One of the original three founding members of the band. Rob was a classically trained pianist for four years and spent two years studying jazz improv. He has been a self taught alto saxophone player since March 1988.
In the band Rob sang and played the alto saxophone and played guitar in a couple early Dirge songs. He always remained enthusiastic when playing live and could be seen running around stage or dancing on tables from time to time. Rob was musically influenced by a wide variety of musicians from virtually all styles of music.
Delving into the art world he created the majority of the album cover art and stickers as well as some band posters. He would always be seen with his camera and tape recorder ready to document the shows Dirge and Cartoon Khaki would play.
Also Rob was responsible for the creation and printing of the Monster 'Zine (ISSN 1499-2930) during the mid-1990s.
Rob released a solo piano, saxophone and drum project called Paxum that was released on Humpin' In The Back Room Music. In Paxum he teamed up with drummer Chris Betlejemski of Curtis Mathis. They only released one album and never played any shows.
Rob on the cover of Humpin' In The Back Room, Issue 7
Rob later went off to Humber College in 1997 to take culinary management but found out that the course was not for him and left. After that he decided to take photography at Mohawk College and received his Applied Photography certificate in 2000 and is now slowly working on his Music Certificate from Mohawk.
In the spring of 2002 he set out on a business venture and tried to set up his own Photography Gallery in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario. Which due to crummy management on the landlords side turned into a failed business venture. He got out of Hamilton and came back to Brantford.
The summer of 2004 saw the dawning of a new project called Food. Exposing a completely different side of music. The first show was 'played' August 2004 in Hamilton with the Flamingo-go's. This new sound created some confusion in all its avant guard fury but was still generally well received.
Quieky is another project. This deals with actual playable music that is all written out. He is just trying to find the right time to sit down and learn the songs with a full band. All the songs are currently in MIDI format. There are four albums available on Wolfbeat Records. There are MIDI and MP3 files available on his website to listen to. Also you can go to http://www.myspace.com/quiekyfood for more sound files with these projects.
Late 2007 he joined a Brantford noise group called Broken Leg Ensemble, which no longer plays. He as joined up forces with Josh St. Denis in a group called Ghostfood. Rob opperates Wolfbeat Records and Poor Little Music, he also writes the Music Spotlight for BrantNow.com Currently he is compiling information for a book regarding music in Brant County From 1960 to present. So if you know anything about the music scene from that time feel free to contact this site.
Discography
Broken
Leg Ensemble - The Skáldskaparmál (2006) Wolfbeat
Broken Leg Ensemble - Cadenza (2007) Wolfbeat
Broken Leg Ensemble - Live at Fort Steven (2007) Middle James Co./Terror
Tapes
Broken Leg Ensemble - Split DVD with Fossils (Wolfbeat)
Broken Leg Ensemble - Split DVD with Fossils (Middle James Co.)
Broken Leg Ensemble - Live at the Casbah with other artist (no lable)
Cartoon
Khaki - Dirging (January 1996) Humpin'
Cartoon Khaki - Pill Tape (April 1996) Humpin'
Cartoon Khaki - Choice Cuts (August 1996) Humpin'
Cartoon Khaki - 7" split with Curtis Mathis (September 1996) Humpin'
Cartoon Khaki - Not Another Hour!? (February 1999) self released
Cartoon Khaki - Live (October 2002) self release
Cartoon Khaki - With Transylvania 500 VHS (November 2004) Wolfbeat
Cartoon Khaki - Live At The Ford Plant (November 2004) Wolfbeat
Cartoon Khaki - Ready To Be Baked (April 2005) Wolfbeat
Cartoon Khaki - Unreleased (April 2005) Wolfbeat
Cartoon Khaki - Jex Street (April 2005) Wolfbeat
Cartoon Khaki - Live At The Ford Plant DVD (2005) Wolfbeat
Dirge
- No Pressure (April, 1994) Self Release
Dirge - Cosmic Festi (January 1995) Humpin' In The Back Room Records
Dirge - Cosmic Festi (alternate version) (February 1995) Humpin'
Dirge - Coffee (June 1995) Humpin'
Dirge - Don't Let A Stranger Touch Your Body (August 1995) Humpin'
Food
- s/t (March 2004) Wolfbeat
Food - Additive E435 (2005) Wolfbeat
Food - Sympathetic Heart Cell Fibers (2006) Wolfbeat
Food - Split DVD with Broken Leg Ensemble (2006) Wolfbeat
Food - Superburger (2006) Wolfbeat
Food - Shits Out The Hits! (2007) Wolfbeat
Food - Live January 28th 2007 (Wolfbeat Records) Wolfbeat
Food - Fish On Acid (Small Bitter Records) SBR-003
Forms
& Logs - Movement 1 (March 2007) Wolfbeat
Forms & Logs - Movement 2 (April 2007) Poor Little Music
Forms & Logs - Grey Bag (September 2007) Poor Little Music
Forms & Logs - Mercury (October 2007) Poor Little Music
Ghostfood
- split DVD with Fossils (March 2007) Poor Little Music
Ghostfood - split DVD with ofthers (2007) Middle James Co. (mjc097)
Ghostfood - Yellow tape (2007) Josh Tapes
Ghostfood - Spring (May 2007) Poor Little Music
Ghostfood - Split with Broken Leg Ensemble (May 2007) Poor Little Music
Ghostfood - Surfer Cat (June 2007) Poor Little Music
Ghostfood - Live May 20 2007 with others (June 2007) Poor Little Music
Ghostfood - s/t (June 2007) Wintage Records
Ghostfood - Brantford Black, Live August 31 2007 (September 2007) Poor Little Music
Ghostfood - Brantford Dead, Live August 31 2007 (September 2007) Middle
James Co. (mjc130)
Ghostfood - Live August 31 2007 (September 2007) Josh Tapes
Ghostfood - Live September 9 2007 (September 2007) Poor Little Music (plm-021)
Ghostfood - s/t (October 2007) Cloud Valley (CV26)
Quikey
- Quantum Physics For Quantum Mechanics (2004) Wolfbeat
Quieky - Roman Children Ate Paisley (2005) Wolfbeat
Quieky - Dance Of The Flying Ostrich (2006) Wolfbeat
Comps...
Wolfbeat - 20 Full Moon Hits! (2004) Wolfbeat
Poor Little Music - Sampler (June 2007) Poor Little Music