xCarebearsx (1999-2000)
All heart. Hella posi straight edge hardcore in the vein of Gorilla Biscuits/Judge/Crucial Youth. This was the first band our singer, Chza had ever been in, and he really didn't know how to sing, even in this band. He was also very passionately PC Straightedge, while the rest of us couldn't really give two shits. I wrote most of the songs, and put in corny ska and hoe-down parts instead of mosh parts just to piss Chza off. He didn't play an instrument, so he couldn't stop us from making a mockery of all of it, so he wrote lyrics that were extra-militant sXe. We would draw symbols on our bellies, and lift our shirts at one point and shout "CAREBEAR STARE" before a mosh part.
The cover of our demo tape was a Carebear with a hoodie and X's on his hands. The first line of the review in Heartattack was "I wish this was a joke..."
I should add, this was by-far the most popular band I've ever been in. Chza went on to sing in Any Last Words (Havoc records).
Snake Attak (2002-2003)
I found a bass in a dumpster and decided to make a band of it. Me and Ned (later of the Load band Hospitals) wore football helmets with microphones duct taped inside the grill, and hit each other and audience members with our guitars. N8 (also from xCBx) played drums in a Halloween snake costume made for an 8 year old, so you could see his balls. We played with Wolf Eyes once, Thurston Moore thought we were called "Megadesk." We broke up when Ned broke his leg fighting with the audience.
Charles de Gaulle (2004-2009)
We were really good, until our drummer became a lawyer. Sam was our singer once.
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