// YOUR BAND IS MY LIFE //

I saw Kidd Death a couple of times in Sioux City. Once at the Kings Court and the other was opening for FEAR at I think the Sioux City Convention Center. Kidd Death opened and then this band called the Skatenigs played. They were awful. The singer had a fake penis filled with some sort goo that he proceeded to squirt all over the crowd. Then FEAR played. I just remember thinking that they weren’t anything like what they were on the Decline of the Western Civilization video. But they were old.

This 7″ is amazing. Seeing Kidd Death was always memorable. Pete always had his sidekick on stage with him. I don’t remember his name but they would always do some sort of butt dance together. Pete since has left Sioux City and moved to Seattle. He plays in a band called Sioux City Pete and the Beggars. Same kind of stuff you expect from Pete. Great rock and roll. Sioux City won’t be the same, maybe a little cleaner.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

I saw Clayface when I was a junior in high school. I was confused, my pants were way to big and I had a total bitch for a girlfriend. But the night I saw them open for Fischer I decided I would do a little stint in Omaha before heading to recording engineering school in Orlando Florida. Everyone thinks Omaha is defined by the Saddle Creek Record kids…but its the bands that they grew up watching like Mousetrap, Fischer and Clayface just to name a few that has shaped the Omaha music scene. I moved to Omaha when I was eighteen years old. It was the best time of my life. But I’ll tell you all about that later. I’m still only a junior. Enjoy Breakneck. This song melted my face off live.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Oh and I put this flyer from the show. Pretty sweet.

I met Russell (who is the bass player in Fischer) at a show I think we were opening for Fischer or I was friends with his then girlfriend Tammy. Anyway we hung out in the basement of the Cattle Club what seemed like for hours. I was talking a mile a minute like all the kids in Sioux City did. I just couldn’t believe I was hanging out with him. To a small town kid from LeMars he was the closest I had ever been to a rock star. He had played in a band called 10 Second Fuse whom I saw a couple of times. One being the battle of the bands at the Kings Court and then again at this crazy festival in Vermillion South Dakota. I remember talking to Russell later and him saying what was wrong with you. But over the years we got closer and we’ve been through alot together to say the least.

But Fischer started it all. Its the reason I wanted to play music, and I’ll never forget the first show at the Cattle Club they played. Everyone was starved for a show since it had been a while since Kings Court shut down. The ceiling was falling down and they played one of the best shows I’ve ever seen that night. Plus this record cover is amazing and the title was very fitting. Each member of Fischer has gone on to make great music and Russell has been one of the biggest inspirations in my life. Anyway…enjoy Timmy Wears a Helmet.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

I saw Iowa Beef Experience in Sioux City Iowa at a club called Kings Court. For those of you who were lucky enough to experience a show there it was truly amazing. I remember driving up to the show with my friend John Kestner. He was in a local band at the time called Strychnine. I was totally stoked as we drove the 23 miles to Kings Court in his Dodge Sprinter with no heat blasting The Misfits.

This was one of my first shows there. I showed up at the club in awe of the venue. It was an old run down school. I walked in and paid the $5 cover to a guy who looked like he should be in a mental institution. His name was Pete Phillips. He commented on my coat which was a woman’s fur coat just barely big enough for me. I walked in from the foyer and looking into what was probably the concession stand upstairs from the gym where the stage was located. It was full of typical Sioux City kids, dirty and confused. From there I walked into the bathroom which consisted of a hole in the floor. Not sure where my piss went but didn’t care at the time. So I walked down the stairs to the gym and the place was packed. On the stage was Iowa Beef Experience. All I remember from their show was the swarm of kids slam dancing. The next band on the stage was Three Mile Pilot. To this day my ears still ring from that show. They were the loudest band I’ve ever seen. They all had hand made metal guitars and amps up to the ceiling and off to the left side of the stage was Pete peering over the crowd of people from top of the PA speaker. That show changed my life. Every weekend from then on I went to shows in Sioux City and to this day have never seen anything like it.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.