BZ (Texas)
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BZ - Demo '94 - 01. Stupid BZ - Demo '94 - 01. Stupid
BZ - Angel & Tommy.mp3 BZ - Angel & Tommy.mp3
Wesley M. Dodson Jr.
(guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, vocals, & samples)
Jan Mundorff - vocals on "Angel & Tommy"
Stan Baker - drums on "Beer For Breakfast" and "Texas Hippie"
Milton Rush - backing vocals on "Texas Hippie"
Terry Aden - bass on "Beer For Breakfast", vocals on "Texas Hippie"
Cover art: Mr. Harold Wayne Rush (R.I.P)Band/artist history
In Magnolia, Texas, the turn of 1994 saw the demise of Cheesy Drip followed up with a handful of 4-track recordings. Initially titled Gravy Day Demo '94, the title BZ would ultimately replace it as a more meaningful moniker.
http://www.soundclick.com/cheesydrip
During the summer of '94, film maker, Todd Jason Cook, scouted The Animal House out as a set for his film, Death Metal Zombies (Screamtime Films, 1995).
Jan Mundorff & Wes Dodson were newly acquainted, apprentice drunkards and spent a month or so 'bonding' during the filming if DMZ.
The two wound up collaborating on the closing track of the BZ collection, "Angel & Tommy", which was composed as a mock theme to Death Metal Zombies.
"Angel & Tommy" would later be included in the closing credits of the film.
Death Metal Zombies would also introduce Jan & Wes to a cast/crew member named, Thomas 'Shengar' Banta.
The following year, Jan, Wes, and Shengar would team up for a three year stint under the ratbastard banner.
http://www.soundclick.com/ratbastard
http://www.reverbnation.com/ratbastard
It can be said without so much an inkling of denial that ratbastard literally procreated out of the set of Death Metal Zombies!
Thanks a bunch, Todd!
Death Metal Zombies @ IMDb:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470121/Have you performed in front of an audience?99% of BZ took place at The Animal House in Magnolia, Texas. There is photographic evidence of a single outdoor performance that took place in the back of the Hazy Hollow subdivision in Magnolia, Texas.
Anything else?
A number of the first run tapes (at least 17) were labeled, Gravy Day - Demo '94. These did not contain the tracks "Texas Hippie" or "Angel & Tommy", as they had yet to be written. The closing track on the Gravy Day demo was a track called, "Vidor", which was omitted after the name change and inclusion of the aforementioned tracks.
Combined, Gravy Day/ BZ had a limited number production run of 101 cassettes.
"Vidor" can now be found on the Reverend Jim page @
http://www.soundclick.com/REVERENDJIM
(FROM ORIGINAL LINER NOTES)
All songs written by: Wesley M. Dodson Jr.
except "Angel & Tommy" - lyrics: Jan Mundorff; music: Wesley M. Dodson Jr.
Recorded at The Animal House - Magnolia, Texas
4/94 - 9/94
Thanks to: Gerald Aden, Sharon Aden, Terry Aden, Stan Baker, J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs, William Gernand, Keith Hilton, Horrorscope Films, Paul Joiner, Dorian Lugo, and special thanks to Milton Rush.
In memory of Lisa Williams
Magnolia, Tx.
USA
ID
1254111
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