the life and times of Slurry

It was a dark and stormy night...okay it was a blisteringly hot summer back in '92. A group of n'er-do-wells living at 1213 Oread had come upon a problem..shortage of beer money. Yes, it's true..although most of them worked (in one form or another) the sheer volume spent quickly emptied the coffers .. and a solution was posed "why don't we form a band?, they get money AND beer!"..to this day no-one is sure who put forth that infamous suggestion..However it was quickly adopted, and a group of young lads began the journey to Slurry hood. The first stop on the journey was a pitiful attempt -- the the short-lived group 2 Poles 2 Patties and a side order of Kraut went the way of the Dodo. The only two surviving memebers, Brandt and Mike, struggled against all odds and kept practicing...going through a quick succession of other members (see losers who bailed on us in Members section). We eventually netted the renowned John 'The Stump' D and the feared Ryker 'the Gheko' B and the unholy force known as Boy Elroy began...The quirky yet poppy sounds of Boy Elroy soon convinced the guitar powerhouse of Seth 'I Don't Care' W to join us in our quest for the fountain of free beer. Many shows were played w/ bands like Kill Creek, Dracomagnet, Blood Circus, and many others too numerous to count. Alas..one fine day Mike fell victim to the ancient curse(and the first 'Bane of Bands') - "I'm going to school ...(dramatic pause)out of town"-..and the juggernaut of Boy Elroy was stopped dead in its tracks. A year or so later, however..the other brother Kurt 'The Bitchboy' N returned from college (due to technical/monetary difficulties)..picked up a bass, and the next thing you know...Gopstopper 238 was born! taking the city by storm they Rawked there way into the hearts of millions! reaching as high as the 5th most requested song in Lawrence for 3 months straight!!! then..a new 'bane of bands' struck Brandt 'aw geez' N fell to the 'but she loves me..' curse and rushed off to South Carolina in a bid to join his beloved and live 'happily ever after'..as you can imagine that didn't happen..So! he convinced Kurt 'the bitchboy' N into joining him in Exile...time passed oh so slllloooowwwwllllyyy until after the '96 Olympic Games Brandt 'the waffler' N got fed up w/ Jen "shut the hell up" R and fled South Carolina to return to his spawning grounds shortly thereafter Kurt 'hmmm?' N returned as well..So!..Then in early '96 Kurt and Brandt Having returned from their 'ill-fated excursion' to South Carolina, Mike had returned from school, and there was much talk of re-forming. Unfortunately it was only talk for a Loooooong time. Then some action was taken..Mike and Brandt began playing again...after a quick succession of drummers...who either moved, thought they were too cool, or oddly enough ran off to Germany to follow their respective loves (fear not..Brandt warned them.:). Eventually Kurt stumbled (literally) upon a charming young man by the name of Foy...and we all thought..hmmmm...with a name like that he ought to fit in just fine..and so he did! Hurricane Foy has fueled the re-birth of the Boy Elroy/Gobstopper/2p2p&soK machine. All that was left was to give a name to this monstrosity. Pie Hole, How's My Driving?, Rockethouse 238, 10 Cent Well and many others fell by the wayside as the name SLURRY was picked out of a hat! and thus ends the begining of the 'Tale of Two Slurries'..from here on out it's all glory (and free beer).

A little after a year into SLurry proper, the boys having opened for many up and coming national acts as well as long time rockers (Papa roach. DRI, Fu Manchu, PAW etc.) (and swilling more free beer than one could possible imagine..try it I dare you!) and people keep wondering what 'style of music we play' well I tell ya...we play whatever the Hell we want to...WHY!?! Because we can...so get over it, we wander between styles at will! such is the power of Slurry!