Artist description World's oldest high school garage band.

Music Style Pop/Rock

Musical Influences Queen, Todd Rundgren, Blue Oyster Cult, Yes

Similar Artists Varied musical styles from 60's R&B to 70's progressive to 90's alternative

Artist History Tragic Rabbit is essentially a high school garage band - was then (1976) and is now (1999). We first formed in Plant High School and we still rehearse (however sporadically) in Alan's garage. As you may surmise from the aforementioned dates (in particular the bi-centennial), we're not your average teenage, high school R'nR band. By some unfathomable freak of the time/space continuum, we have somehow achieved middle-age whilst miraculously maintaining the turbulent angst and pimply skin of those earlier, hormone-driven nether years. Dinosaurs in chameleon clothing, if you will. But, after all, what's so bad about dinosaurs?! Don't forget, they ruled the earth for millions of years and more recently have rendered millions of dollars in box office revenue! Hey, why not the music industry as well? Perhaps we should change our name to The Thunder Lizards. Speaking of names (great segue, huh?) we got our real name, Tragic Rabbit, from a poem in the Anne Rice novel Queen of the Damned. The poem is written by her husband, Stan, and we actually have no idea what it's about. But it has a nice ring to it and comes from a book about vampires so it can't be all bad. If you'd like to know a little bit about the individual members of Tragic Rabbit - too bad! We are a highly tactile and clandestine organization (not unlike the Masonic Order, only more brazen about soliciting donations). This however, I can tell you, we carefully conceal our true muscular and svelt identities behind the guises of overweight, somewhat folically-challenged and gaseous troubadors. The only other information I can safely divulge is that Bo Smith is the singer, writes most of the songs and prefers women which sport plenty of toe cleavage. Alan Tatum and Mike Karup are multi-instrumentalists specializing in guitars, basses and a plethora of painful proctological implements and Jim Harding is the drummer and resident sex symbol (who proves particularly attractive to women who are blind and have no sense of smell). Well, we could go on and on... where does the time go? So if you're still curious, why not stagger out one evening and catch us live at one of our frequent engagements listed on our web site? Or, if you're not so daring, but you're one of those highly intellectual types that appreciates quality and diversity in their musical interludes, by all means sample a helping or two from our cybernetic "platter du jour" we call Music For Chameleons. Bon Appetit! Thanks so much for visiting, getting to know our twisted selves just a little better and please feel free to drop by anytime. Comely or homely, formal or buck naked - we don't care, cause we can't see ya!

Group Members Bo Smith - Singer/Songwriter, Guitars Alan Tatum - Bass, Guitars Mike Karup - Guitars, Bass Jim Harding - Drums, Percussion

Instruments Guitars, bass, drums, vocals, percussion, keyboards,

Albums Music for Chameleons

Press Reviews See web site.

Additional Info Under Glass - 1991

Location Tampa, FL - USA

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