It seems like it was much easier to write posts at the very beginning… There just wasn’t as much other stuff to do! Too often these days working on the website gets put on the back burner, but rest assured that we will be adding some fun new features soon. The Dumb Easies Valentine’s Day download was a huge success and we plan on bringing you more free songs by some very groovy bands within the next few weeks, with a new one going up about once every five weeks. Of course I’m guessing you want to see some live videos and a music player? Maybe some podcast of some sort? All are in the works! As well as more posts about some of our favorite bands and some mp3 versions of songs from the vaults.
And so what have we been doing while the website starts to get a little of that day-old bread taste? We’ve been working on The Dumb Easies college radio campaign! We have sent out about 300 CDs to stations all over the U.S. and Canada. We will be sending more out to international radio markets and press sometime in June. In the meantime we are working on a video (next weekend) and calling all of those stations to check how things are doing. It’s a ton of work, and since most of our staff took the corporate jet to Bermuda where it promptly got lost, that just leaves a handful of us and some volunteers to keep the ball rolling… which reminds me, GTG, have some DJs to call!
The wait is over! We were a little concerned as our first event in celebration of the arrival of the CD was schedeuled for St. Patrick’s Day and the UPS delivery truck didn’t pull up until about 6:30 the day before. Because of the Valentine’s Day download single (thanks City Paper!) and the Toledo Museum of Art Show (thanks Megan Bremmer!) and the Live Wire performance (thanks WBGU, 88.1 FM!), the UPS guy already new who we were and was excited about it.
The Dumb Easies "Love, Love, Love" CD
The brand new release from The Dumb Easies! Cyto-1, our first rrelease. Click the image for more details. Postpaid in the USA. Overseas orders, see the "product description" below.
Price: $12.99
The Dumb Easies "Love, Love, Love" CD (overseas)
The brand new release from The Dumb Easies! Cyto-1, our first rrelease. Click the image for more details. Postpaid Overseas. US orders, see the "product description" above.
Price: $18.99
Don’t forget to check out their website (thedumbeasies.com) and “like” them on Facebook. Here’s a bit of information about the album from the press release, written by Phil Dickinson, the drummer from Solar 8;
Northwest Ohio five-piece The Dumb Easies play music that has been called a lot of things, but our favorite has got to be tambourinist and head-vocal enhancer Ted Truman’s recent description of their sound as “tortured pop with a cherry on top.” That’s as good a snapshot of The Dumb Easies music as you’re likely to find. Scotty Harkness’s addictive guitar hooks, bassist Matt Alexander’s bilious bass-lines and drummer Heather Revill’s heart-pumping danceteria garage beats whip up a darkly infectious brew, topped off with the mournful and honey-sweet voice of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Cory Andricks. It’s not easy to pull off a feel-good love song in these cynical end times, but The Dumb Easies somehow manage it by wrapping their sweetness in barbed wire, marinating it in heartbreak and offering the resulting mixture up with a twist of menace and melancholy that still leaves the hint of love’s golden promise intact. “Lost a dream or two /along the way and /in the distance is forty’s horizon,” sings Andricks on “Go Go Go.” “So let’s stop wasting time / let’s go go go ‘cause we’re dead tomorrow / power off all the machines / the sun is shining for you and me.”
You can clearly hear the Motown, ‘50s pop and early punk rock influences on The Dumb Easies’ jagged pop odes to love’s delicious torment, but as they told the Toledo City Paper a couple of summers ago, “the cool thing is that we’re each personally influenced by such different genres. After band practice, when we’re taking turns playing songs, there’s usually some Skynyrd and Britney Spears in there somewhere. We don’t really make music to cater to the college kids or the hipsters or the punks or the intellectuals—but everyone seems to like us anyway.” Although they’ve only been together as a band since 2005, individually the members of The Dumb Easies been doing the rounds in the local rock scene for years as members of The Cupcakes, The Matt Truman Ego Trip, The Wigfur Allstars, Bigfoot and the Fully Automatics and Hot Love. Now they’re reaching out to a broader fan base by widening their horizons.
In the summer of 2011 they played at the Toledo Museum of Art, a show that gave them exposure to a more diverse audience than the usual rock club clientele. Children danced, grandmas clapped and even the museum docents approved. This past February too, to accompany the release of their free Valentine’s Day promo-single, the Dumb Easies played local radio station WBGU 88.1FM’s “Live Wire” show at the Cla-Zel Theater, which was recorded and videotaped live for rebroadcast at a later date on public television.
The Dumb Easies’ Love!, Love!, Love! is the very first release by Cytoblast Records, a brand-new Northwest Ohio record label, and is being marketed to college radio, music blogs, and magazines both nationally and internationally.
Although they’ve only been together as a band since 2005, individually the members of The Dumb Easies been doing the rounds in the local rock scene for years as members of The Cupcakes, The Matt Truman Ego Trip, The Wigfur Allstars, Bigfoot and the Fully Automatics and Hot Love. Now they’re reaching out to a broader fan base by widening their horizons.
Ton. Weighing in at 2,000 pounds. This from Wikipedia “The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years.”
Ton - Paste/Literal Man 7"
And from Dan at Vintage City; “TON was a band that rolled in like a tank and flew out like a rocket. The band woke me up. I was hearing what they call Grunge on the radio, and where Grunge was new, TON was already there. They were HEAVY and it didn’t matter what the magazine called it. Maybe it WAS grunge, but I heard my own voice out of TON- and TON said what I wanted to say. Meditation to mosh pit, there were these songs- in particular this PASTE which upon hearing, got me to try to figure it out on my guitar. “Empty out your pockets, I see what you’ve been building- Secret rockets Shoot the moon & send me all the way.” goes the chorus that I heard as badassery as much as truth. There’s honesty here. I don’t know where this single was printed, but TON was out of DEFIANCE. Ohio. Literal Man was more youth speaking it’s mind. Unafraid to celebrate misery in the form of unabashed (and bashed) drunken bottle downing, LITERAL MAN was re-titled and released on the other side of PASTE- and also on TON’s Cassette PEEL-OUT. They would always remain humble, like a tank in sweat pants THEY WOULD PLAY THE HEAVIEST INSIDE OUT UPSIDE DOWN UNTIL THE END… AND THEN COME BACK WITH THE SONG THAT TOPPED ALL THAT. They WERE a secret rocket and they remain soo. In the form of this increasingly secret 45.”
Ton were; Tony Perales, Todd Holtsberry, Joe RoblesMark Hutchins (Old West End Records recording artist) Engineered by Scott Kramer, March 1992, Praise Dobbs Records, Bowling Green, Ohio.
Ton - Paste/Literal Man 7"
Ton - Paste/Literal Man 7". Original issue. Featuring Old west End Records recording artist Mark Hutchins, and Tony Perales, Todd Holtsberry, Joe Robles,Engineered by Scott Kramer, March 1992, Praise Dobbs Records, Bowling Green, Ohio Available Qty: 9
More info will be coming soon. But heck, that cover is DISGUSTING!!! YES, I’M SHOUTING AT YOU!!! IT’S GROSS!!! WHICH MEANS WE “LIKE” IT!!!
Vambo Marble Eye "Two Trick Pony" cassette
Vambo Marble Eye "Two Trick Pony" cassette
Vambo Marble Eye "Two Trick Pony" cassette. Only one available at this time. Watcha bet there ain't no other way to get it? Master tapes are most likely tapes, hiding in someones closet, not readily available. Available Qty: 1
Mind Power 7" vinyl. Green vinyl, red cover. Original issue from Praise Dobbs Records, 1992. Postpaid in USA. Overseas orders e-mail cytomafia@cytoblast.com for details. Available Qty: 5
Mind Power 7" vinyl. Green vinyl, white cover. Original issue from Praise Dobbs Records, 1992. Postpaid in USA. Overseas orders e-mail cytomafia@cytoblast.com for details. Available Qty: 5
More info will be coming soon. But, let me put it this way, for the time being. Weird. Green vinyl. Buy now, won’t be around long…
The New Rob Robbies were based primarily out of Chicago, forming from a combination of ex-pat North-West Ohio bands such as The Dutch Crumbs, Art School, Sheepish Grin, and Blank Shatz.
Unless you’ve had your head up Marilyn Manson’s ass for the past couple of years, you are no doubt aware of Chicago’s New Rob Robbies and even if you haven’t (had your head up Marilyn Manson’s ass) and aren’t (aware of Chicago’s New Rob Robbies), this is your chance to kill two birds with one stone! So grab a hold of those pale white cheeks kids, we’re goin’ in!…
RW: These are the questions. Describe you music in one word or less.
GEORGE: Or less?
RW: Yeah, one word or less?
BUTLER: Artsy.
GEORGE: Fartsy.
JOHNSON: Vaudeville.
ROBBIE: Hi.
New Rob Robbies "Nuts & Balls" 10" vinyl
New Rob Robbies "Nuts & Balls" 10" vinyl, original issue from Mind of a Child Reords, 1994. Featuring Mike Wing on guitar and vocals. Available Qty: 2
The infamous Satan Tortilla, the Tortilla Diablo… from the vaults of Praise Dobbs Records, comes this vintage, 1992, Abuse House/Bhagiti Song Production 7″ record on black vinyl. The “Steve”EP, recorded live on location at Jim’s Guitar in Bowling Green, Ohio. What’s on the A side? There is no A side… it’s double B-sides, bay-bee! Featuring the hits Peanut Day, Redemption, What Was That, El Carro Demonio, Mark My Words, and Frat Boy Asshole. Featuring Sam Griffin/Drums, Jose Luna/Percussion, Bhagiti Eric Wallack/Guitar & Vocals (also Sitar), S. Kramer/Bass & Vocals, Phil Dickinson/”Mystery” Guitar and Yelling, Larry/Larryisms… and other mystery guests. This is truly vintage stuff, only a limited quantity available. Only $5.00, $2.00 shipping in the U.S. (overseas orders please contact us for rates)
Tortilla Diablo "Steve" EP 7" vinyl
Tortilla Diablo "Steve" EP 7" vinyl. Original issue from Praise Dobbs Records, 1992. Postpaid in USA. Overseas orders e-mail cytomafia@cytoblast.com for details. Available Qty: 19
NO LONGER AVAILABLE! THIS POST IS LEFT UP FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES ONLY! The full CD will be available here within a few days!
Hey! So happy to see you here. We are giving away the title track to the forthcoming album “Love, Love, Love” by The Dumb Easies for Valentines Day, 2012. Fill out the form below and we will send you the download on 2/14/2012….now! This is a limited time offer, so don’t delay!
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