"...They opened for A Minor Forest (who blew them off the stage) on a weeknight in January, so they weren't happy about performing for about ten people. So like typical primadonna assholes, they acted bratty, taunted the audience, and kicked around their equipment. But their attempts at being confrontational were met by only derisive laughter from the crowd, which made the band even more upset. Luckily, they cut the set short, hastily packed their U-Haul, and moved on to the next embarrassment."
― Nick Mirov (nick), Thursday, 12 August 2004 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Thursday, 12 August 2004 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 12 August 2004 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― fizzcaraldo (Justin M), Thursday, 12 August 2004 06:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 12 August 2004 06:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 August 2004 10:29 (nineteen years ago) link
would that be the essay that i first read in 1994, and which was probably written earlier?
― stevie (stevie), Thursday, 12 August 2004 11:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Thursday, 12 August 2004 11:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:40 (nineteen years ago) link
A woman i used to work with, and hated, gave me a tape with their album on one side and a todd rundgren best of on the other. i feel rockist about it now, but i chucked it out the window of my friend's car.
― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Was that intentional? (Rundgren produced one of their albums, see.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't recal anything about 12 Rods except they were on V2 and I used to get them confused with 12 Rounds, whose album you can probably also find in many charity shops
― DJ Mencap0))), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:28 (nineteen years ago) link
G--ff - I WILL PAY YOU 2.5 MILLION FLOOZ TO REVEAL TEH MYSTERY BAND!!!
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link
(it would be interesting to hear who this other band was...)
― Just Some Lurker, Thursday, 12 August 2004 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― ape's hand, Friday, 13 August 2004 03:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa Maerz (Melissa Maerz), Friday, 13 August 2004 21:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa Maerz (Melissa Maerz), Friday, 13 August 2004 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link
I still want to know who that mystery band was
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.80stees.com/images/products/Misfits-Jr-Tee.jpg
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
haha never saw this thread before the 12 Rods guys are cousins of mine
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
"A mechanical bass player"? WTF, are they the Country Bear Jamboree?
― Martin Van Burne, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
the mystery band was Soul Asylum.
― Richard Wood Johnson, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Martin Van Burne, Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:45 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
it was the late 90's, everyone was still using really confused terminology for programmed/pre-recorded backing tracks.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
So there was no robot bassist?
I have no further interest in this band.
― Martin Van Burne, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, didn't expect to see this revived today. I wrote the story. Trust me; the identity of the band isn't nearly as interesting as the story itself. Seriously.
― lindseykai, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Right ok.
But who was the band?
― Drooone, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Well then email us and tell us!! We all want to know!!
― Stevie D, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
please?
― Drooone, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Lucy's Fur Coat
― David R., Wednesday, 25 July 2007 00:24 (sixteen years ago) link
j3sus 1f 1t's n0t th@t inter3sting th3n ju$t g00glepr00f 1t alr3ady.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 00:30 (sixteen years ago) link
If you send me an email, I'll tell ya. I just feel weird about message board gossip mongering, Google-proofed or not.
― lindseykai, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 00:38 (sixteen years ago) link
The name of the band was Cocks, Lindsey and Melissa just missed that last mention.
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 01:41 (sixteen years ago) link
who was that band tho
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 23:58 (seven years ago) link
whoever it was, I want to thank them..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 09:21 (seven years ago) link
I always confuse 12 Rods with 12 Rounds
― akm, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 11:52 (seven years ago) link
no idea what happened to it but used have this local bands 90s CD comps (i don't know if every city was like mpls in the 90s but holy shit there were so many fucking local CD comps back then) that had a very very early 12 Rods song before they figured out their identity and it sounded EXACTLY like Jane's Addiction, kinda funny
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
irl lol
― this is a salad for the BALSAMIC REVIVAL (Dan Peterson), Friday, 29 July 2016 15:11 (seven years ago) link
so who was the band
― ♫ Corbyn's on fire / PLP is terrified ♫ (jim in glasgow), Friday, 29 July 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
Biohazard
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 29 July 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
this was a really ugly band iirc? i actually like that record gay? at the time
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Friday, 29 July 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
showbiz pizza band. fueled by love triangle with 12 rods bassist.
― veggie sticks potato snacks (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 29 July 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
every time I see "gay?" i think of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeahDax24Dg
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 29 July 2016 20:51 (seven years ago) link
http://prod3.agileticketing.net/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=275372~163a5c15-c3ae-4635-ba12-bbe995cbeb29&epguid=a38ceb8d-93ea-46b9-935c-0541270e134a&
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link
Bonus after-credits sequence will reveal who the mystery band was.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:04 (seven years ago) link
heh
really I should just ask Ryan, but I don't communicate w him much and he's p bitter about the Rods' career
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
he still makes really cool music, electronic stuff under the name "c.kostra"
https://ckostra.bandcamp.com/
i only know him a bit from around and as a the sound mixer/booker at local club, he's always been super pleasant and great to deal with
― I got da Midas touch as you fucking were LG x (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 01:38 (seven years ago) link
agreed although sometimes he is really grumpy on FB :(
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link
can’t believe all this time the band was Gay Dad
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 17 September 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link