CATCH UP ON THE SOUND OF URCHIN

A (SORT OF) QUICK CATCH-UP ON THE SOUND OF URCHIN HISTORY
(For fans, new and old. WELCOME!!! THE URCHIN LOVES YOU, MOTHER FUCKERS!!!)

THE SOUND OF MF URCHIN
(l to r)
doo doo - bass / back vox
reverend b-ill - lead guitar / main back vox
tomato - drums / lead vox
seahag - lead guitar / back vox

THE URCHIN WERD:

*** The Urchin is not a cookie-cutter band.
*** The Urchin does not follow trends.
*** The Urchin believe in fucking rock n’ roll!!! For real.

The Urchin boyz all grew up with the passion for rock n’ roll… practicing their instruments instead of following pointless slacker attitudes… rockin’ in their rooms to better their craft... looking forward to the day when they will have their turn.

The Urchin consists of a crazy drummer who sings, two lead guitar gods, and a bass player named doo doo (who the ladies love).

"Rock n' Roll is for men, not boys", says Tomato. "Too many bands these days are made up of boys, with nothing to say, except “what’s in it for me?”, with no care for the music, the rock, the history, the future… no care for you, and no care for themselves. fuck them all. fuck anything that is not real and from the heart. do not succumb to the man, and the pull of the easy way out."

This is what we’re talking about here. This is what the Urchin and Urchin fans are all about. People not afraid to show their passion for the rock and for the life. People not afraid to take chances, and go against the fucking grain, and fuck shit up for the love. You know what we’re talking about, people, THE LOVE. If you don’t, you’re in the wrong place, bye bye and enjoy your life on the merry-go-round. And if you do, welcome, you've come to the right place, trust in the Urchin and come along for the ride!!! Below is a timeline of pretty much every Urchin highlight so you can catch up on anything you might have missed...

Rock n’ fucking Roll forever people.

GO BACK IN TIME WITH THE URCHIN TIMELINE OF HIGHLIGHTS
(AS OF 3/05)

3/05 - Urchin & Instant Death (Dave from Ween & Scotty Byrne) co-headline Midwest Tour

3/05 - Urchin "Midnight At The Knit" show. 3 hour Urchin pinnacle gig at this legendary venue in NYC.

2/05 - Urchin West Coast Tour - some shows with The Ziggens (legendary Skunk Records band) and Bargain Music.

12/04 - The Moistboyz (Dean Ween, Dickie Moist, Tomato, B-ILL, and now Dave Dreiwitz) do another round of shows

11/04 - Urchin & Instant Death (Dave from Ween & Scotty Byrne) co-headline on Southern Tour

9/04 - The Moistboyz (Dean Ween, Dickie Moist, Tomato, B-ILL, Mick Preston) return for a round of shows

8/04 - The infamous Urchin Midnight "Boat Show" in NYC around Manhattan. A pinnacle Urchin event!!

7/04 - Urchin & Instant Death (Dave from Ween & Scotty Byrne) co-headline on West Coast Tour.

6/04 - Urchin open for surf guitar legend Dick Dale in NYC.

3/04-4/04 – The “Return of The Urchin” East Coast shows. Tomato spends the winter sucking down antibiotics and killing off the lyme bacteria, to come back in the early spring better and healthier than ever. The band returned with an even newer found fire than before, and the crowds at these shows proved that this is a fire that cannot be extinguished!!

11/03 – “Urchindise Online Mall” is launched, to sell Urchin cds (new and out of print), t-shirts, and merch, through Martian Church, an independent online store based out of Long Beach, CA.

11/03 – “The Diamond – Limited Edition” is released. A special 1,000 copies were pressed, of the forthcoming Urchin cd (to be officially released in summer ’04), to let Urchin hardcore fans get the music before anyone else.

10/03-11/03 – Urchin & Bargain Music co-headline their second U.S. small club tour, the “Seven Weeks of Smell”, also some shows with the Long Beach legends The Ziggens; but Urchin had to cancel after 22 shows due to an illness that was being brought on Tomato. The band came home and Tomato found out that he got lyme disease from being bit by a tick during the “Dracula Bite” video shoot in late August.

9/03 – Urchin featured in Tamra Davis’ (Billy Madison, Half-Baked) extreme sports movie “Keep Your Eyes Open”, with the song “The Millipede/Who’ll Stop The Beggar” from "You Are The Best".

7/03 – Urchin play with the legendary Twisted Sister at the legendary Meadowlands in NJ.

7/03 – Urchin featured in Lions Gate film “Giving It Up”, directed by Chris Kublan, with the songs “The Alligator” and “Scary Skull Eyes” from "You Are The Best".

4/03-5/03 – Urchin & Bargain Music co-headline their first U.S. small club tour, “The Great American Pullout” tour.

4/03 – Urchin open for the re-united Twisted Sister (as Bent Brother), Twisted's first shows in 15 years.

2/03-3/03 – The Diamond is recorded, with Adam Schelsinger (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy) producing and Chris Shaw mixing, at Stratosphere Studios in NYC. James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle ) and Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister) guest on guitar.

1/03 – Tomato and B-ILL play on the first-ever Moistboyz mini-tour, in New England.

10/02 – Urchin open for Ween at their “Benefit for Claude” show at Bowery Ballroom, NYC.

9/02 – Tomato puts on the first Retardopalooza show at old-school 70’s porn palace Showworld. Urchin, Instant Death, and The Moistboyz play while businessmen and bums masturbate below. One of a kind homemade t-shirts are made for the event, medical supplies (incld. KY, adult diapers) are sold at the concession stand, and a signed Urchin commode is raffled off. The show’s proceeds go to no charity, but the bands’ empty wallets.

8/02 – Tomato & B- ILL are asked to join The Moistboyz, Dean Ween’s side-project.

8/02 – Urchin play at the ESPN X-Games in Philly.

8/02 – Urchin play with the one and only Public Enemy at BB Kings in NYC.

8/02 – Urchin play the jam-band Berkfest festival in MA, with Glenn from Ween playing keys for the whole set.

6/02 – Tomato and Johnny Stees (Urchin Tour Manager) interviewed for infamous Bonnaroo ’02 DVD, where they state that hippes suck and should listen to metal.

6/02-7/02 – Urchin do the summer Dio/Scorpions/Deep Purple tour as the sidestage act, playing two sets a night, before and after Dio’s set.

4/02-5/02 – Urchin do West Coast/Midwest tour with Cracker,J-Ro, keyboardist from Project Object tours with Urchin on keys).

4/02 – Urchin’s video for “Scary Skull Eyes” is shown repeatedly on MTV2’s new music show “120 Minutes” because of its use of trippy black light and low-budget technique.

4/02 – Urchin do West Coast mini-tour with Bargain Music.

2/02 – Urchin do East Coast/Canada mini-tour with Trik Turner.

2/02 – Urchin sign on with managers Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister) and music industry veteran Sean Sullivan.

1/02 – Urchin play with Tenacious D at Roseland in NYC and The Kool Haus in Toronto.

1/02 – Urchin Release “You Are The Best”, their first full length album, on RCA Records.

1/02 – Tomato is summoned by Tenacious D to play drums for the Crank Yankers recording of “Friendship”.

1/02 – Urchin New Hope PA Record Release Show, performing “You Are The Best” in its entirety.

10/01 – Urchin Mischief Night Record Launch Costume Party / Video Shoot in NYC.

10/01 – Urchin do East Coast tour with Mike Watt, Thalia Zedek, and Grand National.

10/01 – Urchin do tour with the one and only Tenacious D, playing theaters in the Midwest.

9/01 – Urchin do Midwest tour with CA punk Godfather Mike Watt, with Cobra Verde and a show with Bargain Music.

9/01 – Urchin play at The Gravity Games with rock band Lit, in front of 10,000.

7/01 - Urchin release "The Jack and Diane E.P.", their second E.P. on RCA Records.

6/01 – Urchin play with Slash’s Snakepit at Wetlands in NYC.

3/01-5/01 – Urchin record “You Are The Best” with producer Keith Cleversley (Flaming Lips, Hum, Mercury Rev) at his studio, The Playground, in Chicago.

12/00 – Urchin is featured in a TV commercial for Rolling Rock, directed by Todd Phillips (Road Trip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch).

12/00 – Urchin do Midwest/East Coast tour with SR-71 and Diffuser, some shows with American Hi-Fi and Caroline’s Spine.

10/00 – Urchin do Southern tour with The North Mississippi Allstars.

9/00 – Urchin do Midwest tour with The Urge and Electrasy (from England).

9/00 – Urchin release “The Orange E.P.”, their first E.P. on RCA Records.

9/00 – Urchin play with Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise at The Bowery Ballroon in NYC.

8/00 – The infamous Urchin Record Release/Boat Party Show, on The Frying Pan in NYC.

7/00 – Urchin do New England mini-tour with The Getaway People (from Norway).

6/00 – Urchin play with Vernon Reid (from Living Colour) in NYC.

6/00 – Tomato (filling in for Claude) & B-ILL play with Ween for a special benefit show in New Hope.

5/00 – Urchin open for Ween at Irving Plaza in NYC.

5/00 – Urchin play with Local H in NYC at The Mercury Lounge.

2/00 – Urchin record “The Orange E.P.” in NYC, with Dean Ween and Chris Shaw (Ween, Public Enemy, Weezer, Bob Dylan) producing.

12/99 – Urchin sign with RCA Records.

6/99 – Steve Ralbovsky (RCA Records A&R Rep who signed Ween, The Breeders, Anthrax, Kyuss, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Soundgarden, Blues Traveler, etc, etc) sees the Urchin play, after a tip from friend Dean Ween, and falls in love with the madness.

3/99 – Urchin play the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin TX to spread the werd for the first time outside of the East Coast.

12/98 – Dean Ween asks Urchin to open for Ween on their New Years ’99 mini-tour, after being a fan of the E.P. and seeing them at John & Peter’s.

9/98-12/98 – Urchin play monthly gigs at NYC’s Baggot Inn & New Hope PA’s John & Peter’s and start building their home fanbases

8/98 – Urchin play their first gig at Camp Equinunk, PA. to 200 screaming kids who got a hold of the E.P.

6/98 - Urchin release the “All That And A Brandy Alexander” E.P. on Steven Records (a Brooklyn label that houses Tomato’s pre-Urchin projects)

3/98 - Urchin is formed in Brooklyn, NY, and then recruit Doo Doo and B-ILL from New Hope, PA to seal the deal.