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| Whats happens when you mix boredom, nomial talent, bad attitudes, incredible record collections and 2 handfuls of sarcasm or HOW THE BAND GOT STARTED. As told by Alberto. |
| "you'll never do it" It started as a dare. chuck and i where sitting on the steps of the fine arts building at Brevard Community College haning out with the artsy crowd that usually congeled there between classes. We kept talking about putting together a band, just for shits and giggles. We had already played together with this friend of ours named Gregg, who more or less paid us to be in his band. Not much, mind you, but there are worse ways to get less money. |
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| So, One day we were talking about the purported punk band, and the guitar player for Chuck's band at the time said "You'll never do it, and even if you do, you'll never get a gig." He was referring to the few weeks i had left before my contract with the Navy was to go into effect. In that moment, Skurvy was made. The name came later, but the attitude took hold. |
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| "whats in a name?" We once had this bass played named Jason, Walker, whom no one remembers fondly, Jamming with us at Gregg's House. He become our defacto bass player. I guess it took to much effort to look elsewhere. He didn't add had much to the band except a few songs and he worked really well as being our verbal punching bag.We had been kicking around names for a few days and nothing stood out. Gregg and I suggested the name Pogo The Clown, after John Wayne Gacy, it just wasn't right, despite all the children stasted in the crawl space at Gregg's House. |
| Now, Neither of us can can remember who said it first, but we all laughed about it. Deep full bodied laughs when one of us said "Skurvy The Clown." Chuck and I were at the Kentucky Fried Chicken drive thru in Merritt Island where i was trying unsuccessfully to hook up with a girl that worked there. |
| Oddly Enough, We're all pretty sick of telling that story,so if you ask, Don't be surprised if the questions are deferred to another band member who'll say, "Chuck tells it better than I do." |
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