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From The Mind Of Adi #21: John Farmer from What Made Milwaukee Famous’ Firsts
Firsts: Sh*te that happened before other sh*te happened.
Today: John Farmer's Firsts! I hope you enjoyed my personal Firsts, James Petralli from White Denim's Firsts, Chris Rose's Firsts, JP from Built By Snow's Firsts, and Lauren Larson from Ume's Firsts. This time, we examine what inspired John Farmer from What Made Milwaukee Famous through the years.
- 1st favorite song: "Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard. It was the first song that ever really made me think, "Holy Shit!" Sad to say, it doesn't really kindle those kind of emotions anymore. When it first came out, I was a broke, elementary school kid. I didn't have the money to buy the cassette, so I sat by the TV with my jam box waiting to record it on MTV. I probably rocked out to that crappy recording for six months before I got it for Christmas.
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- 1st favorite musician or band: My first favorite, "totally ape-shit
for" band was probably the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I was
completely blown away when I heard "Higher Ground" off of Mother's
Milk. Later when I found out they were the band in the movie
Thrashin', that solidified their coolness for me.
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- 1st album recorded on a cassette tape: On Christmas, I got two cassettes with my first jam box. They were U2's War and the soundtrack for the movie Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Yes, I did have multiple pairs of parachute pants
- 1st cassette tape purchased: I was lucky growing up having a sister who dated "skater kids". They would make mix tapes for her, and I would dub them. This one specific tape had The Misfits, Camper Van Beethoven, Dead Milkmen, Fugazi, fIREHOSE, Strawberry Zots, etc. I went to the Hastings in Wichita Falls to try and find these bands. The only tapes I found were The Misfits' Legacy of Brutality, fIREHOSE's Ragin' Full On and Fugazi S/T. I still like to think I was the coolest kid in 6th grade.
- 1st concert attended: The first concert I was forced to go to was
The Beach Boys. They played our city fair. I'm not sure
how cool I thought they were when I was 11. The first show I ever left
Wichita Falls to see was Danzig. My sister and her
boyfriend took me and my friend Steed to Dallas to see them at the
Bomb Factory. I thought Danzig would be terrifying
live, but they were nothing after watching the opening band The
Genitorturers. They were more disturbing rather than
terrifying. I'm not going to say much. Just Youtube them.
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- 1st CD purchased: Pennywise S/T. I really don't
plan on revisiting that one any time soon.
- 1st album downloaded: I only recently became acquainted with the
computer about a year ago. I'm not necessarily a digital boy. I believe
it was Brenton Wood's The Oogum Boogum Song.
- 1st recording: That would have been with my first band Three-Legged Race. It was me, Stephen Huff and Gary Wiseman. Gary went on to be in the band Bowling For Soup. Chris Bernie from that band did our old demo recordings.
- 1st live performance: It was at MY 8th grade talent show. Some friends and I played Helmet "Unsung". After we played the song, our guitarist walked off stage still plugged into his amp. That pulled the amp over, which was connected to the powerstrip, which was connected to the other amps, which fell over and toppled the drums. It was pretty bad ass.
- 1st national (or international) tour: It was probably about 5 years ago. Michael (Kingcaid) and I booked it ourselves. If you've never booked a tour for an unknown band, which most likely you haven't, it is a TOTAL pain in the ass. No one gives a shit, and no one will call you back. But, in the end it was absolutely worth it. Nothing like playing for an average of 4 people every night.
- 1st "something" I didn't ask you about: My first cool haircut was a chili bowl. Plan on seeing me sport another one of those babies in the '09.