The Bill Wennington Fan Club homepage

  Bill Wennington, Canada's Prideska
 
 
In March of 1995, Sean Gamble needed to complete a creative project for his Honors English class at Blue Valley Northwest High School. He gathered all of his musically-inclined friends together in Doug Pyle's basement to record a ska version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" (originally by The Ramones, ska version inspired by Tom Collins & the Cocktail Shakers), on a "Sing-aloadeon Kareoke Machine." Soon, the BWFC was playing parties, coffeehouses, and regional shows. Alas, the BWFC broke up when half the members went to college, but the ska/punk/geek spirit lives on...

The Bill Wennington Fan Club 
(in order of coolness)
Christina Aga
tenor sax
Heidi Blobaum
keyboards, vocals
Sean Gamble
trumpet, vocals
Josh Haines
bass
Kevin Miles
vocals
Dave Mogolov
alto sax, occasional barks
Doug Pyle
guitar, vocals
Tony Grossi
dance steps, the "wenning-tone"
Rob Holland
dance moves, bagels
Kim Friday
cookies

Former members and guest musicians


Dylan Clark             drums, witticisms
Devin Blair             vocals
Kurt Lane               drums
Mike Appleby            trombone
Elizabeth Schmidt       trombone
Dave Gaume              tenor sax
Kyle Skinner            trombone
Kyle Holt               bass, quotables
Ryan Baldridge          trumpet
Greg Kling              valve trombone, tuba
Melissa Yeager          vocals
...and countless others...                               
bill rocks the house 
In its short existance, the Fan Club had the honor of playing with such
bands as:

Skankin' Pickle
The Toasters
Less Than Jake
Slapstick
The Gadjits
Isaac Green & the Skalars
The Blue Meanies
The Rudiments
MU330
The Supermarket All-Stars
Spring Heeled Jack
Sex Beast
...and who could forget these classic bands...
Ever Since My Accident
Supergenious
Jazz Discharge
Capacity

Here's a little 5 second clip of Bill winning the opening tip vs. Chris Webber of the Warriors, and tapping the ball to Scottie Pippin for the dunk. (Caution: this .avi file is 483Kb, so all of you with computers like mine won't load this file until next time the Cubs win the World Series, which won't be until October, 1998)

Perhaps the most extensive BWFC page around, from the man with the sweet, sweet voice, Mr. Kevin "Man Without a Face" Miles

To purchase a Bill Wennington Fan Club tape, contact JoCo Ska Ltd.

JoCo Ska Ltd. c/o Jaime Baird 12614 Overbrook Leawood, KS 66209

JoCo Ska is the label founded by Brandon Phillips and Kevin Miles. Brandon, along with his brothers Zach and Adam, as well as Heidi Blobaum, comprise the ska/soul sensation The Gadjits.

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