CONDOM NATION
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The Band started around late summer of 1996, Ryan came to park city when he was 12, and he was in school and was at jazz band tryouts, he wanted to play the drums, he played and there was no compition until the big balboski Trevor walked through the door. Everyone was amazed on how well he could drum, Ryan said, "Hey I play bass and I just moved here and I want to start a band, wanna play?" Trevor said yes, but then there was another kid at the jazz band tryouts named Nick Nelson, he said hey guys I play guitar, need a guitar player? Yeah ok, but he wasn't very good, so Ryan had to teach him a lot before he knew how to play, they played about three shows, then nick got sick of the whole thing twords the summer time. Then over the phone, Ryan meet a Kid Named Ed (currently guitar player for Just Add Water) and asked if he wanted to start a band. He said sure, so we did, they played a little bit of heavy metal, but then they toke a break and watched some MTV. They saw a ska band called The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, They said wow, we should play this kind of stuff, so we called our friends that played trumpet, we got Clint (Currently trumpetplayer for Just Add Water.) But then he bailed and got sick and they don't know what the hell happened to him, so they got two more trumpet players, Joey Malone and Ben Klinginstein which by the way they are very talented. But when all came good, Ed had to go on a trip with the boy scouts, so then he brought his friend Jesse here even though he would be there for a short time. He was a very talented guitar player and he still tries to play with Condom Nation whenever he can, they're all close friends. Jesse was the founder of the name Stapler, they had a couple shows in Park City then everyone left, it was a summer thing that Ryan and Trevor reilized when everyone left. What were they to do? Trevor found a friend of his that could play the bass, his name was Nick Beiber, when they got him they changed their style to metal/punk type stuff, it was really wierd, that's when Ryan swiched over to guitar, he agreed to stick to this band until the talent show was over or until he got sick of it. Finally they played one show, then Nick spilt two weeks before our first big show in front of 50 to 100 people in Park City, by the hands of god, Trevor and Nick found someone to replace Nick, his name was britt, he figured out the punk ethic really fast concidering that they had gig in two weeks, they worked very hard to get to where they are at. Today Condom Nation says that, that was their best show ever. They dropped the name stapler on March 13, 1999. here are some past shows of ours 1996 All in Park city until otherwise No Name losers November 17, battle of the Bands, @Tmms w/ (now as we know them) 2 pigs fighting, Sage, and FUEL (when nick was in the band) December 16 Show stoppers Event @Tmms w/ showstoppers ---------------------------------- 97 janurary 30, Show stoppers Event @Tmms w/ duet Alternitive March 13 1997 Back to school Night @Tmms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stapler/ That ska band June, 15 Park City @Channel 8 show September, 27 Park City B-day @ ryan's house w/ dj salt dude --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December, 18 talent show, @ PCHS w/ Good Machine, We Make ya wanna, and The George Phillips band(when we went heavy metal) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 Stapler when they went punk and got Britt, but we'll call them Condom Nation march 13, Park City Battle of the Bands w/ Good Machine, Red Letter day, We make ya wanna..., and The George Phillips band April 14, Fundraiser, TMMS w/ Just Add Water October 16 Battle of the Bands w/Red Letter Day, Cloud 9, Good Machine, and Sage December 6, park City Jeremy Ranch Louge House w/ Sold Separatley December 18 Talent show PCHS w/ Just Add Water, Chick Band, and Good Machine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is when we start going places December 22 Salt Lake City, UT w/ Just add Water and Good Machine march, 13 Salt Lake City, UT @ DV8 (downstairs) w/ Hospital Food, Good Machine, and Sold Separately april, 24 Park City, UT @ PCHS, w/ Just Add Water, Good Machine, 2 pigs fighting, and Cloud 9 june, 30 American Fork, UT, Veterens Hall w/ Lazyeye, Caffiene Kid, and Insubordination Sept, 3, American Fork, UT, Veterens Hall, w/ The Happy Campers, The Kindertones, and Lazyeye Sept, 11, Sandy, UT Classic Skating, w/ Sold Separately, last chance, lifewise, etc ------- other show that night ------- sept 11, Provo, UT, our first Headlining show (houseparty) w/ Lazyeye, and Marco Polo, sept 25th, American Fork, UT, Our second Headlining show, w/ OUR BROTHER AND BEST FRIEND BAND Sold Separately, Special Guest, U.N.D. and Instant Winner oct 16th, Anerican Fork, UT, Cd Release Party, w/ Lazyeye, Hospital Food, Due Time, Pollan Instant Winner, and Marco Polo (ithink)
this is how many fans we have and this is also how many fans hate Ryan
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