Faster The Rounder is a concept I have had for 20 years... to mix, blend, shake and twist several styles of music into something unique.
The idea occurred (along with the name) when a friend and I were fooling around with BASIC trying to create a quiz program for Spacial Geometry. The idea was to enter facts, then generate a question and an answer.
We failed miserably.
Fact: The faster a planet orbits, the rounder the orbit.
Q & A generated: Q. Why is a mouse that spins A. The faster, the rounder
My first try at this concept was Oberon. I tried to get signed, and 2 years later (1983) I got a contract with Epic. There was 1 catch... I couldn't sing, so I had 4 months to find a vocalist or the contract expired.
It expired.
Oberon ended up with a completely new line-up by mid 1984 and was playing clubs in San Francisco and the east bay. I had saved to produce my own single and video, so in December 1984 Oberon cut "Lab Animals", a song opposed to the testing of make-up on animals and vivisection... both highly controversial.
We did a protest rally against the Stanford Research Facility and I met the man who was about to start "Basement Tapes" on MTV. He said my video could be the first ever Basement Tape if I could get to New York by Friday that week and personally hand the tape to him.
I was completely broke. (I even had to borrow a couple of dollars to get the equipment van back from the rally) I asked the other 4 members to kick in $25 each for a 1 way ticket to NY but they all had lame excuses. I tried everything, but couldn't get to NY.
I fired everyone, put my things in storage, and went to live on the streets in North Beach, SF.
Being a punk rocker from the mid 70's I soon was kicking with the punks. I was given the name "Mouse" by another punk.
That reminded me of the failed quiz program, and gave me the name of my band once I had gotten my life together again.
Faster The Rounder
with: the Mouse on Broadway on bass...guitar... drums... keyboards... sequencers... vocals (I learned to sing eventually)... and loops.
Since 1995 I have played and recorded all of the instruments myself, hoping to eventually get a band together again. This time I will focus on the performances and not the industry.
Well, that's all for now.
The idea occurred (along with the name) when a friend and I were fooling around with BASIC trying to create a quiz program for Spacial Geometry. The idea was to enter facts, then generate a question and an answer.
We failed miserably.
Fact: The faster a planet orbits, the rounder the orbit.
Q & A generated: Q. Why is a mouse that spins A. The faster, the rounder
My first try at this concept was Oberon. I tried to get signed, and 2 years later (1983) I got a contract with Epic. There was 1 catch... I couldn't sing, so I had 4 months to find a vocalist or the contract expired.
It expired.
Oberon ended up with a completely new line-up by mid 1984 and was playing clubs in San Francisco and the east bay. I had saved to produce my own single and video, so in December 1984 Oberon cut "Lab Animals", a song opposed to the testing of make-up on animals and vivisection... both highly controversial.
We did a protest rally against the Stanford Research Facility and I met the man who was about to start "Basement Tapes" on MTV. He said my video could be the first ever Basement Tape if I could get to New York by Friday that week and personally hand the tape to him.
I was completely broke. (I even had to borrow a couple of dollars to get the equipment van back from the rally) I asked the other 4 members to kick in $25 each for a 1 way ticket to NY but they all had lame excuses. I tried everything, but couldn't get to NY.
I fired everyone, put my things in storage, and went to live on the streets in North Beach, SF.
Being a punk rocker from the mid 70's I soon was kicking with the punks. I was given the name "Mouse" by another punk.
That reminded me of the failed quiz program, and gave me the name of my band once I had gotten my life together again.
Faster The Rounder
with: the Mouse on Broadway on bass...guitar... drums... keyboards... sequencers... vocals (I learned to sing eventually)... and loops.
Since 1995 I have played and recorded all of the instruments myself, hoping to eventually get a band together again. This time I will focus on the performances and not the industry.
Well, that's all for now.
