THE AUTHORIZED "BIOGRAPHY" OF THE BAND 4

After playing 13 gigs in as many years, the band broke down and
voted to finally add drums to the mix. Rob and Jon both knew
exactly what kind of what kind of drummer would put their fledgling
band (now called "The Chaos Factory") on the rock 'n' roll map. Jon remembers: "Rob and I were working on what would later become
"(Girl, Lovin' You is Like Eating) Salty Pancakes." I told him that this song would need a real heavy arrangement and at the exact same
time, we looked at each and said 'we need a vegan-vegetarian,
lesbian drummer from Canada in our band!'"

At the outset of the band's first rehearsal with Melissa Houston, we were called "Applaud Now" (Suzanne thought it would be cute when
we were introduced at gigs--"Ladies and Gentlemen..."). By the end
of it, we changed the name to "Melissa and the Houstons." Things shifted into high gear with the addition of Melissa. Before, without
a drummer keeping a rock steady beat, people couldn't really dance
to the band's music. Now with Melissa on board, the songs were
easily danceable, but still nobody wanted to.

It wasn't long before the band, now called "Sonic Aneurysm",
enthusiastically signed with a record company headed by a rapacious
carnivore who ate children for breakfast and then anxiously waited to
belch, just for a second taste. we all found the recording process more
fun than an ice pick in the ear. In fact, we enjoyed it so much that we
refused to stop doing it. Two years and all our money later, we split