You And What Army
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Biographies
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Brad Business
Talkin' Business with Brad
I was born 715 am december 18th 1980...big whoop. I lived in del mar for 2
years , then moved to rancho penasquitos into the house right next to Bailey
Warren...aka rip van manners, infamous cheeky bastard and frontman/guitarist
for Yawa. Coincidence?!?! yeah, probibly. We became fast friends, and shared
a ton of fucking hilarious memories, and even some sad ones in the 13years
we were next door neighbors...we caused a lot of trouble and lit a lot of
shit on fire...we even got arrested and charged with making prank phone calls
(anarchy!!...ok, so we were like 12..but we still got convicted and punished
for it). And while im on the subject, we both got kicked of the schools
safety patrol together (fuck safe crossing!!!)...in 5th grade. I was a
normal child of the late 80s, I liked bart simpson, I owned a pair of british
knight shoes, I liked milli vanilli when everyone else did...and at one point
in time...i thought it would be a great idea to get lines shaved in the side
of my head a la vanilla ice...you know, the usual stuff. Being young was
good, and as far as any relevence to music...my dad taught me a lot about
diversity and introduced me to classical music and big band as well...two of
my favorite types of music. All my life Ive had a huge respect and love for
music and musicians...and I can honestly say I could not live without
music...its a drug to me. SOOOO, in fifth grade, my life changes...i come
across my first "punk" album..white trash... by NOFX...and that changed the
way I looked at music forever. I began to fiend on punk and hardcore...after
nofx there was pennywise, then subhumans, then decendants...and the list went
on...i got such an early start...ive got a huge knowledge of punk and
hardcore music...so im cool and your not. Back to relevant issues...in
seventh grade...i was introduced to green day by jeff corbin....and I had
never heard anything like it...by then I was making tapes for my neighbor
bailey with the bands mentioned before and others like hoover,
fugazi.etc...and before long he was hooked too...he liked green day so much
when I gave him a listen....he asked for a copy of the whole tape....not just
a sample....and from there he fell in love with the band. High school rolled
along...and my parents split up...i was forced to move into my aunts
apartment...and lived there for a few months...the point is...i had to move
away from my bailey...and we grew apart for the last half of 9th grade and
the better half of 10th grade. He became better friends with josh clements
and it was during this time that the band that is now known as scribble was
just getting its start...I was concentrating on playing basketball and not
failing out of school, as well as trying to see how many girls I could get
and dump since I never had the luxery in middle school. Our paths crossed
again in late 10th grade when I stopped hanging out with all my ass slapping
jock friends and started to get more serious into the music I had always
loved...we started hanging out at lunch again, with josh (who is now my
clubbing partner no....YEEEESS!) and some kid named corey who I always used
to make fun of freshman year. corey eventually became the front man for
scribble blah blah blah..anyway...it was fun to hang out. Bailey ended his
stint with scribble...and him and I spent the most part of our shitty junior
year trying to set up jams with dj...the fat drummer for drats...but his lazy
ass was never down to play....so we were fucked. It changed senior year. Our
circle of friends started expanding...and we began hanging with some new
people. Bailey and I still had the passion for playing...but being the cynic
that I am...and the dumbass that I am...i stopped looking for an outlet to
make sure I would graduate...and cause I got tired of nothing happening. I
still put on some shows though. I dont remember the details...but in my
human relations class...i met a kid who sat next to me...he loved operation
ivy...and he pissed me off cause he kept interfereing when I tried to flirt
with tina garrow...she was hot. His name was Adam Scurfy. He started
hanging out with the lunch crew...and became friends with Bailey...He also
got into a number of hilarious fights with corey and josh....but thats not
important. Bailey hooked up with andrew..guitarist for skatomicbomb...and
Jeff Mifflin (yes THE jeff mifflin) who I knew only as the guy that fell over
in my english class because he was on drugs...and Patrick Gladney...and they
started jamming...they were pretty good...as luck would have it...i was
putting on a bbq at the blues bros in poway...and baileys band wanted to
play...i agreed but only If I could name this new band...he said ok,and I
named them you and what army...because I thought it was a damn good and
funny. Time passed...andrew wasnt interested...and quit...adam joined...and
some shows were played...nothing special...my dad died...we all
graduated...summer came and went with nothing to show for anyone...and time
rolled into winter...The band parted ways on good good terms with Patrick for
personal band reasons...and I joined...over the holidays...we began
practicing and ive quickly learned the songs. Im confident about the position
im filling....even never playing bass before...my time spent playing guitar
has made me familiar with the bass...and im getting good. Yawa is getting
really good...things are looking up...We are booking shows...doing merch,
planning stuff, and attacking things like never before...and weve got high
hopes for a lot of things...so watch out now!! Being in yawa and more
importantly just having the friends I do...has taught me a lot about life. I
love my friends...and I found out who was really there in the thick,when my
dad died. a lot of people turned their back on me...and they know who they
are...but those who stuck by me quietly showed so much to me. So I want to
say thanks to bailey, cause you arent even my friend...you are my brother,
weve shared a lot and I wouldnt trade it for anything, im glad you havefound
someone as supercool and super nice as anna...hi anna. and thanks to Adam,
who is the fucking coolist guy I know...and my very bestist friend...im glad
you also found one of the other few super cool and super nice girls on the
planet...hi amanda. Last but not least, thanks to Jeff...i dont know you all
that well, but next to adam, you are the nicest guy I know...and strangly a
good friend. All three of you helped me realize that you dont choose your
friends for anything but who they are...so thanks I love you guys. Were gonna
take hold of san diego very soon...So thats it, wow...i guess this is even
longer than baileys and adams....and I left out a lot of stuff too....i guess
we all just have an interesting story...or not...maybe I just talk too
much...hah! but you read it so get stuffed wanker!!! I gotta go now...see you
when I see you! hell awaits...rock! Brad Business feb 00'
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