VERMIN
BIOGRAPHY
BACK
ALONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY, TWO KIDS (BLITZ AND OZ) HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF STARTING A BAND TOGETHER. BUT THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE DECENT MATERIAL. THEY GAVE UP ON THE IDEA, AND SOON AFTER OZ WENT THROUGH A DARK PHASE AND HE AND BLITZ DIDNT COMUNICATE AS MUCH AS THEY HAD LIKED TO. AFTER A WHILE OZ STARTING GOING TO LOCAL PUNK SHOWS. ONE NIGHT OUT OF NOWHERE, OZ CALLED BLITZ AND OFFERED TO TAKE HIM TO A SHOW. BLITZ WAS HOOKED ON PUNK ROCK AFTER THAT. BLITZ AND OZ STILL DIDNT COMUNICATE AS WELL AS THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED, BECAUSE OZ WENT TO  HIGHSCHOOL AND BLITZ WAS STILL IN THE EIGHTH GRADE. THAT SUMMER BLITZ AND OZ HUNG OUT WITH STYX45 AND WENT TO LOCAL SHOWS. AFTER ATTENDING THE 7-17 MIDDLEFINGER SHOW AT JAVA JAZZ COFFEE HOUSE, THE TRIO DESIDED TO START A BAND WITH OZ ON BASS AND VOCALS, STYX ON GUITAR AND BLITZ ON DRUMS. THAT WAS JUST PURE SHIT. LATER IN AUGUST THE TRIO DESIDED TO TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT IT WITH OZ ON GUITAR AND VOCALS, BLITZ ON BASS AND STYX ON DRUMS. STYX COULDNT PLAY DRUMS WELL AND DIDNT HAVE ANY CYMBOLS. THATS WHEN OZ WAS INTRODUCED TO RC BY BLITZ. AFTER HANGING OUT FOR A WHILE (LITERALLY) 15 MINUTES, OZ ASKED RC TO JOIN THE BAND. THEY HAD THEIR FIRST PRACTICE THAT WEEKEND. THE FIRST PRACTICE WAS HELL. OZ DIDNT HAVE HIS ELECTRIC SO HE USED A MIC'ED ACOUSTIC, BLITZ WAS A BEGINER ON BASS, BUT A FAST LEARNER. STYX ON VOCALS, WAS A MISTAKE OR SOMETHIN, CAUSE HE HAD TO SING BLITZKRIEG BOP OFF A LYRIC SHEET AND IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE CRAP. ANYWAYS, THAT WAS THE ONLY PRACTICE STYX WENT TO WHEN HE WAS IN THE BAND, A MONTH LATER STYX WAS KICKED OUT OF THE BAND. VERMIN WENT ON WITH OZ ON VOCALS, BUT THEY STILL WANTED A SINGER. IN NOVEMBER, JUSTIN JOINED THE BAND. THEN THE BAND STARTED TO REALLY ROCK OUT. BUT IN DECEMBER JUSTIN WAS FORCED TO QUIT THE BAND. THAT WEEKEND VERMIN OPENED FOR THE SUBURBAN SIDE EFFECTS AT CLUB RAGE. THEY WEREN'T SCHEDUALED TO PLAY,  SO THEY USED THE HOGIES EQUIPMENT AND SEEMED TO GET A DECENT REACTION FROM THE CROWD. THE NEXT WEEKEND VERMIN PLAYED PUNK FEST WITH THE HOGIES AND NO HOPE. VERMIN TIED FOR FIRST PLACE WITH NO HOPE IN VOTES. TIME PASSED AND VERMIN PLAYED RAGE ONE LAST TIME BEFORE IT CLOSED DOWN. THEN ON JANUARY 17TH VERMIN OPENED FOR THE WEEBEASTIES, GREG ALLIN AND THE FORGOTTEN SCUM, FAT LUCIOUS, AND FATTY AND THE UGLIES. THAT WAS THE WORST VERMIN SHOW BY FAR. EQUIPMENT BROKE, TIMING WAS OFF, GENERALLY AWFUL. SO VERMIN WENT UNDERGROUND FOR 3 MONTHES AND FINNALY EMERGED ON APRIL 11TH OPENING FOR SSE AND EARTH AD. THAT WAS THE BEST VERMIN SHOW TO DATE, VERMIN HAD THE MOST PITS, THE MOST VOTES AND GAINED A NEW LEGION OF FANS. ON MAY 3RD VERMIN PLAYED AT CLUB REFUGE AND WAS A PRETTY QUEER SHOW. NO MOSHING RULE IN AFFECT.  SOON AFTER RC WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUG POSSESION AND WAS NO LONGER IN THE BAND. TWO WEEKS LATER OZ CALLED FUZZ AND ASKED HIM TO PLAY DRUMS, FUZZ ACCEPTED, BUT LATER DESIDED THAT HE DIDNT WANT TO PLAY DRUMS AND BECAME VOCALIST INSTEAD.  THEN ONE DAY BLITZ DESIDES TO DO SOMETHING STUPID AND LONG STORY SHORT, IS NO LONGER IN THE BAND. OZ ASKED FUZZ TO PLAY, BUT FUZZ SUGGESTED THAT RIKA PLAY INSTEAD.  THEN RIKA INTRODUCED GREG TO THE BAND AND GREG WAS POSSITIONED ON DRUMS. THINGS WENT WELL, BUT A WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED FUZZ JUMPED SHIP AS LEAD SINGER DUE TO ACEDEMICS, SO OZ IS BACK ON VOCALS AGAIN. VERMIN WILL BE BACK TO PLAY FOR THE PUNX AGAIN HOPEFULLY BY THE FALL OF 2003.
VERMIN IS:
Idle Oz: Guitar and Vocals
Rika: Bass
Greg: Drums and Vocals