Friday, September 12, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Danger Bob keeps playing by delighting in music, life
Band's easy way adds to longevity
By Tom Winter
Kansan staff writer
The car had broken down, they were picked up by a crystal methaphetamine dealer and when they got to the show, a riot almost broke out after someone threw a bottle at Jason.
It was Sunday night and local band Danger Bob had played through another full weekend of rock and roll, but its light-hearted attitude still came through in the studio of KLZR 105.9 FM.
"Say hello to your mikes so I can hear," Jeff Peterson, KLZR disc jockey, said to the band before he began the live interview.
"Hi, Mike," Jason said. "Helloooo, Mike. Helllllo, Miiiike. Hi, Mikey."
The four members of Lawrence's Danger Bob scrunched into the small studio around their microphones.
Danger Bob is one of Lawrence's longest-playing bands.
They have been playing together for about five years. Andy and Jason were friends in high school. They met Karl, vocalist for Danger Bob, and Chris, now drummer for the Bubble Boys. Soon after, Chris left to go to New York with an internship. They then picked up Kenny to be their new drummer.
While the band changed, the attitude remained. In and out of the studio, off and on stage, they're always kidding each other.
Andy said anything goes at concerts.
"Just don't throw stuff at the bass player," he said.
The band was at the Lazer studio promoting their second CD, "MegaVegas," which will be
released this week.
The band will be promoting the album, which features "Ukrainian Porcelain," a song about figure skater Oksana Baiul and "Dynamo!" a song about gymnast Shannon Miller tomorrow night at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
Both this CD and their first, "Le Pop Shoppe," were produced by the band in coordination with Maine Records.
Their first CD featured a song called "Real World Me," which dealt with the serious subject matter on the MTV show.
Strangely enough, when they played in Los Angeles three exReal World cast members showed up: Rachel, Cory and Norm.
The band chose not to play the song to its muses.
"We talked to them after the show and they thought we rocked," Andy said. "But they didn't want to get any pictures taken with us."
Aside from the occasional pop figures, their audiences vary from junior high school kids to older people to eccentrics.
Although they have influences ranging from Elvis Costello to Jimi Hendrix, they don't align themselves with anyone.
"When we started, we wanted to be a cross between They Might Be Giants, the Ramones and Too Much Joy, a New York-based band," Andy said.
"There are people I aspire to be as good as," Karl said. "But there's not anybody I want to sound like."
He said Danger Bob always enjoyed listening to bands that had a different take on life.
"It's not necessarily the song or the genre," he said. "It's more of an attitude you want to hear."
Jason agreed.
Kenny summed up their philosophy: "Try to have as much fun as possible with as little pain as possible before death," he said.
The concept of enjoying one's self is one shared by all the band
"We started this band as a way to get free beer in a bar," Jason said.
members.
They have played many times in Lawrence and beyond, receiving anywhere from $150 to $500 per performance.
They said that they enjoyed the Lawrence music scene because of the supportive community of musicians, but that there are problems with relatively unknown groups in the music scene.
"Since nobody is on a huge label, nobody comes to see them," Andy said. "The crowds come to see who they are told to see and if no one has heard of a band, they don't want to bother."
Although the band members are in their late twenties, they still love playing music. And they show it by playing locally and nationally and by making appearances on local radio stations.
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