Crushpile News

02-23-07 We have been looking around to have the recording mixed and playing here and there. Nothing really exciting going on at the moment.

11-19-06 Well we started recording... We got the drums down and half the guitars next day in the studio Dec. 3. If we are lucky finish it up then..

10-24-06 We and trying to get in and record in the near future... It is about time... god damn!

10-20-06 Transportation breakdown... The truck took a shit and we could not play the show at Brenda and Jerry's in Pa. An expensive way to spend your free time just got more expensive.

8-26-06 'Cuse juice.. Once upon a time is Syracuse(pronounced: 'Sea-rack-us'). There was a band that went to play a show in some Penny pub on the outskirts of the good part of town. With a 4 hour trip doing over 90mph in a van with a girl flashing truckers as they drove by the band arrives at the bar and announce their arrival. After checking in they go out in search of a hotel and food. While looking for accommodations in some of the finest hotels Syracuse has to offer, there is another cause for excitement.. A police chase... Just like on TV!!! As the car full of criminals drives around the block and the van with police right on their heels the car hits a policeman on a bike not hurting him but smashing the bike into a lovely piece of abstract art. So the cars speeds off onto another street toward the ghettos with the police right behind them never to be seen again. As the car chase excitement wears off and the band is not able to find a hotel room in the upscale section of the city. They decide to go take a trip out of the inner parts to the outer parts of the city. Once a hotel room is found their focus turns toward food and right next to the Hilton there is a Denny's but this one has skinny waitresses, gold silverware and crystal glasses.. So the seven course dinner is finished and back the venue for the band.. Once there and still 2hrs early from the start of the show they start drinking like so many times before. But this time there is a wild card thrown into the mix!!!!! When the band takes the stage the bassist notices the singer Kenny is a little off kilter and during the intro of the set he falls into the drum set and then stumbles around aimlessly on stage. While playing the second or third song the singers looses his microphone. Yeah I know how does a singer loose a mic you may ask yourself "did he swallow it did he jam it in his ass?" But no he was swinging it around and it hit the floor or something broke and flew away to a better place to be discover later... As the set continues with the sound mans or clubs mic Kenny dazed and confused falls into other bands gear off to the side of the stage and then pummels the club's mic into the ground..That is when the mayhem begins... But you will have to ask Kenny what happened, but I will leave you with this simple equation for now........ Vodka Martinis + singer + possible date rape drug or mickey = crazy singer, annoyed rhythm section, mice on the singer's head, sore drummer ribs, sore nose and right hand of the bassist and a missing rear window in the van.... I hope you enjoyed the story and the names were not changed to protect the innocent...

8-25-06 How fingers and fun do not mix!! Starring Kenny, a boat, water, and a diamond studded inflatable tube and co-starring the sun… Hear is what I hear happens on a distant lake or various body of water somewhere far far away.. During a festive day of fun and sun living a pimp lifestyle Kenny is out on the water being towed around behind a cigarette boat similar to the one Don Johnson uses in the Miami Vice shows. This is when the fun and the sun combined to take down our star Kenny. Now the story gets crazy because the effects of the box wine..  All of a sudden seemingly little things combine all into one catastrophe leaving the star of the story with a stiffy or one fully erect finger… So here we have it Kenny being towed by the boat when the sun shines down on his gold teef and then it reflects off of the diamond studs on the tube back into his eyes temporarily blinding him. Disoriented from the blinding and the box wine Kenny loses his balance on the tube being towed by the boat. The incident takes a tragic turn. Kenny is pulled off the tube when his center of gravity is compromised by the massive weight of his bling. But the fighter that Kenny is he says “Hell no I am not going out like that!” So in an act of stupidity or braveness Kenny grabs the tubes handle to hang on and ride out this life and death event. But the bling and the water current going under the tube sucked Kenny under the tube this is not a bad thing but Kenny forgot to let go of the handle with his middle finger so he now has a spiral fracture in it. So here he is in the water delirious from the pain, box wine, and fighting for his life not to drown from the weight of his bling… Thanks to our brave rescue swimmers of our Coast Guard the life of Kenny was saved. And with a near fatal tubing accident behind us Kenny is learning to live life with a broken middle finger. So we hear something good did come out of this whole event. Kenny says  “It is not the hand he wipes with!!”  There you have it folks a wonderful ending to a great story… 

7-3-06 Kenny is on a lavish vacation in Wildwood, but the rest of the group were in rehearsal still hard at work putting the final tightening on the "Summer/Fall 06" set. It has been discovered this weekend that Mike and Tony are in an elite underground horseshoe throwing association. Andy WILL drink Miller Lite if given to him. Jeff found that hanging by the pool IS better than work and wood putty isn't just for wood. And Kenny continues to have one conversation with three phones and a laptop. We're coming at you live soon so GET OUT THERE!!!!!!!

5-21-06 NEW PICS TAKEN...WILL BE ONLINE SOON

This is a look at a day in the life of Jeff on the day of a recently past show.
8-9a.m. Eat, coffee, take dogs out, cigarette
9-10a.m. Website updates, last bulletin for the nights show, poop and shave
10-11a.m.Check and prepare truck for loading and travel
11a.m.-1:30p.m.Food, phone calls for final show plans to the rest of band members, break down/pack drums while listening to Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden, email check
1:30p.m-2:10p.m. Text Kenny& chill out time before getting ready for show
2:10p.m.-3:30p.m.Kenny and Dan show up, bullshitting and I help Dan fix his car (so much for downtime)
3:30p.m.-4:30p.m.Shower, eat wait for rest of band to arrive
4:30p.m.-5:49 Kenny, Jeff, and Sean play hacky sack and load truck, Andy arrives and immediately removes a tick from himself
6:00p.m. Leave for Carlstadt, NJ
8:30p.m. Arrive at club (oh yeh we forgot the cymbals wasted a half hour) go right to bar, bag pisser, many drinks consumed at this time
10:07p.m Setting up drums offstage we’re playing LATE
1:54a.m. Done playing last call for alcohol
3:30a.m. Pulled over for speeding, I get a ticket
4:00a.m. Equipment unload, dogs are fucking barking, go to bed or stay up??????
I go to bed…ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

4-28-06 It will be 7 months until Kenny legally drives a car after a crash and burn with a DWI to go with it. (Don't try this at home kids, not a good time).
New bassist Tony has began in the new song writing process and going well. Mike new job, Jeff pissed the Talladega race was rained out, Andy is driving a new used car.

4-17-06 Crushpile has a new member.......Tony on bass. Welcome him for he shall be laying some kick ass low end in your chest the next time you see us live.

4-14-06 Crushpile deeply regrets to announce the departure of Sean aka Goat to pursue his other love of tattooing on a more permanent basis. He will be missed greatly after helping in building the foundation of what the band is today and spending five years with us. Many shows, many crazy nights will not be forgotten ! The fans were a very important thing to him as many who know him know.
To reach him at myspace go here http://www.myspace.com/amlie74
He will actively tattoo at Third Dimension in PA.
As far as the band goes announcements will be made shortly so keep checking in.
To Sean cheers and the best of luck in the future…………………..

4-2-06-Stroudsburg show…….Thank you to Lisa, Gina and boyfriend for traveling so far to see us!! All the old school CP fans you guys what can we say….your awesome!!! The new fans thanks for getting onboard you won’t regret it!
BEHIND THE SHOW... broken bottles, sink pisser, lost jeans, and guitars, toll bridge show promoter, overpriced mozzarella sticks, late tickets, open the fucking doors!, shirts come and go, onion fingers, you guys drink to much, we fucked up a song, two more songs=four=fuck you we brought a lot of people……..
Thanks again to all!!!!!

12/20/05- Christmas Edition
Hello all. Hope this has been something enjoyable for you to check out. Although weekly
updates seem to have already slipped through the cracks and it is more like a bi-weekly
update! Anyway, as many of you know we played the Pussycat Lounge in NYC on the 17th. This
was quite an interesting adventure. In fact, it has made it into this weeks BEHIND THE SHOW!
BEHIND THE SHOW-
Before any show we do, we have a sort of traditional thing that goes on during the day of
the show. Better yet, a series of events that occur that remain fairly consistent. Here's
what we mean. First thing that happens is when kenny or Jeff wakes up-one contacts the other
one with a combination of morning cranky and anticipation of the evenings plan. Stuff at
home is done and out of the way, and the two meet up at Jeff's house usually before the rest
of the band. (um, incase you don't know kenny & Jeff are brothers-k/vox, j/drums) Jeff's
house is where the band rehearses and have put together over the years what we call 'the
studio', although it has no recording capabilities, in the basement of the house. It is
quite a small room for a 5 piece band, especially now that we have 'the couch' in
there-which is one of those couches that, yeah once you sit on it-you're screwed. You're not
getting out of this thing for an hour. Anyway, the two meet up and usually are the ones
packing up cords, amps, drums, the vocal pedals & props, etc. This is generally dome in one
swift motion so there can be some downtime-which is then spent on the couch or closeby. So,
on this particular day the same happens, and 5pm rolls around and kenny has to split to get
to the club early, and the rest meet up with Jeff to drive to 'the city'. kenny winds up
flying through Manhattan, driving the wrong way on Church St, but managed to find free
parking in front of the club. The rest of the guys made it down shortly after with little
interruption. The tunnels had about a 15 min delay-not bad. So, we all get together-and
normally this place has 3 floors, strip joint, bands, and club up top. Well this time around
the place decided it wanted the bands on the 1st floor with the girls.....you can see where
this is going...let's just say this.....waif-like, one arm?, freakin out, interpretive
dance, confusion, air guitar on Greenwich, dope breath, pastry shop, pizza joint, deli?,
very small stage, falling in the prop box, broken beer mug. I'll just have to stop there,
but if you pretend your mind is glue, and these items are pieces of a picture, you can
probably put most of it together, but will never get rid of the seems.......

THIS PAST WEEK-
Sean/Goat- has figured out that blow torches can actually be used for cooking purposes
kenny- recently joined a cult that believes in the power of legumes
Mike- has shaved his goat-t back to a stash and won an inflatable paper-clip in a raffle
Jeff- is convinced that Robert Plant has never cleaned a window in his life
Andy- is currently in Tibet and noone has heard from him in 4 days
Crushpile will be taking some time off and will resume in 2006 with new songs, merch, and new shows!
EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
j,k,m,s & a----CRUSHPILE 2006