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After I fired Howie Pyro and disbanded La-Bas I decided to name a new band after myself. I was writing everything, doing the booking and half the time I was picking up the tab.
Nick came from The Stimulators, Alex came from The Misguided and Jack was and very well may still be Even Worse.
Band 1: Tommy DOG: Vocals, Guitar Nick Marden: Bass Alex Totino: Guitar Jack Rabid: Drums
This band did two records then Nick went to play with The Blowtorch Boys and Flash Cooney and The Deans Of Discipline. Later he was in Letch Patrol and The False Prophets. Currently now he's a Suicide King. Alex went on to form Das Damen.
Band 2: Tommy DOG: Vocals, Guitar Jack Rabid: Drums, Eric Schenkman: Guitar Jay Goldman: Bass, Harp
This line up existed for a year or so then Jack went on to form Spring House.
Band 3: Tommy DOG: Vocals, Guitar Eric Schenkman: Guitar Jay Goldman: Bass, Harp Stan Zak: Drums
This band was with me for what seemed like a long time. After the last recording I never saw or spoke to Jay again and Eric started The Spin Doctors.... I guess you never really know how shit's gonna end up.
Band 4: Tommy DOG: Vocals, Guitar Stan Zak: Drums Mark Lazar: Guitar Brian Swirsky: Bass
This line up lasted one rehearsal. Stan packed up and formed The Groove Unit Orchestra. I think he just didn't want to do the same damn set for yet another year.
Band 5: Tommy DOG: Vocals, Guitar Mark Lazar: Guitar Brian Swirsky: Bass Alan Blattberg: Drums
This was the last line up of the band. I had personal problems and walked out during a rehearsal, it had nothing to do with the band I just didn't have it in me to play. The band lasted another two weeks playing the set but without me. There wasn't any real reason for them to continue, it was my band, my name, I was gone and any hope that I was going to come back was forgotten.
Though I was writing another album at the time I lost interest and didn't really record the material properly. I don't know whether this band would have done that album or just performed it live. I guess we'll never know.
The Brain People are really my band concept but they just simply are not a Rock $ Roll band. I've tried to write that material mainly for my solo thing. Though I have no current back up band and a lot of years gone by I do still threaten to come back a rape and pillage in the Rock $ Roll style that I love to hate and hate to love so much.
