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Ten Foot Pole biography
 Kevin Ruggeri: Drums and vox Johnny Smoke: Bass and vox Steve Von Treetrunk: Guitars Dennis Jagard: Vocals and guitar It's been a not many old age now. Four filled extent albums. A property of tours traversing the US Canada and Western Europe with trips to Japan Australia and Recent Zealand too. Our once recent van has some scars: a depression from a deer close by Winnipeg a bad situation from a roof in Recent Jersey. There's an overflowing container of letters in my existing space dated 1995 with asking marks showing they may not have been answered. I've got lots of guitars in my space—don't know if their scratches and scrapes have depleted their path worth but I couldn't sell them anyhow. I'm going to the preparation studio to sing individual of Kevin's recent songs on a demo recording but earliest I'll attempt to give a short past of TFP as I remember it. Ten Base Post was innate in 1993 when Steve Scott Tony Pete and I certain we no longer wanted to be famous as Frightened Aligned. Heading gone on our earliest journey to Europe we knowing it was period to make a recent start—to gulley the disreputable darkness of Secret Records the record of bass players and drummers too extended to appropriate on this paper and the error that we don't similar ale. A impartial share of the journey was used up sitting in dimly lit squats in Germany pathway gone "Frightened Aligned" and printing "Ten Base Post" on our recent self-made holder "Swill." Flat following we stopped laughing at the phallic jokes I calm liked the suggestion of the TFP cliché: "I wouldn't contact that with a Ten Base Post." Healthy we ARE the ten base post—we contact things that fright or repulsion common humans. We knew Overweight Mike from a Frightened Aligned US journey with NOFX and we asked him for assistance putting gone Swill. Mike agreed to distribute the holder but he didn't desire to publication Overweight Wreckchords on the brand perhaps because it was a beginner undertaking with some exploratory harmonic selections such as Pete's Clothing. Whoever said "You don't doubt the things you did singular the things you didn't do" never took risks similar recording Pete's Clothing. A not many months after Scott and I were active gone melody ideas when he stepped gone to reply the phone. He returned with a bizarre grin on his front. "That was Brett from Poor Belief. He said he wants to delivery Swill on Inscription." My chin dropped. At the period Inscription was THE punk stone brand with greatest of my preferred bands: NOFX Poor Belief Pennywise the Child. We were a small regretting to delivery Swill on that balanced so we asked if we could make a recent account. Ten months after—Scott pitched for the Chicago Pale Sox so whole of our principal activities had to happen in the 3 months between seasons—we recorded Rev. Following Rev was released we went on an amazing US journey with NOFX and Front to Front. Punk stone was exploding with New Light and The Child dominating the radio. We turned below an hole opening in the Child's European journey because it conflicted with Scott's baseball preparation plan. Following additional waiting and interruption of plans we certain that existence without a chanter for 10 months a year was too hard. Following a not many promising singers flaked on their auditions I convinced the guys to let me sing. I figured it would be excellent for me to learn how to sing than to get a chanter who strength peel quit or permission community greatest of the year to theater piece sports. Besides singing felt normal since I wrote greatest of the lyrics. Unleashed was our earliest holder with producer Ryan Greene who also did a large employment on Insider. Some humans prefer the clearness of the mid extent creating on Rev but I think Ryan's mixes healthy similar our existent demonstration: large beefy and forceful. We toured a property following Unleashed playing accomplished a hundred shows in US Europe and Canada. Pete certain he wanted a employment with trustworthy earnings so he west the circle to become a healthy designer. Fair in period for a journey to Australia Recent Zealand and Japan Glen Vegas joined TFP. Thankfully I had already well-informed the deceit of using a windscreen on my microphone to protect my teeth—because on that journey it seemed similar the level WAS the mosh cavity. Insider was happy because I felt additional cozy singing. Tony kicked idiot as common Steve's rocking guitar parts were evolving nicely and Glen added a recent melodic expression. Our confidant Steve Kravac a producer probably excellent famous for his labor with MXPX said that Insider sounds similar it was "played with urgency." I agree. Following Insider was released we toured with urgency playing accomplished a hundred shows in 5 months in US Canada and Europe. In hindsight we pushed a piece too rocklike as both Tony and Glen certain to statement it quits. Glen joined the machine eruption by flattering a flicker liveliness knowledgeable. Tony certain to do piece period punk stone joining Scott's circle Pulley in between baseball seasons as healthy as playing drums in a not many business bands. Brave Steve and I found bass sporting person Leigh Lawson from Cultivation Grove and drummer Kris Kwiatkowski who moved to Los Angeles from Philadelphia to theater piece for TFP. We recorded a bad wrapping of Tesla's "Adoration Melody" for Punk Goes Metal on Unafraid Records. Then we joined Millencolin on a raging Punk O Rama journey done the US and parts of Canada. The journey was strange every demonstration was full. Kris said he had the period of his animation then quit the circle to become a stockbroker (though he calm rocks gone in his extra period). Then the genuine disaster struck. Leigh Lawson suddenly passed distant from an enlarged emotions. We found gone after that in 1990 he had been diagnosed with 10 old age to existent. He hid his circumstances from all presumably to protect his offspring. He didn't flat spirit end to the doctors where he could have well-informed about recent treatments that could have saved his animation. Steve and I took period gone to mourn and reconsider our priorities. It didn't profit us extended to numeral gone that the circle was calm our attraction. I couldn't think of anything I'd rather do. So we recruited a confidant and ex-Frightened Aligned bassist John Chapman. Besides John's bass knowledge and very strange ability for captivating melodies he brings heartiness to the circle that has earned him the fun title "Partybear." In a "animation is alien than story" coexistence addition drummer from Philly emerged. Kevin Ruggeri tired gone the contest for the drum mark not singular with his drumming pyrotechnics but also with his songwriting skills. He writes dissonant guitar parts coupled with knowing provoking individual lyrics showing a view on animation regular with someone who west his safe paying teaching occupation to progress traversing the rural to join his preferred punk stone circle. This is today's lineup. I dream it choice visit this method for old age to come as we have written a property of recent songs that I'm pleased to demonstration the planet. Along the method our three-holder agreement with Inscription expired so we are without charge agents looking for an interested brand. I dream individual picks us up soon as we are itching to get a recent holder gone and leap into our van for addition angry-rural risk. |