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IT ALL STARTED AT JONNYS HOUSE. ANDRE WAS CHATTING AWAY WITH JONNY, WATCHIN HIM PLAY THE GUITAR WHEN ANDRE MENTIONED HE'D STARTED PLAYING THE BASS AND THOUGHT WE SHOULD START A BAND. THE NEXT DAY CHARLIE MENTIONED THAT HE HAD WRITTEN SOME LYRICS AND THAT HE NEEDED A GUITARIST, DRUMMER AND BASS PLAYER TO PRODUCE IT. INTICED AT THE IDEA, JONNY LISTENED AND AGREED TO FORM A BAND FOR A LAUGH. NOW, MAY I PLEASE POINT OUT THAT JONNY HAD ALWAYS BEEN KERRANGING TO HIS GRUNGE AND ROCK MUSIC, WHILST CHARLIE HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN TO THE GARAGE/HIP HOP SCENE. IT WAS ONLY TILL ABOUT A MONTH TILL THE START OF THE BAND THAT CHARLIE SAW HIS WICKED WAYS AND BEGAN LISTENING TO NICKLEBACK, NIRVANA AND THE CHILI PEPPERS. THE WHOLE BAND WAS FORMED IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES, JONNY SAID HE COULD EASILY GET ANDRE TO BE OUR BASSIST AND SOMEONE TO BE OUR DRUMMER, AS BOTH WERE INTERESTED IN THE IDEA.
THE NEXT DAY, CHARLIE BRANG HIS SONG 'I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU' AND THE OTHERS GAVE THEIR OPINIONS ON IT.
'SHIT'
'BOLLOCKS'
'RUBBISH'
WERE JUST SOME OF THE INSULTING LANGUAGE THAT CAME OUT OF THEIR MOUTH. SO IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT IT DIDN'T GET OFF TO THE BEST OF STARTS. BUT THE BAND CARRIED ON, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A NAME FOR US. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS INTENSE THINKING THE BAND WAS NAMED.
SALMONELLA.
HMM...NOT THE BEST OF TITLES IS IT? BUT IT WORKED FOR US SO THE NAME KINDA STUCK, BUT BEHIND IT ALL WE WERE STILL THINKING OF A NAME, SO YOU COULD SAY IT WAS OUR TEMPORARY NAME. SO, AFTER THE LET-DOWN THAT WAS 'IM RIGHT BEHIND YOU' JONNY WENT OFF TO WRITE A NEW SONG. THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE NEW SONG WAS SIMPLE. CHARLIE AND JONNY WERE WALKING ROUND THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND, CHATTING ABOUT THE BAND WHEN JONNY MENTIONED THE ALBUM TITLE. CHARLIE WANTED THE TITLE AS 'SOMEONE UP THERE MUST LIKE ME' BUT JONNY FLIPPED IT AROUND AND TURNED IT INTO 'SOMEONE UP THERE MUST HATE ME' A TITLE WHICH CHARLIE REALLY LIKED. THUS, THE SONG OF THE SAME NAME WAS CREATED.
THE ORIGINAL 'SOMEONE UP THERE MUST HATE ME' WAS A SHORT ONE, WITH ONLY THREE VERSES AND A SHORT CHORUS, SO TOGETHER JONNY AND CHARLIE WORKED ON IT, CAME UP WITH MORE CHANGES, ANOTHER VERSE AND ADDED MORE MUSIC. THE END RESULT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LITERATURE...........THAT MADE NO SENSE.
NOW, BEING THE SINGER/MANAGER/CO-SONGWRITER OF THE GROUP, CHARLIE FOUND HIMSELF WITH ANOTHER JOB..DESIGNER. SO IN ART CLASS HE CAME UP WITH A PUKKA DESIGN FOR THE BEST CD IN THE WORLD. IT WAS ALSO AROUND THIS TIME THAT THE NAME 'TREE HOUSE' WAS FIRST MENTIONED.
THE REST AS THEY, IS HISTORY!!