Music Style Punk

Musical Influences Not sure, no set style of music!

Artist History Mike Barr and Patrick Anderson met in 7th grade at Bunker Middle School, and ever since then their friendship has grown tremendously (aww, how gay). Over the next 3 years they traded CDs, wrestled in the backyard, and attended numerous Fury games. By 11th grade, they, along with Nate Brott, they were best friends, and for Christmas that year, Patrick received his first guitar. Since then, he and Mike had wanted to start a band, but after a year of trying still no band. But one cool winter day, Mike and Patrick stumbled onto a gold mine, and created the Penis Song. It was quite a popular song among friends. It's catchy music and interesting and creative lyrics is the same recipe that fuels the Toad to this day. Enter Thorsen. Mike and Patrick met Nate Thorsen during their 11th grade year. They had started attending shows together and eventually became good friends with him. During his 11th grade year, a year behind Mike and Patrick, he decided he wanted to play an instrument. There were so many guitar players and he couldn’t afford drums, so he bought a bass, and he sucked penis. So, he sold his bass to Patrick and saved his money. Guitar Center was having a huge sale and through some miracle, his dad gave him a ride and he got his drum set. Patrick and Nate tried to jam a few times but Thorsen didn't know thing one about drumming, and he had no cymbals. But after acquiring some cymbals and a short drum lesson, he was on his way to becoming one of the greats (well, an OK anyway). Then Mike and Patrick graduated and summer began. Grad party after grad party, hanging out and having fun. Then the faithful day, Punks in the Park. Everyone came out to see the greats the Wack Trucks. This show alone fueled the fire inside Thorsen and he demanded Mike and Patrick start a band with him. Mike was going to play bass, which he couldn't and Patrick was going to sing and play guitar, which he couldn't. They needed a bass amp so they bought Corey's right then for $180. The show was over and they headed to the car but something wasn't right...there was this kid with a giant red fro and glasses following them to the car. Patrick and Thorsen both had the look of "who the hell is this?" on their faces. It was Mike Larson, and he and Mike had known each other because they are like fifth cousins or something. He joined them and they packed up the equipment and headed for Thorsen's, where they sucked. They had nothin. After about 20 minutes of suck fest 2002, Larson asked to see the bass, and he could actually play it. In the window of opportunity, Larson joined and Mike could go back to singing as planned. They called it quits but decided to practice in a few days. Even though everyone but Thorsen thought that this band was a joke, Patrick worked on some music, one riff in particular, and Mike found some old lyrics. When they met back they got some music down and that one riff eventually became Corey Loves the Cock, their first song. Now they needed a name. Many were concidered (the lime green peaches, the window lickers, the tater tots) but magic the gathering came to the rescue and ChubToad was born. After a couple more jams they had something to work with but little progress was made. Then all of a sudden they had a burst of creativity and such classics were born as Take it Out, Every Neil Young song, Grandma, Butt Rock, and ChubToad Hop. Mike and Patrick then decided to resurrect the Penis Song, a sure classic. Larson then made a website and got them a small following. With 7 songs under their belt that recorded a demo, and it was sad. Mike was still singing out of a 15 watt amp so he and Patrick left Thorsen $500 to get a P.A. with and he did just that. After moving the practice space to Mike's house they turned out Republicans Suck. They went to Warped Tour, and when they got back they had a show. August 10th at the Fruitport Bandshell. Although it wasn't originally their show to set up, they were the driving force behind making it happen. They worked hard and they were ready but they needed one thing, so the called on an old friend...Steve Madole. Patrick and Thorsen had the idea of creating a mascot for the band, a chubby toad. Steve agreed to become the toad, so late one night at Glenside Pub Thorsen designed the costume, and over the next few days Patrick put it into effect. All their friends would agree that the first show rocked hard, even though they sucked so bad. However, they all felt something special, and knew they had never seen anything quite like ChubToad. About a month had gone by, they picked up some covers and Tuna Round and The Whore were born. Then out of nowhere, Tim had hooked them up with a show at Rock Harbor Cafe. This time around, they stunned the crowd and their following grew. Although Steve couldn't make it, it was a good show. Their next show was at the Harbor on October 11th. The show was a disaster. Their performance wasn't bad but they had huge conflicts with the owners. They were turned of for the word "ass" but every other band said far worse things than that and nothing happened. They were pissed. They felt take advantage of, like an 8 year old girl in an ally at 3 in the morning. But they would not be pushed around because they were a young, irregular band, so they decided to stand up for themselves. On October 25th, with Steve present, they had their CD release party at the Harbor and they came out rockin'! Selling 40 CDs that night, about 1 in 5 bought one, they were happy. But they found out that some kid stole almost 20 CDs from them. They vowed to get him, but even that would not slow down the Toad. This is just the beginning of the Legend of Chubtoad. As Mysterious as a Magic Eight-Ball, as Immortal as the Highlander, and as Entertaining as a Snowboarding Moose on heroin, The Toad will forever be imbedded in the hearts and minds of the people who came to love and embrace them. THE END oh and they lived happily ever after...

Group Members Mike Barr-Singer Patrick Anderson-Guitar Nate Thorsen-Drums Mike Lason-Bass

Albums The Best Sex You Never Had

Location Muskegon, Michigan - USA

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