Geoff Long,
Bass/Vocals

"I believe that Mr. Long has been to some extent an underacheiver." 
--Dr. Doulas P. Woodward, Associate Professor of Economics, The University of South Carolina

The Geoffrey Long Story
Growing up in the Bible belt had a profound effect on me. As a child I was told that rock-n-roll would rot my brain....So I did not listen to the radio for one entire year while I was 13 or 14. After the year was over I began listening to the local oldies station. I fell in love with the sounds of Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry, early Beatles and cuts like Earth Angel by the Penguins.

As the rigors of adolescence continued to scar my fragile id, I began to yearn for the music I loved (see above), except with an edge. My first taste of this was when I happened upon a Surf Punks cassette called Locals Only, swill. Later, after I had matured sufficiently, I was given a promo copy of the Social Distortion CD, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL. This was Buddy Holly or more exactly, this was the classics of country and western--the roots of rock-n-roll--with all the edge, darkness and aggression that my lonely and (obviously) troubled adolescence had bequeathed me. At about the same time I went with an old friend, the already introduced Dale "Crunch" Berry, to a Ramones show. This was a primordial experience. I watched an engrossed throng pogo through the entire set. I heard the one, two, three, four.. which heralded the arrival of the next two minute burst of energy--Buddy Holly with contacts and a bad attitude.

My personal experiment with the evils of rock-n-roll convinced me that rock-n-roll will rot your brain so I am happy to take my place as the four (albeit I only need two) stringer of the Underachievers.
 

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