JBU ROCK

INTRODUCTION

2008-05-14T16:16:00.011-05:00

A special era in John Brown University music-making took place decades after Sound Generation, and years after Joysong (but prior to the Apocalypse). Students of early 1990s, inspired by the do-it-yourself garage rock mentality of the time, gathered instruments and assembled in dorm rooms, rent houses and otherwise to create an alternate soundtrack for our college years. The results of our musical endeavors were mixed, but often memorable, and usually fun.

This is a place for collecting, archiving and sharing our music and our memories for all the ages (at least until the Apocalypse). The initial collection of memorabilia featured here is quite Demarais-centric, but I hope this batch of videos and mp3s will inspire you to hunt down more exhibits for this online museum, be it audio, video, photos, etc. (I would love to get MP3 albums from the likes of Allinaday, Hatleys, Staplegum, Dreadlock Philly, Boondogs, Glue, etc.) I also invite one and all to use the 'comments' to share your own recollections, music-related or not.

Events and albums are listed in reverse chronological order (don't miss the "Older Posts" button at the very bottom of the page or you'll miss a lot), you may also use the handy label links on the right to browse by person, year, band, etc. Feel free to suggest additional labels.

So turn up your speakers and peer into the past by way of cheap camcorders and pathetic microphones. Best do it now because the Apocalypse will soon be upon us.
-Kirk

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(2002) SWIVEL CHERRY AT DEJA VU

2002-04-22T14:26:00.005-05:00

Songs-
PNG
Chat Room
Who We Are
Chrim Drum Solo
Going Back to Cali (LL Cool J cover)

(1998 MAY) HANK AT THE COFFEE GRIND

1998-05-01T19:00:00.003-05:00

Songs-
Two States (Pavement cover)
Turn Up the Radio (Autograph cover)
Brand New Key (Melanie cover)
Rocketship (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Cover)
These Boots are Made for Walking (Nancy Sinatra cover)
When I'm With You (Sheriff cover)
You Really Got Me (Kinks/Van Halen cover)

HANK-
Heidi Johnstone
Amy Azzarito
Nathan Akin
Kirk Demarais

(1998 APRIL) SILOAMPALOOZA 6

1998-04-17T18:00:00.003-05:00

MEDIA NEEDED

(1997 APRIL) SILOAMPALOOZA 5

1997-04-18T18:30:00.007-05:00

Corporal Lemur Songs-
Introduction
Brawl
Straight Up (Paula Abdul cover)
Wail (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion cover)
Mr. Roboto (Styx cover)
Parking Lot
Shark Sandwich

Date- Friday April 18, 1997
Location- Community Building
Bands-
Kapseal
Fenton
Earl's Revenge
The Beau
Corporal Lemur
Hatley's
The Mollies
Buum Schok
Lackluster Dodge (no show)

The Mollies

Earl's Revenge

Buum Schok

Band from Gentry

(1997) CORPORAL LEMUR AT BROADWAY JOE'S

1997-03-01T19:00:00.008-06:00

Songs-
Starlings in the Slipstream (Pavement cover)
Rain (Green Jell-O on Thursday cover)
Careful (Sebadoh cover)
Selections from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (featuring Liz)
Straight Up (Paula Abdul cover)
Wail (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion cover)
Parking Lot
Shark Sandwich
His song
Brawl

Corporal Lemur-
Kirk Demarais
Nathan Akin
Chris Donato
Liz Donato

(1996 NOV) CORPORAL LEMUR AT THE THING STRIKES BACK!

1996-11-09T19:00:00.007-06:00

Songs-
Introduction
Straight Up (Paula Abdul cover)
Beds are Burning (Midnight Oil cover)
His Song
Rock and Roll All Night (KISS cover)
Brawl
Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon and Garfunkel/Bangles cover)
Shark Sandwich

Corporal Lemur-
Chris Donato
Kirk Demarais
Nathan Akin

(1996) SWIVEL CHERRY ALBUM: ESCAPE FROM ALCOHOL

1996-06-01T14:56:00.005-05:00

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(45.1 Meg Zipped, 160 kbps)

Track List
1. PNG
2. Like A Bomb (Practice Koko Taylor cover)
3. Birth of Herva
4. Hobo Driver (live)
5. Dada
6. Word Shout
7. Television Theme
8. In Stride practice intro
9. In Stride (Early mix)
10. Haunting Drums
11. Sugar Pop
12. Ghost of John (First ever)
13. Mooncalf (First ever)
14. Toilet Duck (practice)

Swivel Cherry-
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais
Tim Miller
Chris Donato
Nathan Akin

GRADY NICHOLS

1996-05-15T22:59:00.001-05:00

(1996) SWIVEL CHERRY ALBUM: BLACK CAT MAN

1996-05-01T00:00:00.004-05:00

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(61.3 Meg Zipped, 320 kbps)

Track List
1. Black Cat Man
2. Whip It (live DEVO cover)
3. Really Big Guy
4. High Resolution
5. Quicksand
6. Blues X Man (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion cover)
7. Stride
8. Shark Sandwich
9. Yaga Yaga

Swivel Cherry-
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais
Chris Donato

(1996 APRIL) SILOAMPALOOZA 4

1996-04-26T18:00:00.006-05:00

Swivel Cherry-
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais
Chris Donato
Nathan Akin

Songs-
Grindy
First Part (Superchunk cover)
Talk to Jesus
Black Cat Man
Yaga, Yaga
PNG

Swivel Cherry

Spoken

Staplegum

Dreadlock Philly

The Beau

The Hatleys

(1996 MARCH) SWIVEL CHERRY AT THE HUB

1996-03-09T20:00:00.006-06:00

PART I

Songs-
Talk to Jesus
Cut Your Hair (Pavement cover)
First Part (Superchunk cover)
Eco People (Jamey Clayberg original)
Toilet Duck
Really Big Guy
Black Cat Man
Music Machine theme, Patience (From the Music Machine kids album)
Yaga, Yaga

PART II

Songs-
PNG
High Resolution
Good Idea (Sugar cover)
Blues X Man (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion cover)
Shark Sandwich
Hobo Driver
Whip It (DEVO cover)
Grindy

Swivel Cherry-
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais
Chris Donato
Nathan Akin

(1996 FEB) VALENTINE'S BANQUET

1996-02-14T19:00:00.000-06:00

(1995 OCT) SWIVEL CHERRY (SORT OF) UNPLUGGED AT THE COFFEE LOFT

1995-10-13T21:00:00.003-05:00

VIDEO NEEDED

Swivel Cherry-
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais
Chris Donato

(1995 SEPT) SWIVEL CHERRY AT THE THETA TAU FRAT HOUSE

1995-09-01T21:14:00.005-05:00

Songs-
Yaga, Yaga
High Resolution portion
In Stride Improv
Freeform Jazz Odyssey by Jamey Clayberg
Something Real Improv (Jamey Clayberg original)
High Resolution second attempt
Toilet Duck
Leg Thing
Man on the Moon (R.E.M. cover)
Grindy
Cut Your Hair (Pavement cover)
Black Cat Man
Good Idea (Sugar cover)
Really Big Guy
The Mix (medley)
Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran cover)
PNG

Swivel Cherry-
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais
Chris Donato

(1995) ALLINADAY ALBUM: BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...PLUS TAX

1995-07-29T10:13:00.011-05:00

Download from Sendspace

Allinaday was a band based in Tampa, Florida, and was comprised of Kevin Weber, Jay Szalay, and Chris Donato (of Swivel fame). It formed in the summer of 1992 and disbanded about four years later. "Blah, blah, blah…plus tax" was Allinaday's second (and last) studio album. Unlike their first studio effort, the band opted for the traditional reel-to-reel recording method, with happy results. Like the other download, the hiss and noise comes from the fact that it was transfered from an audiocassette; the master is not in possession.

Track List
{the front cover says it all}

Allinaday—
Kevin Weber: guitar, vocals
Jay Szalay: bass, background vocals
Chris Donato: drums

(1995 APRIL) SILOAMPALOOZA 3

1995-04-28T19:00:00.012-05:00

SWIVEL CHERRY FILMED BY HEIDI DEMARAIS

Songs-
Grindy
Here and Now snippet (Letters to Cleo cover)
Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran cover)
High Resolution
PNG
Three More Days 'til Halloween (from Halloween 3: Season of the Witch)

SWIVEL CHERRY FILMED BY TIM'S DAD

Songs-
Warm Up
Man on the Moon (R.E.M. cover)
Grindy
Good Idea (Sugar cover)
Limbo Rock (Chubby Checker cover)
Mooncalf I
Here and Now (Letters to Cleo cover)
Verse, Lie
Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran cover)
High Resolution
PNG
Three More Days 'til Halloween (from Halloween 3: Season of the Witch)

James Prather

Blackhead

Spokehammer

Chewey

Joe Plain

Swivel Cherry

Bully Pulpit

Staplegum

ENFP

The audience

The audience + Swivel Cherry

Pizza party for the bands

(1995 APRIL) BLUE PARTY 5

1995-04-18T19:00:00.002-05:00

(1995) BATTLE OF THE BANDS

1995-04-08T16:00:00.006-05:00

Java Men-
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais
Tim Miller

Songs-
Verse Lie (warm up)
Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix cover)
Ob La Di (Beatles cover)
The Mix (medley)
_____________________________________
Jason Weinheimer

Songs-
Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan cover)
Love Bizarre (Sheila Lee cover)
______________________________________
Mr. Salty-
Jason Witte
Brady Cline
Brian Roberts

Songs-
Laid snippet (James cover)
Shout (Tears for Fears cover)

(1995 MARCH) SWIVEL CHERRY ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

1995-03-09T19:00:00.003-06:00

VIDEO NEEDED

Chewey

(1995 MARCH) SWIVEL CHERRY ALBUM: A FEW CROSS WORDS

1995-03-01T15:18:00.007-06:00

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(32.4 Meg Zipped, 192 kbps)

Track List
1. Toilet Duck
2. Leg Thing
3. Grindy
4. Mooncalf 2
5. The Mix
6. Verse, Lie
7. Mooncalf 1
8. Cannonball Comparison
9. Outro

Swivel Cherry-
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais
Tim Miller

(1995 SPRING SEMESTER) SWIVEL CHERRY ON LIFE ON THE EDGE

1995-02-02T21:17:00.006-06:00

SHOW 1- REALLY BIG GUY

SHOW 1- BUDDY HOLLY (WEEZER COVER)

SHOW 2- LIMBO ROCK (CHUBBY CHECKER COVER)

SHOW 2- THE MIX (MEDLEY)

SHOW 3- MAN ON THE MOON (R.E.M. COVER)

SHOW 3- GOOD IDEA (SUGAR COVER)

SHOW 3- ENTIRE SHOW

SHOW 4- THE SWEATER SONG (WEEZER COVER)

SHOW 4- BROKEN HOMES

SHOW 4- PARTIAL SHOW

SHOW 5- HIGH RESOLUTION

SHOW 5- '74-'75 (CONNELLS COVER)

SHOW 5- PNG (GREEN JELL-O ORIGINAL)

SHOW 5- ENTIRE SHOW

(1995) HATLEYS VIDEO

1995-01-01T21:03:00.001-06:00

(1995) JAMEY CLAYBERG ALBUM: "FOLK TAPE"

1995-01-01T12:00:00.005-06:00

"My first "official" album recorded in my parents garage while attending John Brown University. Recorded on a Tascam 4-track, this is some raw but interesting Jamey C, singing is rough, but there are some fun songs and creative moments. Features Chris Donato on the drums and Matt Pittner on keys."
-Jamey

Download Here

Track List-
1. Sunny Day
2. Sweet Attitude
3. Now More Than Ever
4. Something Real
5. Tell Him
6. Eco People
7. King's Men
8. Who We Are
9. Silent Film
10. Not Alone
11. People of the Earth

(1994 FALL SEMESTER) JAVA MEN ON LIFE ON THE EDGE

1994-12-01T22:00:00.006-06:00

Attire- Military man vs. drug cartel member
Songs-
Mooncalf 2
Ob La Di (Beatles cover)
Toilet Duck
Intro (featuring monologue from U2's Bullet the Blue Sky)
In Stride

Attire- Richard Simmons meets B-boy meets Mork
Songs-
Purple Haze (Jimmy Hendrix cover)
Cannonball (Breeders cover)
Don't Fear the Reaper (snippet)

Attire- Formal/stupid
Songs-
Leg Thing
My Bologna (cover of Weird Al parody of The Knack)
Rock and Roll Part II (Gary Glitter cover featuring Dr. Who theme solo ala 'Doctoring the Tardis' by The Timelords)

Attire- Street Thug casual
Songs-
74-75 (Connells cover)
Road Runner(Bo Diddley cover)
Crush with Eyeliner (R.E.M. cover)

Attire- Fast food scuz
Songs-
Rock and Roll Music (Chuck Berry cover)
Verse, Lie
Grindy
Mooncalf 2

(1994) THE THING THAT BANDS PLAY AT

1994-04-18T17:30:00.001-05:00

VIDEO NEEDED

(1994 APRIL) SILOAMPALOOZA 2

1994-04-15T17:29:00.010-05:00

Knucklehed-
Jason Weinheimer
Cindy Grotto
Chris Michaels

Song-
So Lonely (Police cover)
________________________________
Waste band-
Doug Lowe
Matt Harbour

Songs-
Brother John (Big Head Todd & The Monsters cover)
Party Girl (U2 cover)
________________________________
Killing Spree-
Joe Plane
Colin Quinn

Song-
Alone

________________________________
Java Men-
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais
Tim Miller

Songs-
My Sharona (The Knack cover)
Verse, Lie
The Mix (medley)
Canonball (Breeders cover)
Mooncalf 1
Toilet Duck
Unknown original

________________________________
Wallpaper-
Josh Clayberg
Nathan Akin
Jason Weed
Nick Long

Song-
Pray

48 minute mark- greetings from various attendees

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(1993 DEC) MUNCHIE AND THE JAVA MEN IN THE TOWNHOUSE BASEMENT

1993-12-09T20:00:00.006-06:00

Emcee- Ted Mclinberg

Opening act-
Jason Witte vocals
Andrew Pruett guitar
Matt Johnson bass
Chris Donato drums
Matt Harbor vocals

Songs-
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (Pearl Jam cover)
Bring the Noize (Public Enemy cover)
Some Bob Dylan song
_____________________________
Java Men-
Jamey Clayberg vocals, guitar
Kirk Demarais vocals, bass
Tim Miller drums

Songs-
Toilet Duck
Ghost of John (classic children's song)
Mooncalf 1

_____________________________
Munchie-
Kirk Demarais vocal,bass
James Prather guitar
Jeff Laviolette drums
Josef Vlach guitar

Songs-
Titanium Expose (Sonic Youth cover)
Outlet
Good Idea (Sugar cover)
Dive (Nirvana cover)
Oomalama (Eugenius cover)
Wave of Mutilation (Pixies cover)
Cherub Rock (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
Aneurysm (Nirvana cover)
River City
She Said (Beatles cover)
Tourette's (Nirvana cover)
100% (Sonic Youth cover)

(1993) ALLINADAY ALBUM: SELF TITLED

1993-08-01T10:08:00.005-05:00

Download from Sendspace

Allinaday was a band based in Tampa, Florida, and was comprised of Kevin Weber, Jay Szalay, and Chris Donato (of Swivel fame). It formed in the summer of 1992 and disbanded about four years later. Their first experience in a real studio late at night for real cheap had them recording straight to DAT (digital audio tape), and thus they thought they were really cool. The hiss you'll hear comes from the transfer of this recording from audiocassette to mp3. The master DAT is MIA.

Track List
{on the front cover}

Allinaday—
Kevin Weber: guitar, vocals
Jay Szalay: bass, background vocals
Chris Donato: drums

(1993 JULY) SWIVEL CHERRY AT THE ECLIPSE, TULSA

1993-07-16T21:00:00.001-05:00

I believe it was Jason who arranged this real live gig which provided me with all sorts of personal firsts...
1. My first chance to play alongside the admired Green Jell-O On Thursday gang (Including Philip George).
2. My first "paying" show.
3. My first show outside of our college town
4. My first painfully humiliating experience as a musician.
Swivel Cherry was a makeshift act consisting of those of us JBU rocker types who happened to remain in the area that summer. So Philip George took Tim Miller's place at the drums, and I got to tag along and inject some early 90s alterna-rock. The name Swivel Cherry was the kooky brainchild of Andrew West Griffin, and means nothing beyond its obvious amalgamation of words. It was re-adopted by The Java Men a couple of years later.
We played two dates about two weeks apart. The first show (available for download below) was, of course, a bit rough, but considering our ragtag approach it went off relatively well. Quite a few JBU folk made the trip to support us, yet there were enough strangers in the audience to make it seem like a "real" show.
The set list was a hodgepodge of covers, Philip George stuff, and Green Jell-O originals. Jason publicly mocked Philip by repeatedly boasting that "our drummer has perfect pitch." Philip responded as if Jason were simply stating an interesting fact. The Eclipse had also earned a paragraph in a recent issue of Details Magazine (comparing it to an opium den of all things), another factoid Weinheimer enjoyed tossing around that evening.

My five song stint was a sack of ups and downs. I remember sensing that a portion of the crowd seemed into it, but after I botched up Nirvana's Lounge Act quite a bit, Weinheimer shamed me in a deviously efficient fashion— he simply repeated my name. Suddenly it was forever tagged onto a freshly crapified cover tune. But I recovered with a rendition of Sonic Youth's 100% during which I used a trick I'd seen them perform on Letterman, I vigorously ran a drumstick up and down the guitar neck to generate some crazy noise during the 'solo.' The moment I stepped off stage a girl walked out from behind the bar, pulled near and asked if I wanted anything. She granted me full access to their liquor cooler and her phrase "You can have anything you want." was noted. But this rock and roll bubble exploded during our following date. I made a conscious effort to forget about whatever patheticness took place, and thankfully it worked, but I know my portion was awful, and the audience agreed. The photos reveal that Prather and LaVoilette showed up, but that and the bitter embarrassment are the only things I remember.
-Kirk

Download entire first show...
Sendspace
Megaupload

Songs-
Little Bolt of Lighting (Philip George song)
Chile (Toad the Wet Sprocket cover)
Fadeaway (BoDeans cover)
Everything Inside You
Bloodstream
Animals
Supercrush (Philip George song)
So Lonely (Police cover)
Answer Me
Supercool by Randy Zurcher
Name It Arnold
Rain
King's Men (end cut off)
Oh, The Guilt (Nirvana cover-beginning cut off)
Would? (Alice In Chains cover)
Good Idea (Sugar cover)
Within Your Reach (Replacements cover)
Lounge Act (Nirvana cover)
100% (Sonic Youth cover)
PNG
I Walk Alone/Killing Floor (Los Lobos/Howlin' Wolf cover partial)

A band called Ill Fated allowed us to practice in their studio.

Swivel Cherry-
Jason Weinheimer
Todd Rippey
Phillip George
Jamey Clayberg
Kirk Demarais

(1993 MARCH) TUESDAY WELD/MUNCHIE

1993-04-04T21:00:00.001-05:00

(1993 APRIL) SILOAMPALOOZA 1

1993-04-01T19:00:00.003-06:00

Download Muchie- Titanium Exposé (Sonic Youth cover)

VIDEO NEEDED

Mike and Jesse work the sound board

L.A.F.

Josef Vlach
Chris Spalding
Doug Lowe
Matt Harbour
Alex Maples

Argas Yard

Mike Yeager
Jason Witte
Chad Jones
Jesse Wagner

Joe Plane, Argas Yard's #1 fan

Munchie

James Prather
Kirk Demarais
Jeff LaVoilette
Alexis Hale

Intermission

Free Will

Joe Sanders
Jamie Pruner
Daryl Marks
Marcus

Tuesday Weld

Tim Miller
Jamey Clayberg
Todd Rippy
Jason Weinheimer
Andrew West Griffen (guest tambourine)

(1993 FEB) TUESDAY WELD/MUNCHIE

1993-02-15T21:00:00.003-06:00

Munchie-
James Prather
Kirk Demarais
Jeff Laviolette

Tuesday Weld-
Jason Weinheimer
Todd Rippey
Jamey Clayberg
Tim Miller

(1993 SPRING) HOUSE OF EVIL

1993-02-02T23:12:00.004-06:00

(1992 FALL) THE BEAT ANGELS AT THE ECLIPSE

1992-10-15T23:01:00.000-05:00

BONUS: LOOK AGAIN

1991-05-24T19:23:00.008-05:00

Look Again was a comic strip I created for the Threefold Advocate during my senior year. The series celebrated various objects on campus which held significance to me for whatever reason. Here is the complete twenty strip collection. Each one enlarges when clicked...