Midwest Liberal, Fajita (long story), Starship Elcamino,,,,, all terrible names once considered. Mel, the name of a child's movie about a flying turtle, was chosen because it was the only name no one liked, but no one hated.

We very rarely play live. Stay tuned for future dates posted on our official site!

Music will always be free. unless you buy our cd which is 7 dollars... mwah ha ha hah haaaaa

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good question. It all started when james said, " lets start a band" or something like that... I, ben, came over to james' basement one day with my squier bullet series guitar and a 15 watt amp. James played the drums (short sentence). Cory joined us for the next practice. As he walked down the stairs, he was introduced to the only song we could play, When I Come Around, by Green Day. And it probably wasn't even the whole song. Moving on, Carol soon joined the band. We were all there, Carol, Cory, James, and Ben. James conveniently sold his drumset.. to buy a sitar which he never did. Last week, however, he did buy a stand up bass. we played some shows, 1.5 to be exact.... and ......

we all like different stuff, but i think we all agree Radiohead is one quality band

cory's kitchen

First Act Drums
Peavey Raptor guitar
Fender Fat Strat guitar
squier and peavey amps
Danelectro and Boss pedals
Yamaha P33 130 keyboard
Yamaha something else keyboard
Casio Keyboard
Lowrey electronic organ
stand up bass
shanna's bass
bells
trombone
synthesizer (dont know what kind)
mostly mac, some wintel
propellerhead reason
emagic logic
m-audio i/o and
radium 49 midi controller