Posted by Icky (67.114.245.199) on July 16, 2002 at 11:27:20:
I guess you can blame Mr. Manning for the fact that we've become somewhat of a magnet for porn spam (he came up with Imperial DRAG).
I was just ruminating the other day about the bizarre coincedence of cosmic consciousness that dictates that little raven-haired teenybopper-singer/songstresses like Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton release records at the exact same time. Or that "Cuddlecore" (I LOVE that word!) bands like Sum 41, Linkin Park, or Jimmy Eat World come out with exactly the same three-chord ditties as the next. More specifically, how in 1996, three bands could all come out with the words "Drag" and/or "Imperial" in their names. I'm speaking, of course, Of us, Imperial Teen, and Superdrag ("Super" was another hot band-name prefix of the mid-nineties). One of my favorite I.D. stories was while we were in the middle of demo-ing for our second record. We were over at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, birthplace of such Rock classics as Cheap Trick's "Heaven tonight" (one of my all-time favorites), Nirvana's "Nevermind", and Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours". Ironically, down the hall in the "big room", was Superdrag, just putting the finishing touches on their second masterpiece (if you've never heard these guys, do yourselves a favor and pick up their records - they're awesome! - I assure you, you won't be sorry!). One day, while taking a break in the little kitchen they had in the back of the studio, the Superdrag guys filed into the room to eat their take-out food they had ordered. We all gave the requisite, Rock & Roll "Hey, what's up?" nods of greeting. Someone from Superdrag asked in his polite Southern drawl what band we were in. When informed, they sort of nodded in mildly concealed, annoyed recognition. I half-appologetically piped in,"Yeah, uh, we're the OTHER "drag" band". Everyone nodded in silence. I think someone chuckled under his breath. Maybe it was me. I don't remember.
The world is a strange place.
-Ick.