For those who don't know, I play bass in a funk-rock band called Aeroplasty. We've been playing in local clubs and venues for a little over a year now... Anyways, we managed to round up a video recording of one of our more recent shows... A battle of the bands to help raise money for Habitat for Humanity. Basically, we made intentional asses of ourselves. I performed in a skirt and nothing else, we covered a Spice Girls song, and on stage antics were utterly bizarre as always... And what's funny is, we tied for first place! The other band is PISSED. hahahahaha

Anyways, here's the video. Enjoy!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1062389851522973072

I'd love to get some feedback, if you're not all left speechless in the midst of the confusion.

Its good man,you remind me of flea from the RHCP's with no shirt one,ive got it on now very funky,you look like your having a good time,good luck to you..

W...T...F? Actually, it's good guitar playing. I wish I knew what the fuck you guys were singing though.

Thank you, guys. Yeah, Jake, my guitarist, is fucking excellent. Best guitarist I've ever had the chance to meet.

The lyrics are a bit muffled at times... Crappy hand-held camcorder mircrophones. Although, they seem to become more audible on in the last three or four songs.

Was there an audiance,didn't sound like it?.

Yeah. The attendence counted up to almost 100, when we tallied up how much we had made on ticket sales at the end of the night. You catch a few glimpses of the crowd, but he mainly focuses on us. The music drowned alot of the crowd action out.

There is one part where they start to chant "hey" along with Jake, our guitarist/singer though.(and it's insanely cool to me)

Have you given you first autograph yet!

At this one show we did a while back, some fat kid in a Social Distortion shirt came up and gave me a big sweaty hug and told me he had never danced like that before, if that counts.

i hear imitation is the most sincere form of flattery - i'm sure flea is blushing in his undies right now.

LLC, it is great!

Th...tha...thanks... I think...?

Good job, LLC!

Thank you, Geoff, SVSG, and anyone else who liked it.

I fucking hated it.

Seriously, get back to that failed novel you were writing ... which also sucked.

You know what? Fuck art in all its forms. I'm going back to my street corner to sell my body for hardcore drugs, so fuck you, Mick.

So, our three o'clock is still on, no?

Oui oui.

I never got round to that novel, did I?

I don't believe so. I could bring a copy to our three o'clock...

Great showmanship, llc! But I think the John Entwhistle legend is safe for now...

Not my type of music, but you've got a lot of energy, which goes a long way!

I've only played a few live shows myself with another buddy of mine. I play Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Ukulele, and Bongo drums and he plays Guitar. It's a lot of fun to switch around on the instruments so you never get bored/burnt-out of one during a show. I play more of a Piano-driven Zevon/Dylan type of rock and roll.

Note: There is no better way to excite a crowd of people than by jumping onto a piano and pumping out "Great Balls of Fire" in the style of Jerry Lee Lewis. I've been learning Boogie-Woogie and Ragtime style on the piano and it's impossible to have an audience not tapping their feet! The music still resonates today!

The Doc

You a fan of Jools Holland, Doc?

I do a WICKED "Born to be Wild" at karaoke.

Okay, yeah, I've also sung it on stage w/ my friends' band a few times. Quite amazing how the "showmanship" comes out when you're on stage, cuz normally I'm *VERY* laid back! But gimme a mic (and a couple drinks), and I'll be jumping around!!

that's not the only time you sing it, geoffy boy...

My god I'm getting old. That's not a reflection of you or your music. Me, I'm a failed rock star and it seems so long ago I was gigging. Five years ago my last gig. And this was from 6 years ago: http://www.telegrapharchives.co.uk/fotow...ModifiedTimeAsc

It was good to see you in action, as a personality as well as a band. I once said you looked lifeless in a photograph, a lifeless Pink I think I named you. That video dispelled that thought. Even without reading these comments you also reminded me of Flea.

Nice, Turi. Any old recordings laying around? What was your sound like? You've got me interested.

Great video LLC. Has your band won any other contests? Is it the camera or are you really that pale?

Great job, LLC! You've got great showmanship.

I join Turi in the "failed rockstar" boat. We had a great group of musicians in my old band...but none of them were committed.

You gotta great thing going there, man. Keep it up!

Yeah, we're all afraid of the sun in Upstate New York.

I can't say we've won any other contests, but we've only done two competition-formatted shows... We've done a handful on casual, "everyone is a winner" type show. I'm personally surprised we won this one. I was certain we would permanently emotionally scar the judges.

Fantastic.

Oh, and that is a mighty fine bass you got there. New?

Yep. Musicman Stingray. Cost me a shitload.