raf classic: guitar/vocals
johnny b: guitar
emil 4 1/2: bass/harmonic vocals
grim: drums
I am so fed up with that damn under construction
sign...
So here I am showing lack of originality on
my part by giving you this description of
the Crumbs that you've probably read before
on the Lookout mail-order catalog or their web page.
The parts on red are just tidbits that I added...
Let's start off at the beginning, right? O.K., so let's meet the Crumbs!
Start with Raf
Classic, singer, guitar player, and all around scoundrel. Raf has
a hankering for the finer things in life: the music of the Ramones and
AC/DC (Bon Scott era there, jack), Schlitz beer, and stayin’ up all night.
And Raf is one unique
character....he's purely an entertainer on stage and in person.
The next guitar playin’
Crumb is Mr. Johnny B., connoisseur of old blues and rock’n’roll records,
and all manners of cheap and greasy food.
To me, Johnny seems
to be a down to earth person. But let's not forget how this guy fires
it up on the guitar. Solos and little catchy riffs everywhere.
I think his part in the band is one of the Crumb's elements that makes
them fit together so perfectly.
Moving onward... He
plays a guitar too, folks, but it’s a bass guitar! That’s right, meet Mr.
Emil Four and a Half! Bass player extraordinaire, Emil is a kinda an unpredictable
guy, with a manner fluctuating between the typically “stoic, silent bass
player type” to tossing his instrument through the drum kit in an adrenaline
inspired frenzy. Oh yeah, Emil is also a walking punk rock record collecting
fiend.
And it's true, he
is a record collecting fiend...he owns a 7 inch I've been looking for,
which one day I'll steal...And the only time this guy sees sunlight is
when the Simpsons are on, then he practically lives in the night....But
enough dirt on Emil...he's really an all-around great person. And
I mean that.
“The drummer” is one Chuck Loose
(scroll down for picture of him), token coffee addict and stress magnet
in the Crumbs. Hoo boy. When he’s not buggin’ out about somethin’
or other, he’s buying silly leather clothes, writing for some stupid punk
zine or other, or pushing over his drum set.
Chuck
Loose was the drummer of the Crumbs until near 1997 when he was no longer
a Crumb. Now Chuck is in another local Miami band called the Drug
Czars. So the Crumbs then got Marcio or aka Grim who was in a band
called the Basicks, which was the same band Raf played bass and sang in.
So, now let's meet Marcio. This Argentinean skinsman is one hell
of a drummer with a great sense of humor.
OK, so the Crumbs
play the music they like, dig? Punk Rock, ace... inspired by, among others,
stuff by Radio Birdman, Ramose, Dead Boys, The Pagans, Crime, The Stooges,
The MC5, and zillions of other bands that played real rock’n’roll
(like the Rolling Stones). Three chords with
a four on the floor back beat and a hatred of “musicianship” and “talent”.
O.K., so if ya read this far, and you still don’t hate ‘em, or even if
you do, check ‘em out!
So, the Crumbs play
what they are most influenced by. And not only that, they still remain
to maintain the fun a band should have, so please do check 'em out!
--nancy mae (only the red parts)
yup that's the famous chuck loose between johnny & emil
Won't you
come home