became Humanimal after searching for a band name for a little over a month. The name Humanimal came from a skit on "Mr. Show", which was on H.BO. during '97 and '98 (the same show that helped launch Tenacious D). Originally, Paul was not interested in the name Humanimal, he preferred Manchine, but was outvoted (2 to 1, Schenk and Dave vs. Paul)
Your influences?
Rock music....but everyone who reviews our jams says massive punk influence. I guess some of the jams are, but I didn't realize it till someone told me two years later. We got jams that rap, 3-chord jams, songs that are fast and slow. We sound like everything from the Talking Heads (again, I have no idea why, that's just what others say, alot) to Run-DMC. They say Cake, Rage Against the Machine, classic rock, punk rock, old-school rap. The lyrics are lighthearted, we can't take ourselves too seriously, it's a curse and a blessing. We're a 5-man band: drums (he's like a feggin' jackhammer with massive precision), rhythm guitar (tube-driven '60's hollowbody, defines A LOT of the band's sound), bassman (he's a dancemachine, it comes out in the basslines...very driving), sax (it just happened, but alot of haters say we're trying to be different, but we ain't trying to do shit...we roll with the punches), and of course a singer that people either love or hate. You be the judge.....
Favorite spot?
SA TOWN BYATCH!!!!
Equipment used:
Guitar: Marshall Tube Driven 60 watt amp from '98, miced up to an AKG C1000S condensor microphone (that's the key!!) and an old ass Harmony hollow body from the '60's.
Drums: Some massive Tama that has a cage that's a pain in the ass to dodge live at the show. And a srum mod, don't know the brand but it has that bad ass 808 kick drum that rap has made famous.
Bassman: Ibenez, 4 string and this massive 4x12" lotta watt Hartke cab.
Sax: The smaller one, it cost 11 G's!!!!!
Singer: SM-58 Beta and an AKG wireless I think.
Drums: Some massive Tama that has a cage that's a pain in the ass to dodge live at the show. And a srum mod, don't know the brand but it has that bad ass 808 kick drum that rap has made famous.
Bassman: Ibenez, 4 string and this massive 4x12" lotta watt Hartke cab.
Sax: The smaller one, it cost 11 G's!!!!!
Singer: SM-58 Beta and an AKG wireless I think.