Band Members:

Kevin Gibson (vocals), Trevor Erb (bass), Rob Kleiner (keyboards), Scott Radway (drums), Jeff Enokian (guitar)

Albums:

Drake Equation (2001), Book of Water (2001), Fermi Paradox (2002), Zoo Hypothesis (2004), The Great Filter (2007)

Label:

The End Records

Tour:

The “If” Tour w/Mindless Self Indulgence

Site:

http://www.tubring.com

There is no lesson here.

Pandora sends shivers through my scrotum when I think about how awesome it is. I have no idea how the little algorithms work, I think they’re adolescent gremlins that pull knobs for a quarter a week, or something like that. Not that it matters, ‘cos it all becomes magic-in-a-box at some point, even for the Code Ninjas. I’m just glad it does work.

It was from my Mr. Bungle station that I found Tub Ring.

If you don’t want the wrong kind of message, don’t send the same kind to me.

A young Rob Kleiner washeavilyinfluenced by Mr. Bungle. So much so (it’s too late ‘cos we’re obsessed with you) Tub Ring attracted the attention of Trey Spruance, Mr. Bungle’s guitarist, who eventually produced their first album,Drake Equation. That album had too strong a resemblance to Mr Bungle, and it’s a good thing they found their own sound. Mr. Bungle is so ground breaking that imitation is like farting into your own gas mask, it just doesn’t work. Not to mention it smells like boo-boo.

What a god damned second here. What?!?

All this is to say I am glad I didn’t hearDrake Equationfirst. I think that if I had I would have kicked my newly neutered dog in his pancake flap. Their latest offering,The Great Filter, is so totally SUH-weet it will rot your teefs (and completely jack your spelling)! Self-righteous jerks, killers in love and a second, dissenting, perspective on a car crash are but a few of the themes the album exploids (exploids = explodes like hemorrhoids).

What are you doing reading this. Go get the album already.

I know there is so much more to life and time is fleeting, but it doesn’t change a thing.

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