As we continue in our riveting series of my checkered past, we dive into the college years. This is one of the few pics I have of my “band days” in college. Full-on goatee, and yeah, at one point I had long hair. I was playing bass in a band called “Kid Rhitalin.” We named it thus because three of the four guys were on or had been prescribed for Ritalin. Hence, the picture above of me being a bit hyper is quite fitting.
The makers of Ritalin sent us a cease-and-desist letter, believe it or not — after just one show. This is pre-internet days, so we’re pretty sure some douchebag from the local drugstore saw a flier, and called the company. I begged the band members to keep the name, so we could get publicity, but I was out-voted — seems they didn’t want to take on Big Pharma. Go figure.
That piece of history must be preserved.
And also disseminated as widely as possible.
Ve veri veniversum vivus vici (idea’s cannot be killed)
Snipers! To positions!
Corl, you’ve got to be kidding me that you have tape of this debacle!
Heh heh. Curly mullet.
I’ve been there, man. Solidarity.
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Did your bands wardrobe draw
Did your bands wardrobe draw inspiration from jazzercise workout videos?
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Does someone go into the park and, uh… lift up the dinosaurs’ skirts?
E Unam Pluribus
Yeah!! The infected series rocks!
Hard core
E Unum Pluribus
I had a mullet too. But mine
I had a mullet too. But mine was mullet-er… so sexy
Wow is right
Definitly liking the less hair idea you got now…are those curls with the mullet?
you didn’t by chance…
Happen to have an ’83 GMC Vandura with a shag dashboard and a mural of a barbarian hoisting his broadsword to the sky while a half-nekkid buckskin clad maiden was wrapped around his leg, did you? Maybe also a dragon in the background, or a dark wizard?
Cause that’s the vibes I’m getting.
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Thats not a MULLET? is IT?
BUFF though, no?
So…..
I’m with you FDO. You should have kept the name – what great free advertising for the manufacturer. If that’s they way Big Pharm wants to be I would have changed the name to Writ-A-Lynn! That would have been apropos since they sent you a cease-and-desist letter!
Mwaaahaaaaaa@
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HA!
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Redonkulous
But it’s nice to know the FDO and I have something in common. I also slapa da bass
Where can we get a copy of the first album?
You had to have made one right?
Ve veri veniversum vivus vici (idea’s cannot be killed)
That’s a crack up I was
That’s a crack up I was thinking he looks like the love child of hulk hogan and Jake “the snake” Roberts in this one! (just angrier)
You could be
Hulk Hogans Love child!
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He just killed a man with it
The dude requested an ABBA song.
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You play bass but…
Where’s the bass? Is it some kind of airband or did you just throw it across the room cause that’s how you roll
You’re out of luck. Cause this is me not giving a F**k
Just wait for #6
We get into my “I’m a horror writer” phase.
Ahh, the glory days of youth! At least you can say you
where in a band!
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ditto
I was trying to think up something snarky but much like phantom, I just kept repeating…”wow”
I didn’t think the last photo could be topped, but …. wow
Kid Rhitalin Rocks!
We need to hear some of your tunes! They must shred!
M. Night Shot-his-wad
Running Back for the New Rodina Astronauts #35
I Knew
I should have done the caricature of a different photo. If only I had waited!
When I see this one…
… I distinctly hear the sound of banjos… and beer-cans being crushed on heads.
Love the doo-rag, bro… very manly!
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Yeah, the guns are looking pretty pumped!
If only the band had stayed together…Coulda been our FDO on “Rock of Love”
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I think I’m charging someone
It was all the steroids I was on at the time.
Hawaiian Style
Dude, sweet shirt!
Wow
Just… Wow.
The Pure Essence of Randomness, Captain of the Touchback, One-Time Pusher and Proud member of the Gutter Sistren
What, exactly, are you doing?!
Did they catch you mid-tapdance or something?
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Gutter Sistren whipping boy, innoventor of words, Life Coach to the Damned.
Uh, does anybody else see
a resemblance to Bill Engvall?
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Head Coach, Wabash Wolfpack
Husband of Susan,
Friend of Junkies everywhere
That, is fantastic
— Death, chaos and mayhem, the music of the night
Holy schnikes!!!!
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