Had a BLAST with some stuff from my PAST today. In my high school years, I played in punk rock bands. That was all I ever did really. I remember being in 5 bands at one point. So, I’m sharing some personal stuff that I don’t talk about much today…Check this out:

• Band one: “Sweet Children”
  • It was terrible. We were a Green Day tribute band. That lasted one show. I sang.

• Band two: “Fabulous Baker Boys”
  • Also terrible, mostly. We had original songs. It was fun. But, I became a Christian and decided to quit the band when our lead singer started thinking it was fun to sing naked and sing “FBB ain’t nothing to F with” repeatedly. Inspiring.

• Band three: “Mikey Likes It”
  • Not so terrible. Super feel good punk. This band was a BLAST. I’ll never forget those days. We got all the honeys. We played original songs mostly written by Josh Rosenthal, who’s making AMAZING music these days. I laughed more during those years than any other time in my life.

• Band four: “Crashtestpete”
  • Not too shabby. This band was the closest to any form of success. We played tons of shows, recorded a full length album, went on a month long tour across the eastern U.S. and then shut it down. Recently, we had a couple of songs featured on a movie soundtrack.  TONS of memories. Great life changing experience. I always wonder what could have happened if we’d have stuck with it…and changed our ridiculous name. I made a true lifelong friend, the kind you only make a few times in life, in this band. His name? Jordan Polk.

There were other bands, but those are the ones I remember the most. A couple of days ago, Josh Rosenthal found these old Mikey Likes It flyers on the internet…instant personal NOSTALGIA! Check them out below. Straight up PUNK ROCK flyers.

But, if I were to REALLY be honest and share something personal from deep deep inside my soul, it would be this…I have always wanted to play acoustic and sing in a country band…