The Bulge History
History
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The Bulge was
conceived in the hallways of a
local Fortune 500 Company, when
three guys with a little free time
and a shared distaste for
generating cover sheets for TPS
reports decided to spend an
evening at the domicile of local
band legend, Johnny Wah.
At Wah’s, we pulled out our
axes, bass, and the legendary Cry
Baby Wah pedal and, singing
through a commandeered Karaoke
microphone, rocked our way through
such staples as "Woolie Boolie",
"Louie Louie" and "Tomorrow
Never Knows". "Dunkle Bulge"
was born (similar to a large
hoofed animal dropping a calf on
the Serengeti Plain). |
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"Dunkle Bulge", you ask? Yes, the two words went
together like peanut butter and
the roof of your mouth, and were
an irrational homage to the name
of our now departed keyboardist.
When our keyboardist left us, the
name logically became "The Bulge".
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The Bulge bounced from living room to garage to backyard barbecue,
honing their craft and slowly finding their place in the Rock and Roll World.
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Our beloved Johnny Wah eventually freed himself from The Bulge,
and is now doing what he loves best – in the studio producing some great music.
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Wah’s exit opened the door for Heath to jump to guitar and our
friend Dave DeMitchell stepped in to play bass. We continued to confound
and amaze our friends at parties, company picnics, and the occasional "Goat Fest"
until Dave's departure.
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At this point, we were wondering where the The Bulge would go next.
We happened to jam with the bassist for Killer Rabbit and decided to steal him!
Thankfully, he went along with our evil plot and with the help of our good
friends from Medusa we got our first real paying gig at Shady Oaks. (Thanks Fred!)
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Craig helped take us to the next level. It didn't hurt that he knew
everybody in the world and soon enough, he had people coming out in droves
to see what antics we might be up to next. Time spent away from his family
and school while rocking out on the road and donning Village Poeple and DEVO
costumes eventually started to add up and Craig announced that he needed
to free himself from the huge time commitment of being in a band. With a tear
in our eye, we bid him fondly adieu and started the search for our new bassist.
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Enter "7 String Keith". You can't beleive he actually
plays a 7 string bass and we still can't either! But, he rocks out
so hard that we just couldn't pass him up - and he has quickly become
one of the few, the loud, The Bulge!
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