Meet the band:
Kristian,
Neal,
Andy,
and Scott
The tale of the band that could
Who were those masked men?
- Kristian Klaene --- guitarist and coffee drinker
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He only writes the hits, or so he once claimed. The master of his
Black Les Paul, a coffee addict, and the slayer of dozens upon dozens of
Kroger frozen pizzas, Herr Klaene now teaches mathematics at a magnet
high school in Nashville in between gigs with his new band,
inside-out. He once tried to
explain an album cover idea in math terms: "Imagine if the words were laid
out like 1/x..." He's a great fan of The Simpsons and Star
Wars (but that goes for everybody in the band), but the surprising,
out-of-character tidbit is his unfailing fascination with Wrestling (the
WWF/WCW type stuff)....Originally from: Edgewood, KY
Day job: high school math teacher
Musical influences: Neil Young, Iron Maiden (in the old days), They Might Be Giants
e-mail: (withheld) - Neal Fitch --- drummer and Rolling Stones fanatic
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Those who learn that Neal is an economist before hearing him play drums
often wonder how in the world it's possible that he could hold down a beat
--- yet he does, and damn well, too. That is, when he's not watching
television or playing baseball.... His affection for yo' momma jokes and
Seinfeld are unparalleled, but pale in comparison with the fact
that he saw the Rolling Stones nine times on the Bridges to
Babylon tour alone.
Lately, Neal lives in Houston and in his nonexistent spare time is apartment bound to his new electronic drum kit and recording software.Originally from: Chicago by way of Louisville, KY
Day job: Economic Analyst
Musical Influences: The Rolling Stones, all British invasion rock, and the seventies
e-mail: (withheld) - Andy Leathers --- bassist and token eccentric member
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He's the quiet one in the corner, the guy you suspect is plotting something
--- a fear which is worsened when you learn he's a chemist. His
softspoken nature and passion for Bruce Lee and Shaft movies tend to result
in bizarre things coming out when he does open his mouth.
Incidentally, he's also the one who kicks the most butt in the As of Yet
basketball tournaments (traditionally Kristian and Neal versus Andy and
Scott)... Watch for the tiny disco ball hanging from his
amplifier...
Andy is currently dorking around in Atlanta, GA, looking for gasoline in water or something like that. At least, that's what he tells us. He has a few dogs.Originally from: Louisville, KY
Day job: Chemistry student
Musical Influneces: Led Zeppelin, Isaac Hayes, R.E.M., and many others
e-mail: (he doesn't answer it) - Scott Arrington --- guitarist, singer, and laughing stock
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As the resident computer nerd in the band, I've put together this website and
loads of other stuff to make us, as Andy once claimed, "the most printed-out
band in history." I graduated from college and started working (read
more about that on my homepage), but have been making
music whereever i can, often by electronic means. Oh, and i
got
married, too.Originally from: Louisa, KY
Day job Development Engineer at Lexmark International -- my business card reads "Bit Wrangler and Aspiring Unix Guru"
Musical influences: 80's metal (in the old high school days), 50's Jazz (Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and those guys), 70's rock, everything I've ever heard
e-mail: scott at asofyet dot org
www homepage: http://www.asofyet.org/muppet/
What's the Story here?
Kristian and Neal met at the Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program (Centre College) in 1992, where they were roommates. I (scott) was there, too, in a different dorm and in different circles, but I met them in the basement of the Arts building, where Neal had his drums set up. There was also the time they'd dragged a bed out the window of their corner room onto the roof of the porch of their dorm, but that's not important. We played (completely unrehearsed) "The Immigrant Song," "The Ocean," and "Purple Haze" at an all-night lock-in, but that was about it.
The next year Kristian and I wound up at the University of Kentucky, in Boyd Hall. We played guitar off and on, but not much else. He and Neal got together every now and then. The following year ('94), Neal transferred to UK, and moved into Boyd. The three of us decided to start a band; we already had a few songs of our own, and wrote a few more together. The first rehearsal, in the Boyd basement, is on tape somewhere... we got busted by the Louisville fuzz for making too much noise at Neal's house on a Sunday...
We had our first gig scheduled before we had either a name or a bassist. The former problem remained until a week before the show (decided in Neal's car, I believe), but the latter was more easily solved. We'd seen this guy in Boyd carrying a bass and sheet music to Led Zeppelin II; "do you want to be in a band?" we asked. "Sure," he said. Actually that was the most he said for about a month...
Since then we've written well over thirty songs, recorded three albums, and and played a few dozen gigs in Lexington and Richmond.