The World's Greatest Christmas Band
Missile Toe is the
World's Greatest Christmas band.
We are:
James Millar: Guitar
Jeff Hardy: Guitar and Vocals
Mike Schubert: Drums
Dale Houston: Bass
James plays the guitar in Peep.
Jeff sings and plays the guitar in C. D. Truth.
Mike played drums in the Nimrods, and currently plays guitar in an as-yet unnamed band.
Dale plays (or played) bass in Planet Log 3000.
We are based in Akron, Ohio. We are up for a road trip if Santa would want us to do so.
This is the email message that started it all:
From: JAMES A MILLAR
To: Dale Houston
Subject:
Date: 14 Nov 1996 08:51:26 -0500
dale
i want to put togethers poser punk band to play loud/snotty versions of
classic tunes mixed with loud /snotty versions of x-mass tunes. need another
guitar& bass can possibly use rob or mark on drums.unit must be ready
to play from thanksgiving to new years. easy tunes st-ahead style.
interested?
jam
Originally we had a different drummer, Rich or Rick, I don't really remember. He played at our first show on the day after Christmas, 1996. Ric (or Rich) invited some people from his church to see us and they were all appalled. He would not return our phone calls after that.
The next year we recruited Mike Schubert for the drums. He made us write down the different parts for the songs so he knew what was happening next.
And because of that we got a lot better. Tighter. Faster. Lethal to white mice.
We released a CD of Christmas songs "Down On A Thistle" in 1999.
In 2000 we started playing off-season by learning some non-holiday rock'n'roll songs.
We have played as far away as either Pittsburgh or Columbus, depending on which one is farther.
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