Psychostick
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| Origin | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| Years active | 2001 - present |
| Genres | Metalcore Parody music Alternative metal |
| Labels | Rock Ridge Music |
| Members | Rob Kersey Joshua Key Mike Kocian Alex Preiss |
| Past members | Vince Johansen |
| Website(s) | Official site |
Psychostick is a metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, known for a silly image and extreme usage of extreme humor in their songs and lyrics. Their style is referred to by some as humor-core.
Up to date they've made one album called We Couldn't Think Of A Title, released on September 12, 2006.
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[edit] Members
- Rob Kersey - Vocals
- Joshua Key - Guitars, Vocals
- Mike Kocian - Bass, Vocals
- Alex Preiss - Drums
[edit] Former Members
- Vince Johansen - Guitars
[edit] Line up
Each member of Psychostick has a nickname and an image that can range from simply wearing a hat or an entire costume.
[edit] Rob, lead vocals
A.k.a. 'Rawrb!', is known for wearing a black, red, green and yellow hat with black, red, green and yellow cones sticking out of it.
[edit] Mike, bass
A.k.a. Mike The Evil, or Mike Hawkizzard. Wears a large orange mohawk.
[edit] Josh, guitar
A.k.a. 'Jarsh'. Wears a ribbon tied around his head, with eastern symbols on them, such as a Japanese sun, a Ying-yang and so on...
[edit] Alex, drums
A.k.a. 'Schmalex'. He is simply dressed up in a cow costume. However, lately he has not been wearing the suit. According to Tony "deathburger" (the merch guy) he said it was because it was annoying to alex.
[edit] Style
Psychostick uses prop comedy with things like rubber chickens, stuffed animals or their instruments at shows and in their videos.
Although lyrically rich in humor, unlike many bands who tend to use a lot of comedy, the instrumental portions of the songs are not negelcted and are very serious. When they're not joking too much they usually play heavy, violent riffs. Some songs are parodys of love songs or sad, depressing songs.
Rawrb's voice, when he's not shouting, bares an uncanny resemblance to that of Aaron Lewis of Staind, which are known for making depressing songs and love songs.
A lot of comedy is also mid-song action. For example, during "Orgasm=love" Alex yells out 'You know what? Fuck this! I'm outta here!' and leaves, or even sometimes the band holds conversations during the song.
[edit] Discography
- We Couldn't Think Of A Title - 2006 - Rock Ridge Music reissue, including the bonus tracks "ABCDEath", and "Jagermeister Love Song"
- We Couldn't Think Of A Title - 2003 - independent release (3000 copies)
- Die...A Lot! demo 2001
- Don't Bitch, It's Free! demo 2000
[edit] Trivia
- Began touring nationally in July of 2006, and has toured with Bobaflex and Indorphine.
- They have played a number of unrecorded songs live including "Orange", "Don't Eat My Food", "The Sombrero Prophecy", and "Jingle Bell Metal".
- The band has also announced they will be recording and releasing two new albums, tentatively in 2007. The first of the two will contain holiday songs including the tracks "Holiday Hate", "Jolly Old Sadist", "Jingle Bell Metal", "Red Snow", as well as others.
- Related songs include: "Hokey Fuckin' Pokey" (b-side taken from the "We Couldn't Think Of A Title"), "Those Stupid Ifs" (demo track recorded for both "Don't Bitch, It's Free!" and "Die...A Lot!"), "MILF" (collaboration with the Arizona based rappers Crack Money), "Fake My Own Death" (cover of the Psychostick song "Fake My Own Death And Go Platinum", also by Crack Money), "The Dumb Song" (Pluh.com song featuring Jarsh and Pluh.com member Murph), and "Tales From The Sink" (Pluh.com song featuring Schmalex and V).
- Past members include:
Vince Johansen 2004-2006 (guitar)
Hunter Alexander 2000-2001 (bass)
- Rawrb! programs and manages many websites including: Psychostick, Pluh, Evacuate Chicago, Collective Underground, Rawrb, Blargbox, and Housebuddies.
- The band members also manage both the official Myspace page, as well as the Purevolume page.
- The same band members also form a band called Evacuate Chicago, which makes more serious and non-comedy oriented music.
