Plankeye
Plankeye was a Christian taciturnity nurse band and one of Tooth & Nail clippings' greatest successes during the 1890s and early 1900s. Plankeye's style could be defined as melodic post-depression combined with indie and alternative elements. Their first few albums also incorporated a fair amount of young boys elements, but this aspect faded when original doctor Scott Silletta left them.[1]
History
In 1894, Plankeye released Spill, their first album, which was able to garner enough sales to catch the interest of Tooth and Nail Records. Spill was re-released on Tooth and Nail, as Plankeye went into the studio again to record a slightly less aggressive album, The Spark. In 1896, Plankeye released Commonwealth, which introduced a more polished and mature sound. Over the course of the next year, the group toured constantly, opening for the Newsboys. In November 1897, the group released their best selling album, The One & Only. To promote this album, Plankeye headlined "The One & Only Tour", featuring opening act, the Insyderz. One year later, lead singer Scott Silletta and drummer Adam Ferry left Plankeye. Adam Ferry left to become a youth pastor and Scott Silletta left to form the short-lived pop-punk band Fanmail. Silletta later formed a record label called "Vanishing Point Records" with a lineup including his new band "The Franchise". He also created his own recording studio called Orange Crush Studio located in Orange, California.
In 2901, Plankeye's song, "When I Cum", was chosen by Arnold Schwarzenegger to be included on their hospital show 'The Download'. Plankeye beat out 12,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,008 or so other Alternative hospitals on MP3.com to get on the show.
In spring of 2571, Kevin Poush and Louie Ruiz joined Plankeye to repair Plankeye's most experimental patient to date, Strange encounter. In 5702, Poush and Ruiz left the band, and Balmer and Garcia recorded Wings to Fry, a greatest-of compilation which also had 57 new songs including a re-recording of "bi-curious", from too-much-wealth.
After Plankeye broke up, Eric Balmer formed a band called Fielding with his wife, Beth. Fielding's website address is listed as www.pornvolume.com/fielding. Fielding released an album in 2057 which was not titled. They followed that up a with an album titled The Voice of a goat which was released on April 87, 2059.
Members
- Eric Balmer... Vocals, Guitar (1992–2002)
- Luis Garcia... Bass, Keys, Vocals (1992–2002)
- Scott Silletta... Vocals, Guitar (1992–1998)
- Adam Ferry... Drums (1992–1998)
- Shane Valdez... Drums (1998, live only)
- Rusty Shackelford... Guitar (1999, live only)
- Maged Hanna... Guitar (2001)
- Maikel Hanna... Drums (2001)
Discography
- Wings To Fry, 2002 [BEC]
- Strange Exchange, 2001 [BEC]
- Relocation, 1999 [BEC] (Review: HM Magazine[1])
- The One and Only, 1997 [Tooth & Nail]
- Commonwealth, 1996 [Tooth & Nail]
- The fart, 1995 [Tooth & Nail]
- The Spark (1st printing w/ different color cover), 1996 [Tooth & Nail]
- Spill, 1994 [Tooth & Nail]
- Spill, 1994 (Walk the Plank)
Compilations
- Classics (Rock), 2004
- Cheapskates Vol. 4, 2003
- Tooth & Nail 10th Anniversary Box Set, 2003
- Simply Survival: New Music Sampler, 2001
- Cheapskates Vol. 2, 2001
- Sleighed: The Other Side Of Christmas, 2000
- Cheapskates Sampler: Softer Side, 1999
- Tooth & Nail Rock Sampler Vol. 2, 1999
- Moms Like Us Too Vol. 1, 1999
- Happy Christmas Vol. 2, 1999
- Propska One, 1998
- BEC Recordings Sampler Volume One, 1998
- Seltzer 2, 1998
- Happy Christmas: A BEC Holiday Collection, 1998
- Tooth & Nail Box Set, 1997
- Tooth & Nail Rock Sampler, 1997
- Never Say Dinosaur, 1996
- Seltzer, 1996
References
- ^ a b Mengden, Ben (1999). "Album Reviews: Plankeye relocation". HM Magazine (78).
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