From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Worm Quartet
Worm Quartet
Worm Quartet is a one-man (Timothy F. Crist, A.K.A. - We Are The Music Makers
=ShoEboX=-) Comedy Synth Punk band portrayed on al-
Around 1991 Tim decided that, since Worm Quartet was
bum covers as a group of four worms. The "band" has a
after all a band, they should put out a tape. With nothing
growing cult following thanks to exposure on the Dr. De-
but a Yamaha PSR-6 Keyboard and some recording equip-
mento show. Worm Quartet’s music, all written by Crist,
ment Tim went to work on "Pass the Potatoes", the Worm
is characterized by wild logorrhea, taking words that
Quartets debut album. Though it admittedly suffered
might never have been in the same sentence before and
from low production values Tim decided to keep going,
forming odd images that flash past the listener’s ears
eventually recording 10 more tapes of Worm Quartets
but remain imprinted on their engrams. His sophomoric
very different style of music. (Tim denies any knowledge
sense of humor is occasionally tempered by outrage or
of all music prior to the original recording of Urine Sam-
satirical criticism. Worm Quartet had the #1 Most Re-
pler.)
quested Song of the Year on the Dr. Demento Show in
It was also around this time that Tim got his first
2004 (Great Idea For A Song) and 2005 (Inner Voice with Sud-
(1200 baud) modem for his Atari 130XE computer and
den Death). He has additionally collaborated with Rob
christened himself on various bulletin boards as "Shoe-
Balder under the name "Baldbox"[1] to release one CD
box", citing a somewhat obscure line from The Hitchhik-
("The Dumb Album") and several followup songs, which
er’s Guide to the Galaxy spoken by Trillian (He wasn’t so
have also been played frequently by Dr. Demento and
much a leopard, more a sort of... well, you know... shoebox.).
other terrestrial radio shows.[2]
This in turn turned into ShoEboX and eventually -
=ShoEboX=-, which when read in only lowercase reads
History "hobo" and only uppercase reads SEX". The former is un-
intentional, but the latter was described by ShoEboX as
Pre-Music describing (at the time he created the alliteration) that
The four worms (then Bob, Leon, Rodney, and Celia) were which he would never have.
first created by Tim during a high school science class
period in an attempt to alleviate boredom and amuse a
A Three Man Quartet
friend named Frankie. The original four worms were de- In 1993, upon graduating High School and entering Col-
picted at various times singing songs with ’unbelievably lege, -=ShoEboX=- drafted two friends into the single man
dumb’ lyrics or on mock record covers for such classic as Quartet. Tony "Coffee" Roche on guitar and Kevin Mor-
Worm Quartet Sings The Songs Of Barry Manilow While Puking gan on drums filled out the WQ sound. The now Three
And Pissing On Lobsters. Man Quartet eventually took Tim’s DIY spirit to heart and
got around to recording the No Talent Implied semi-demo
Line Up Changes in Tony’s Garage and Tim’s bedroom. This tape was ac-
cidentally left at someone’s house one night, which led
The first of the two line up changes to bring about the
to copying and distribution around the Southbridge, MA
worms we know today was nothing but a slip up on the
area.
part of the creator, when he accidentally christened Rod-
ney as Elroy.
A short while later Celia, the only female worm, was
The first Yamaha
replaced with fan favorite Chutney, mostly due to the When Tony left the band (with no hard feelings) Kevin
very sophomoric senses of humor of Frankie who would moved up to guitar and something that would eventually
invariably find a way to insert a drawing of a penis near go on to shape the future sound of the music happened,
her mouth. -=ShoEboX=- purchased a Drum Machine. After polishing
Later still Chutney fell victim to an accident (report- some of the older songs and writing some new ones the
edly involving a jackhammer, a 747, and a giant robotic band drafted the help of Mr. Ben Dean and his Tascam
dog) which both mutilated his body and drove him in- Portastudio 424 and went to recording the first official
sane. This would be the cause of the later "Chutney Worm Quartet tape, "Urine Sampler".
songs".
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Worm Quartet
Discography Worms
Current
Studio albums
• Bob
• SumoPhobia (1999) Re-mastered re-release (2006) • Chutney
• Stupid Video Game Music (2001) Re-mastered re- • Elroy
release (2007) • Leon
• Faster Than A Speeding Mullet (2004)
• Mental Notes (2007) Past
• Celia
Other releases • Rodney
• Urine Sampler (1996) • Urkel
• Unreleasable (2007)
References
Members [1] "The Official World Wide Dr. Demento Streaming
Site". http://www.drdemento.com/online.html.
Real Retrieved 2009-11-09.
[2] "Disc-overies: Baldbox, "The Dumb Album" -
Current
Canandaigua, NY - MPNnow".
• Tim Crist (a.k.a. -=ShoEboX=-) http://www.mpnnow.com/entertainment/
x931195170/Disc-overies-Baldbox-The-Dumb-
Past
Album. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
• Tony "Coffee" Roche (guitar)
• Kevin Morgan (drums, later guitar)
External links
• Worm Quartet site
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Categories:
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• American satirists
• Parodists
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