Music Style GoonCore

Artist History The year - 1988. The place - Spring Hill, Florida. A place of wonder, a place of possibilities, a place for old people to die in peace. Except three transplants from the Northeast of America had different plans. With the rukus of skateboard trucks on homemade ramps no longer enough to charge an ever-growing onslaught of new and dangerous hormones coursing through their bodies, Marcus Membrane, from Long Island; Bambi, from New Jersey; and Dan C., from New Hampshire; set out to emulate their favorite bands and hopefully reduce the median age of the semi-retirement burg they were forced to move to. Originally the plan was to have Marcus play guitar and sing, Bambi would play drums and Dan C. had a bass and a garage - thus making him the bassist. Soon a couple of things came to light making this harder than originally thought: Bambi had the rhythm of a slug fresh off the tilt-a-whirl at the county fair and Marcus could barely play guitar, let alone play AND sing. Dan's older brother, Scott, sang for a little bit, but mostly only "Louie Louie," which stayed in the band's repetoire for years after, mutating into "Louie Louie - He Loves Cheese." A real replacement was found in Aaron who had just moved to Spring Hill from Syracuse, New York. He sang for the first important shows at Tampa's Sunset Club. Bambi got a bad case of stage fright and was (thankfully) replaced by Mr. Cool, also a Long Islander, at the last minute. The now infamous two night stand with Mistaken Identity (M.I.)was a smashing success and even got mention in Maximum Rock n' Roll's Florida scene report. It seemed the Socks had finally arrived. Aaron decided that he wanted to take the band in a more political direction but since R.S.S. was dedicated to the goony anthems of Murphy's Law and Adrenalin O.D., such a move was impossible. Plus, with the stickers which had flooded the Tampa Bay area proclaiming "We have no talent and we don't care" his demise was certain. Bambi, having left his nickname behind in the wake of a particulary painful adolescent molting ritual, came back as vocalist Hairy Dangler, whether he liked it or not. Plus, he had a cool trailer where the band could practice. He still, however, didn't contain a lick of rhythm whatsoever, as evidenced on the Politeness Counts track "Hokey Pokey." Chuck Roast, drummer of M.I. moved up to the trailer in Hernando for a stint and learned all the songs while there. A demo tape, a summerful of shows at Arts Alive nearly every weekend and some questionable tattoos and guitar-work (or lack thereof) by Marcus landed the band out of favor in the New Wave playground known as Tampa. It seemed the time had come for the time-honored practice known as "woodshedding." Much like Sonny Rollins under the Manhattan Bridge working his chops into amazing form when he felt his title as "Saxaphone Colossus" was no longer applicable, Marcus put the other 3 strings on his guitar and hunkered down. With some advice from Big Dan P., monster guitar man of M.I., Marcus became a marginal player and no longer endured scorn of others who looked down on his 3 string-style. Two more shows were played, one at the Rainbow Club in Tampa which stood as the first show with Freddy Crowbar (then of Love Mary fame, soon to be the main attraction of Birth Defect). The next was to be a fairwell show of sorts as core members left for different parts of the country on sabbatical and also to avoid prosecution for destruction of property at the University of South Florida's Big Wave Blow Out. As it happens, the legendary show at the Big Wave Blowout was a spark, kindling the future of RSS like the flames billowing from the destruction at the show. While RSS blew away the collegiate crowd, who were woefully unprepared for the thrashing they were to recieve, a confused hippy volunteered to run the lights. A long haired freak named Captain Caveman. As he watched the band tweak the sensibilities of the fraternity hordes, he said to himself " I must play in this band". Realising eminent danger was nigh, the Captain helped the band beat a hasty retreat, before they could be arrested or worse. While the Captain, as well as the band, have been advised by their high priced legal team not to mention specifics, the seeds of mayhem were planted in Caveman's puny mind and he wandered the streets, lost until RSS could re-unite, chanting to himself and anyone who would listen "Gooncore" over and over. His hair grew longer and his mind grew hazier, but he never forgot that one word, from which he drew so much power and inspiration. After recording what was to be the debut 7 inch, Marcus found himself not quite satisfied with some of the material and got a hold of Chuck Roast in California for some remixing. It soon turned into a full-blown recording session, redoing a couple of tunes and churning out a couple of others. The end result was too long for a 7 inch, which was fine 'cause the cover size makes everything look better. The "Politeness Counts" e.p. was well received and a series of barnstorming tours were set up, criss-crossing the Southeast with a fury never before witnessed from these gooncore hooligans. Constant performing with the most solid line-up to date, Pam Coatings on bass and Capt. Caveman on second guitar along with Marcus and Chuck, cemented their reputation as the hardest working act in rock n' roll.

Group Members Marcus MembraneSikki NixxCaptain CavemanChuck Roast

Instruments Drums, guitars, bass, alarm clocks

Albums Songs to Golf to, Politeness Counts

Press Reviews Tons of em'

Location Spring Hill, FL - USA

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