Wacky Wacky (1990-1993)
Wacky Wacky. In the Dawn of Wack, it was all fun and games as evinced by the \ first link below. It began because The Crimson Harpoon (and at some point we should explore how THAT name stuck) was always playing his guitar in the dorm room and one day Matt just started singing along with it and Mike held up a recorder (i.e., a big 1980’s boom box with a mic). We thought it was funny. We then wrote down three songs in about an hour and went to play college open mic night and then wouldn’t stop. Because you can’t stop the rock.
Some noteable entries from this period
Death Blossom
how it all started. No words or music just three guys jumping around a dorm room.
Dead Like You
How we learned that even silly spontaneous songs will become crowd favorites and never die. Matt’s favorite part was the high-pitched teen croonings of Chris at the end. Check at mark 2:10 and let it ride. Only in the original. Never duplicated.
The Bullfighter
how we knew we could never amount to anything. Sometime no words and no music turn into deliberately non-PC cannibal songs. Custom FX added by Mike Kelley during his Directors Cut edition released around the same time as his wedding.
Sylvan Silvia
How we learned that if you mention your friends (even when non-PC) in your songs you’ll get hugs.
E Miner
How we knew that Mike should have gotten more licks. Mike has a great voice as any who attended our dorm room musical recreations will tell you. This was his only on stage original based largely on the chords he had just learned. E Miner
Oyster Festival
How we learned that there is too much of a good thing. We played this every time we played out (even at the Oyster Festival). And Matt – like Bono but less successfully – let his mind wander in later performances with non-sensicle consequences. But it’s always the classic.
