Two great tastes that go great together.

I’ve been using EHX pedals since I was a kid and I figured out how to make my shitty guitar playing sound “cool”.

The Big Muff was the first pedal I ever bought and when I plugged it in, the light bulb went off. Yea, verily I say unto you, distortion covereth a multitude of sins.

So when I was contacted by Electro Harmonix and asked if I would be the new (bearded) face for their bass guitar pedals, needless to say I ’stomped’ on the chance (horrible pun intended).
They sent me a copy of their “Bass Blogger” distortion pedal and I made a video for it!
Check it out at the link above!

I’m not much of a noodler / wanker guy, and this was my first forray into this sort of thing, but I had fun with it. Next time I’ll wear a sweater and sit with legs crossed slapping and popping. I mean, you can’t start out with Empire Strikes Back you know?!

We leave for tour this weekend. I’ll be playing the hell out of this pedal the whole tour. Come see me not slapping or popping in your town.
For now: yours, sweaterless and legs akimbo - Kevin

So we’re exactly a month away from our new record coming out in the states. Very exciting for us. So much so in fact that our label and we thought it might be cool to give an exclusive little download.

Our good friends at eMusic are releasing the first single from the record called “Octavio” with a few remixes from friends and family. That cover you see up there is the one.  I’m pretty sure you can find it here on Tuesday of this week.

Happy O’bama Day! What an amazing guy - we’re routing for you mister! So now I’m wholeheartedly going to give myself over to this “blogging” - I’ve accepted it into my heart & heard it has a wonderful plan for my life.
So while we wrap up the new record and gear up for the road…thought I’d share my current bass set-up. I’ve been having fun with it, check it out:

So this is one for the nerdz!
If your wondering why it’s labeled like I have the vision of a Mole, it’s for several reasons:

a) We play some places that are darker than Mordor.

b) Occasionally we play shows that are “union run” which means that little monkeys with flashlights and utility belts have to set your equipment up, or you don’t play. It’s times like that when you thank your lucky stars for big-neon labels.

c) Occasionally a sound-person may send some wattage through a DI line…in which case when singing, my lips are fried like a wet cat on an electric fence. Again, another moment when a big easy arrow pointing to the ground-lift makes less pee come out than necessary.

The true nerds may notice the clone theory - perhaps a subtle hint of the sounds to follow??? For some reason, lately I can’t get enough of old school Peter Hook, Adam Clayton…that sort of thing.
I just bought an amp the other day,…which I’m having a great time getting farts sounds out of.