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KIP WEAKLING WERE:
Christopher Cassidy - guitar, vocals
Matt Waite - drums
Derek Fraser - guitar, vocals
Mike Nixx - bass, vocals
IF YOU LOVED KIP WEAKLING, YOU
WOULD HAVE LIKED THESE BANDS:
Weezer, Pavement, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Flaming Lips, Iron Maiden
(only for style!)
BIOGRAPHY (as written by Christopher Cassidy):
Kip Weakling was all about having fun in the basement of your mamma's
house. We were mostly influenced by contrasting artists ( which is mostly
why our sound was hard to figure out --and also what lead to our break
up).
Our fist show was with the ever entertaining band TOAST
in March of 1997, followed by a horrible performance at the University
Pub. We sucked... over and over again! But toward the end, we did manage
to have some good shows. The XPY Festival - no one saw us, as we were
on at 11 AM - but we played well! The Shelter
in Detroit - my personal favorite - we played to a packed
house, and were well recieved. Mostly because our bassist Mike, kept humping
the pole in the middle of the stage! Sweet! The final show - January 1998
- at the Loop. It was the first time we all agreed that we played a great
show. We all had fun. We all stayed in tune! Too bad it was the last Kip
Weakling venue! Thanks to Ghoti and Grumpy
for opening up for us!
Kip did hit the studio. We recorded an eight song demo, hoping to capture our crap in spirit. It didn't! Low budget meant low quality - and the demo never surfaced. I guess that's what you can expect for $300!
The death of Kip - started almost at the beginning. We all had different ideas of where to go and what to do. Towards the end, I started drumming for The Movies. The Kip guys didn't seem to mind --until we started playing shows, and I became really enthusiastic about it. It was a nice change from the Kip thing!
Matt Waite went on to
Toronto --last I heard, he's still playing for fun. Derek disappeared
for a while, but every once in a whlie, we bump into each other. Mike
bought some turntables and was getting into the DJ scene. I stayed with
The Movies breifly, before leaving with
their bassist Jen to
form Yellowdek with long time friend Milan
Jilka. From there, it was on to Pleasure,
with William Ford, Joaquim DeSantos, and Craig MacLauchlan. Then I escaped
and disappeared... never to resurface!
DISCOGRAPHY:
Demo (1998, Unreleased)
CONTACT KIP WEAKLING:
Email: cas933@hotmail.com
The
Movies | Pleasure | Yellowdek
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