| Biography: | "Post-Punk / Art Rock..." - Boyd Nutting
"...in the realm of Sonic Youth or Fugazi..." - Max Kauffman
Hailing from Culver, Indiana, plankton is comprised mainly of
Matt Pare and Tina Pare on bass, vocals, and
guitar.
2006 began with plankton appearing on WNIT's "Open Studio,"
a program on local public television focusing on talent in the station's
viewing area. Because of that appearance, plankton was invited to play
a show at a popular club with crowd-drawing bands from the South
Bend/Mishawaka area. At the time plankton had no drummer. Chris Nespo
(Evil 10 Submission, US Thrash Company, Dorks With Glasses) had been sought
out to play the TV spot but was unable to play the date of the club gig. From
an ad placed in the forum of a venue's web site,Tim Post (Wichita Kansas
Trailer Park Conspiracy) agreed to play the show and ended up staying with
the band for a stretch of accomplishments. These include breaking into
many venues formerly unreachable by the band and being selected to participate
in the Chicago Bodog Battle of the Bands. Tim left the band in September 2006 for
personal reasons. Plankton wishes Tim the best and everyone is
looking forward to keeping in touch.
For the time being, catch Chris Nespo
or Jerry Mitchell (Jet Stream, Bad Habbit) on drums with the band!
Matt was in a band in 1992 when he met Tina.
That band went bust, but Tina and Matt stayed together. Tina began to
learn bass. Matt and Tina searched for a drummer to suit
their music. For one reason or another, people never worked out.
In January of 2003 plankton was joined by Eric Scott on drums (Eric
left the band in late 2005). Right away they
new they could have something special if they practiced hard. Festivals, battles of the
bands, private parties, and a free public performance on the Fulton
County Court House (Indiana) lawn sponsered by the Fulton County Public Library
have all contributed to the band’s growth and progress.
They have
been working their butts off to craft their originals into a crowd
pleasing set of shock, amazement, and yes, even the occasional
offense.
So...what do you call THAT?
Boyd Nutting, owner of now-defunct-but-always-in-our-hearts Club Cackle
in South Bend, Indiana, described plankton as "Post-Punk / Art Rock."
Something that helps to set plankton’s music apart, Matt and Tina switch off on
bass and guitar. They both played drums in other bands. Adding to that,
they write all the songs, and do all the recording themselves in
their studio, Splatcat Records, with Matt acting as the band's ample engineer.
Being a totally DIY band, Tina makes all the band's t-shirts - dying and printing
them by hand.
Influences run up and down these lines: King Crimson, Talking Heads,
Beck, Midnight Oil, Laurie Anderson, Shellac, Big Black,
Throwing Muses, Pixies, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Danny Elfman,
Tim Burton, Wire, Firehose, Tool, Ella Fitzgerald, The Modern Jazz Quartet,
XTC, Brian Eno, Joe Jackson, The Fall, Cure, New Order, Joy Division,
Duran Duran, Juliana Hatfield...
Bands plankton has been compaired to include Ween, Cake, Portishead,
Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Breeders, Pink Floyd, and for some reason...
The Cranberries.
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