R.!.P. November 1996 - March
2001
Guitar & Vox - Bryan Snyder | Drums and Vox - Keith Hancock | Bass & Vox - Greg Alcorn
November 1996: After
playing two successful parties under various band names such as 'Casas
de los Fuck You" and 'The House Band' the idea to start Th!nkAdectOmy
was born. The trio would consist of NUTZ - Guitar and Lead Vox , KEITH
- Drums and backing Vox and GREG - Bass and backing Vox.
March 1st 1997: The
band releases it's first cassette '4 song demo' at the Tennis Records
promotional party with Clueless.
March 19 1997:
Th!nkAdectOmy plays it's first official show at Jaime's
Bar and Grill in Tucson.
April 17 1997:
Voted runner up in the Tucson Weekly Tammies contest in
two catagories. Best 'Hard Rock' band and 'best new band' in Tucson.
November 15 1997: Band
'officially' releases their second recording titled 'Equilibrium' at Skrappy's.
April 4 1998: Th!nkAdectOmy
plays to the largest crowd to date at the The Reid Park bandshell for
Teenfest '98 in front of approxomately 1000 people.
June 19th, 1999: Th!nkAdectOmy
plays Tucson's annual Battle of the Bands contest with Aggressive Sound
Session. Although the votes favored A.S.S., Th!nkAdectOmy stole the show
with our outstanding live performance.
October 11 1999: Th!nkAdectOmy
is released on a nationwide compilation titled 'Even More Corporate Rock'
released by MAS. It features 16 songs by 16 bands from all over the country
(1 from Brazil).
October 25 1999:
Th!nkAdectOmy decides to call it quits. This turned out
to be a 6 month hiatus. During this time period, Keith joined a band called
Breeth (Breathe), Greg joined the band Obscure and Nutz joined Peel.
April unspecified date 2000:
Th!nkAdectOmy decides to get back together to record the
material the band once played together. Practice sessions begin for the
project.
July 15th-16th 2000:
Th!nkAdectOmy laid down the basic tracks to 23 songs including
one brand new song never heard before in Allusion Studios run by Jim Pavett.
All drums and bass tracks are finished, leaving the guitar and vocal scratch
tracks to be fixed.
September 9th 2000: Recording
guitars and vox on 5 songs is finished. Awaiting a proper mix down.
October 10th 2000:
Greg decides to leave the band to pursue a career in San
Diego. Keith and Bryan make the decision to continue on as Th!nkAdectOmy
and begin the search for another bass player.
March 10th 2001: The new Th!nkAdectOmy line-up play our first show at Brad & Pete's Party.
March 20th 2001: Th!nkAdectOmy dis-bands for the last time. The band decides to end it's 4+ year run. Th!nkAdectOmy November 1996 - March 2001. Rest in Peace.
These bands are bands that we call our friends.
Every show Th!nkAdectOmy played with these bands was a great time. These bands were supportive, but most important they are now our friends. THANK YOU!
ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR Th!nkAdectOmy: We wrote and performed over 40 songs together. We gigged regulary and started to break into the Phoenix scene. We released two tapes and were accepted to participate on a nationwide compilation CD. We have a half finished recording project sitting in the Allusion Studios waiting to be finished. WE HAD FUN AND WE MADE LOTS OF GOOD FRIENDS!
R E C O R D E D M A T
E R I A L
4 SONG DEMO
Released March 1st, 1997
Recorded at Allusion Studios
Ratz Nest
Yellowknife
Alone the River
Scorched
EQUILIBRIUM
Released
November 15th, 1997
Recorded
at Allusion Studios
Who I'm Not
Far And Few
Division
No Preservatives
A Desert Grave
The Clock Song
EVEN MORE CORPORATE ROCK M.A.S. COMPILATION CD
Released October 11th, 1999
Recorded
at Allusion Studios
The Clock Song
STUDIO BLOWOUT
Unreleased - Recording began
on July 15th, 2000
Recorded
at Allusion Studios
Ages
Alibi
Betrayal: A Tribute to Friendship
A Bullet Avenged
Camouflage
Control
Disturbed
* Don't Drown
* Down
* Driftwood
* The End
Live Life For You
Murder the Constitution
Neap Tide
New Borne
Nutz
Pleadies
Q
Sleepless
* Spackle
Thunder
Wasted
Yellow
N O N - R E C O R D E D M A T E R I A L
Against the Grain
Eternity's Way
Loosen Up
Low Times
The New Dimension
Obsessive
Three Hours
Wilderbeast
Th!nkAdectOmy Shows and Events
| 11/1/96 | Th!nkAdectOmy becomes a band |
| 2/1/97 | Recording session for demo begins. 6 songs recorded. Rat'z Nest, Yellowknife, Alone the River, Scorched, 3 hours & Nutz. Allusion Studios |
| 2/18/97 | Mixing session for demo. 3 hours & Nutz cut from final release. Allusion Studios |
| 3/1/97 | Tennis Records Promotional Party with Clueless. 4 song demo released. |
| 3/2/97 | Jo Artis is elected to the manager position for Th!nkAdectOmy. |
| 3/19/97 | Th!nkAdectOmy's first "official" show at Jaime's Bar on 4th Ave. |
| 4/16/97 | Jaime's Bar on 4th Ave. |
| 4/17/97 | Voted runner-up in the Tucson Weekly Tammies contest for best Hard Rock band and best new band in Tucson. |
| 6/7/97 | Skrappy's All Ages Club with Chaos Lace |
| 6/14/97 | The Rock - Won the first round of Battle of the Bands against Angel-Headed Hipsters |
| 7/26/97 | Skrappy's w/ Colorado band TANGER and Tucson band Ash Black. |
| 8/9/97
|
The Rock Semifinals-Battle of the Bands (Agressive Sound Session,GatRot,ROT,GrudgeHolder) |
| 9/3/97 | The Rock local band night with Chaos Lace and The J. Walker Band |
| 9/6/97 | BigFishPub in Tempe. First show outside of Tucson. |
| 9/13/97 | Skrappy's with Clueless and Chaos Lace. |
| 9/27/97 | The Youth Storefront downtown with Zed and Chaos Lace. |
| 10/3/97 | 27 Live Music on 4th Ave. Th!nkAdectOmy's 1st "official" acoustic show |
| 10/9/97 | Skrappy's opening for the San Diego band Dodge Ball & ChilMarc |
| 10/25/97 | Halloween party at Chris & Greg's house. Acoustic. |
| 11/8/97 | Recording session for untitled 6 song demo begins. Songs recorded;Who I'm Not, No Preservatives, A Desert Grave, Far & Few, Division and The Clock Song. Allusion Studios |
| 11/9/97 | Mixing process for 6 song demo titled "Equilibrium". Allusion Studios |
| 11/15/97 | Skrappy's with Shoebomb. The "official" release of EQUILIBRIUM. |
| 3/27/98 | Janella's party. Played acoustic. |
| 3/30/98 | The Celler in the Student Union @ UofA. Acoustic. |
| 3/31/98 | Hollywood Alley in Tempe. Played with Exploding Cargo Doors & Obscure. |
| 4/4/98 | Reid Park Bandshell for TeenFest. Gat Rot, Hipster Daddy-O, Carter Obsession, Veering Ever Red, Poot |
| 4/7/98 | The Park Student Union @ UofA. Acoustic |
| 5/17/98 | The Mason Jar in Phoenix with Obscure & Poet Shaker |
| 7/5/98 | Double Zero downtown with California's Flambookie & The A.S.S. |
| 7/31/98 | BigFishPub in Tempe w/ Oil, Bionic Jive, Angry Nothing |
| 8/26/98 | Double Zero HEADLINING with Chaos Lace |
| 9/26/98 | Nimbus Brewery. Electric. |
| Nov.98 | The UofA Celler. Acoustic. |
| 2/13/99 | The Rock opening for Ph8 and Cataclyzm 3.5 |
| 3/27/99 | Dave's 8-Ball in Sierra Vista with Cataclyzm 3.5 |
| 4/17/99 | The Rock with Cataclyzm 3.5 |
| 5/8/99 | Porkey's in Tucson with Cataclyzm 3.5 |
| 6/19/99 | Battle of the Bands at the Rock. Played with Aggressive Sound Session. |
| 8/5/99 | Bryan becomes manager of Th!nkAdectOmy |
| 8/20/99 |
Porkey's in Tucson with Peel |
| 10/8/99 | Hollywood Alley in Tempe. Played with Limited Time Offer & Obscure. |
| 10/9/99 |
The Rock opening for Peel and Loudmouth Soup |
| 10/11/99 | Th!nkAdectOmy released on a nationwide compilation by MAS titled 'Even More Corporate Rock' featuring The Clock Song |
| 10/25/99 | Th!nkAdectOmy take a six month break. |
| 5/24/00 | Th!nkAdectOmy decides to get together to record old material. |
| 7/15/00 |
Th!nkAdectOmy's 3rd recording project begins. Raw tracks at Allusion Studios |
| 7/16/00 | Recording session continues. 23 raw takes of songs recorded. Corrections made to drums and bass tracks. |
| 9/15/00 | Finish Vocals and guitars on Spackle, The End, Down, Don't Drown and Driftwood |
| 9/16/00 | Finish Vocals and guitars on Spackle, The End, Down, Don't Drown and Driftwood |
| 10/15/00 | Greg leaves Th!nkAdectOmy to pursue a career in San Diego. Th!nkAdectOmy decide to continue on. |
| 12/17/00 | Ed Downard joins Thinkadectomy as the new bassist |
| 3/10/01 | Thinkadectomy's first gig with Ed at Brad's party |
| 3/20/01 | Th!nkAdectOmy disbands and after being together for over 4 years, the ride is OFFICIALLY over. |