The Kujats
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Hi. My name is Evan. And let me fucking tell you... It's hard to start a band in a small town. I learned this over the course of almost 3 years, because I tried pretty hard to start a modernized hardcore band with a political drive, with a musical sound along the lines of bands such as Norma Jean and Zao.
You see.... at age 15, I had cancer. Fortunately, after virtually losing a year of my life... I survived. However, along the road, I was given the chance to "Make-A-Wish". What did I get? Why... I got an assload of music equipment. More than any teenager should have. A bass rig worth about $2500 (being a bass player), a fairly equipped drumset, A half-decent guitar amp, some instruments, and most importantly: a powerful Mixer/PA system.
With this... the attempts to form a band begun. However... it just didnt work with the people I tried with.... and that wasnt too many people, since I live out in the middle of nowhere. FORTUNATELY.... I converted to a more in-demand instrument: Drums. It was easy to master rhythm for me, cuz I've been in music since I was a kid. Just looking at my drumset, you can tell who I take after when I play. Dave Grohl.
Well... my equipment also was helpful to my friend Ricky. Within a few months, he learned guitar, and naturally began to play and sing at the same time. Over the course of about a year, we covered almost every Nirvana song you can think of. But.... we needed someone else. So one day, Ricky was skating with his friend Dan, as usual... and he said "You should play bass for us". BAM! We added a bass player, and now the songs are popping up left and right.
If you add the fact that Ricky bought a really loud Marshall stack... then that's pretty much the basis of the story. I'm currently working on self-producing a little EP for us... so I hope to get this site fully set up with new music soon. Till then... enjoy the Nirvana covers from December.Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes, when we can. We're looking to try and get any sort of shows in the Rochester metro area, and we would be willing to go as far as Buffalo for a gig.
What equipment do you use?
Rick uses:
-Shure Mic (with an orange windscreen!)
-"Customized" Squier Afinity Strat, with a Humbucker
-Marshall AVT150 Head
-Marshall 1960A Cabinet
-Digitech Grunge Pedal
-Ibanez Chorus/Flange Pedal
Dan uses:
-Squier Afinity P-Bass
-Ampeg B2R (as a preamp only)
-QSC RMX1450 Power amp (run in stereo)
-Ampeg BXT410 cab, 4ohms
-Ampeg BXT115 cab, 4ohms
-Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal
Evan Uses:
-Pearl Export Series 5-piece drumset
-Sabian B8 Ride, China, Crash cymbals, and Hi-Hats
-Coda Crash cymbal
-Shure Mics
-Vic Firth "CMM Metals" Sticks
-Vic Firth Ralph Hardimon Signature marching sticks
We Record with:
-Mackie 808M
-Tascam MK-II Analog 4-trackAll comments (2)
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Evan
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dude you guys rock gomer says that you rule also.keep grunge alive c-ya