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In the early months of 2003, former Scary Mary bassist Andrew Maxcy realized that not being in any bands really sucked, so he decided to do something about it. He recruited various people to form a band with around Rockland High. One of these people was Shane Garland. Unfortunately, this band never practiced because they sucked. At one point down the road, Shane and Andrew decided that having a band would be wicked fucking sweet, and decided to get off their asses and do something. With Shane playing guitar, Ando on bass, they soon found Josh Woodman to take vocal duties. All they needed was a drummer...
Enter Isaac Zuber. He volunteered to drum for this as-of-yet unnamed band. They decided they needed a name, and everytime they thought of one, it was rejected as being too retarded or reminiscent of Nu-Metal. One day, while frustrated, Shane just blurted out: "FUCK! Let's just call the band Taco Apocalypse or something gay like that!" The consensus was - no, the name was NOT gay, and would work as the name for the group. Taco Apocalypse was formed.
The trio of Shane, Andrew, and Isaac practiced a few times a month, yet never accomplished anything because: A) Shane sucked at guitar, B) Josh never showed up because he was too busy playing Mega Man or something, and C) Isaac had bagel bites and a trampoline.
Throughout the summer and fall of 2003, Taco Apocalypse auditioned many singers, whom were either too shy to sing, thought they sucked, or were like "Yeah, call me over for the next practice!" and dropped off the face of the earth. That is, until Isaac brought in Dave Butler.
Dave had sung in a Primus cover band called "Losers With Pride" the previous year, and was a hilarious person, and easily fit in with the band. During his first practice with TacApoc, the quartet wrote around 10 songs, mostly hardcore songs with lyrics the same as their titles, such as: "All of a sudden I'm Batman and now I'm not", "I will never be you incestuous butterfly", and "Dah Dah Dah DAH DAH!" It was full of fun and hilarity, not integrity.
Then for reasons know to himself and pretty much everyone else, Andrew left the band to hang out with his 14 year old girlfriend and commit statutory rape alot, and the band was at a crossroads. Who would play bass? What the fuck?
Dave, being the Primus junkie he is, immediately volunteered to play bass. Which left them without a singer. Shane volunteered, which in turn left them with no guitarist. So Isaac was like "FINE! GOSH!" and took up the guitar. So now they needed a new drummer, which is hard to come by in midcoast Maine. Fortunately, Isaac coerced the maestro, Steve Grima, to join Taco Apocalypse.
Now with every member playing what they were good at, Taco Apocalypse was ready to kick ass. Ready and eager, TacApoc signed up for the school talent show, where they were promptly beaten by Jeanie Cushman, who tapdanced. However, the band got the last laugh when they were featured on "Out and About with Al Gardner" on PBS. Take THAT!
The year of 2004 continued to train Taco Apocalypse so they actually started to not suck. With the brief addition of Jescie Cerise, the band was rocking. Unfortunately, Jescie left to pursue other goals, like a life that doesn't involve living in Maine. Jealous, the rest of the band wished him luck and bade him farewell. However, the band played on...
Now, after reading all of that... Are YOU ready for the Apocalypse? |
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