#The fireside bowl documentary series#

The last ten years haven't been as active as the first, but the band has never officially called it quits, despite rumors of the contrary. Sadly, in 2008, Frank Rivera passed away. on Recess Records.įrom 1993 to '99, various songs were contributed to numerous compilations such as, 'Punk Bites 2' C.D., 'Pigs Suck' 2x7', 'Stealing The Pocket' L.P., Joey Vindictive Presents 'That Was Now, This Is Then' C.D., 'Punk Sucks' C.D., 'One Beer Short Of A Six Pack' 7', on numerous labels including Laberynth, Turkey Baster, Liberation, and V.M.L.Īfter Blake left the band, Troy Stark (Mondo Trasho, Slipshod) took the role of ninth bassist for the last stage of touring the band would see. In 1997, the band recorded the material for 'Nutso Smasho, with Tim Mac, (referred to in the liner notes as 'Dr.

tour and was replaced by Blake Hurlbert of (sic). Frank was featured on the Quincy Punx V.M.L.ive 7' recorded at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago. band Skaterbait, assumed the role of bass player.

#The fireside bowl documentary series#

A lengthy series of tours followed with bands such as F.Y.P., Sex Offenders, and Blanks 77, as well as short stints with the Dwarves, Propaghandi, and a hand-full of others.īy 1997, Kyle had left the band and Frank Rivera of Mpls. Around this time, the band was featured in the film 'Debasement Video Fanzine Vol.1: When We Play For Real', a documentary film by Patti Rhodes about the Twin Cities punk scene. The compilation was nominated for a Minnesota Music Award, as was the Quincy Punx in 1996. on Recess, and split 7''s with Blanks 77, Resin Scraper, and the Rejects, as well as the song 'Sick Pleasure' for Half-Mast/The Daggers Records compilation 'No Slow, All Go!' featuring a shit-load of Twin Cities bands. The bands first tours began shortly afterward.īy 1995 the band began recording at Amphetamine Reptile studios for the material that would end up as 1995's 'Stuck on Stupid' 10' e.p.

followed by a split label release with THD, 'We're Not Punx. The band was then picked up by Recess records and released 'Get The Humans', a 5 song 7' e.p. released on THD Records of Minneapolis, which got great reviews from Flipside, Jeff Bale, and Maximumrockandroll's Tim Yohannon. Upon recruiting the sixth bassist, Kyle, the band saw it's first release, 1992's (me) a.k.a. It wasn't until Jeff, the fifth bass player, that the band actually became active. The first was Greg Martin, who had to leave due to chemical burns on a large percentage of his body and subsequently falling into a coma. Throughout the years, this core line-up has remained the same, but with a 'revolving door' line-up of bass players. Inspired by their love for beer, classic punk rock, and cheesy '80's horror movies, Quincy Punx were founded in 1990 by Bob Wood - Guitar, Dave DePriest - Vocals/Lyrics, and Mike Robertson - Drums/Vocals in St.