The Original Ripoffs
The Original Ripoffs are a Christian band from Chicago who play a unique mix of punk, folk and ska. However, the "Ripoffs" part of the name applies to us because we do borrow quite a bit from other bands.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Our first show will be at Souled Out Berwyn (7009 W. Ogden Ave. in Berwyn) on January 29, 2005.
Your musical influences
Our biggest musical influences include Flatfoot 56, Five Iron Frenzy, and the O.C. Supertones.
What equipment do you use?
Brian only uses instruments and amps from eBay.
Luke only uses Cheap-as-Crap (TM) equiptment.
Jeremy uses his own mouth piece. Touch it and die.
And Billy only uses The best equipment money can buy.
Tyler uses Gettolicious drums and beats.
Anything else?
We're now moving in a more ska-ish direction with our songwriting, so it should get better and better.
