I’m not sure if there’s a way to classify this, it’s part mutant, part inbred of the backwoods of Connecticut,
with a dash of Nine Inch Nails and Ministry thrown in there for good measure. Circus of Dead Squirrels is a
band based out of Hartford, CT serving up their own brand of industrial music performed by four guys in
squirrel masks. Pancho Ripchord provides vocals along with complaints about his bi-polar distorter and,
oh yeah, he’s an ultra sensitive prick. His words not mine. Ripchord is backed by Omega on drums, who
happens to be a “Total Fucking Dick”; again, his words not mine. Tuberculosis Jones who, in between his
Alien Conspiracies and being an absolute screwball, manages to provide the bass to round out the Circus.
Did I mention he’s a self-loathing fuck? His words not mine. Last but not least, there’s Ninja Turtle
Liberace who provides guitars and programming. He’s “Miserable- with an always business attitude.” and
he’d like to set the record straight that he’s not gay despite what his name may suggest. These four
borderline psychotics bounce around on stage like they’ve just jammed a handful of amphetamines down
their throat, churning out some of the best industrial music that fits them on any bill with bands like
Rammstein, or even a Ministry revival tour. Using samples from everywhere even Super Mario Brothers,
like they do on the song 8 Bit Piece of Shit. “The trick is not to take yourself too seriously,” Ripchord says,
even if some people don’t get them but that doesn’t discourage the Circus any. As Ripchord further states,
“We know that there’s at least one person who understands what we’re trying to do.”
www.myspace.com/circusofdeadsquirrels
with a dash of Nine Inch Nails and Ministry thrown in there for good measure. Circus of Dead Squirrels is a
band based out of Hartford, CT serving up their own brand of industrial music performed by four guys in
squirrel masks. Pancho Ripchord provides vocals along with complaints about his bi-polar distorter and,
oh yeah, he’s an ultra sensitive prick. His words not mine. Ripchord is backed by Omega on drums, who
happens to be a “Total Fucking Dick”; again, his words not mine. Tuberculosis Jones who, in between his
Alien Conspiracies and being an absolute screwball, manages to provide the bass to round out the Circus.
Did I mention he’s a self-loathing fuck? His words not mine. Last but not least, there’s Ninja Turtle
Liberace who provides guitars and programming. He’s “Miserable- with an always business attitude.” and
he’d like to set the record straight that he’s not gay despite what his name may suggest. These four
borderline psychotics bounce around on stage like they’ve just jammed a handful of amphetamines down
their throat, churning out some of the best industrial music that fits them on any bill with bands like
Rammstein, or even a Ministry revival tour. Using samples from everywhere even Super Mario Brothers,
like they do on the song 8 Bit Piece of Shit. “The trick is not to take yourself too seriously,” Ripchord says,
even if some people don’t get them but that doesn’t discourage the Circus any. As Ripchord further states,
“We know that there’s at least one person who understands what we’re trying to do.”
www.myspace.com/circusofdeadsquirrels
- The Icarus Account, sounds like a new IRA from your corner bank
rather than a the acoustic duo consisting of 19 year old twin brothers
Ty and Trey Turner. The Brothers Turner are showing people that
acoustic guitars aren’t just for Dashboard Confessionals and coffee
to Mercury Records when they played Rock Solid Pressure’s Annual Showcase this past September.
Icarus Account hails from Lakeland, FL where a music scene has long since died due to the high school clique politics of
the scene. While most of the Lakelanders would rather stay home and talk shit about other bands on the Internet via
Myspace, pure volume, or which ever one you prefer, The Icarus Account just wants to play and get heard. Often driving
90 miles from college just to play a Wednesday night gig at Bourbon Street. The boys of The Icarus Account have
managed to get themselves an I Tunes Account where you can purchase their EP Hold on for Dear Life, and are currently
finishing work on a full length album which is yet to be titled.
www.myspace.com/theicarusaccount
You don’t go to a Sophia Ramos “Show”, you go to the Sophia Ramos “Experience”.
It is easy imagine Ramos at home in a New York loft apartment locked in a walk in
closet somewhere with a 13 inch television and a DVD player with every Rolling
Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin tour video ever made taking notes on every
single sway and gyration, and calculating it with the pilgrim theorem adding exponents to make the swaying gyration her very own.
Ramos has shared the stage with the likes of Jason Newsted of Metallica, Paul Simon, Karl Wallinger, Billy Bragg, Joey Ramone, and
Psychotica, with whom she appeared as featured vocalist on their main stage Lollapalooza tour with Soundgarden and Rage Against
The Machine. The New Yorker has managed to embody the voice of James Brown and Chris Cornell simultaneously, while doing it
with all the bravado of a Lenny Kravitz with estrogen.
Ramos, a New York native, is everything that a New York woman in rock stands for. She sweats, she turns you up and turns you on,
and it’s ok if you’re not buying because she isn’t fucking selling it’s already sold! And it’s flying off the shelves and if you’re not
tuning in and getting turned on, your musical libido has long gone through a hormonal funeral.
www.myspace.com/sophiaramosrocks
It is easy imagine Ramos at home in a New York loft apartment locked in a walk in
closet somewhere with a 13 inch television and a DVD player with every Rolling
Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin tour video ever made taking notes on every
single sway and gyration, and calculating it with the pilgrim theorem adding exponents to make the swaying gyration her very own.
Ramos has shared the stage with the likes of Jason Newsted of Metallica, Paul Simon, Karl Wallinger, Billy Bragg, Joey Ramone, and
Psychotica, with whom she appeared as featured vocalist on their main stage Lollapalooza tour with Soundgarden and Rage Against
The Machine. The New Yorker has managed to embody the voice of James Brown and Chris Cornell simultaneously, while doing it
with all the bravado of a Lenny Kravitz with estrogen.
Ramos, a New York native, is everything that a New York woman in rock stands for. She sweats, she turns you up and turns you on,
and it’s ok if you’re not buying because she isn’t fucking selling it’s already sold! And it’s flying off the shelves and if you’re not
tuning in and getting turned on, your musical libido has long gone through a hormonal funeral.
www.myspace.com/sophiaramosrocks
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