the Thingz

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Clam Casino

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Released: Feb 28, 2010

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Clam Casino
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Wild Boar
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Thingztrumental
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She’s a Pirhana
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Do the Crab
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General Info

Genre: Comedy / Garage / Punk
Location LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, US
Profile Views: 53179
Last Login: 5/25/2012
Member Since 5/4/2004
Website www.thethingz.com
Record Label Pelado Records (1st album), 2nd album ???
Type of Label Indie
Bio
The Thingz are a garage-punkin’ trio from Long Beach with a flippant, Groovy Ghoulies—style sense of fun, as well as a shameless penchant for singing admittedly “ridiculous” lyrics. Guitarist Mike Morris and bassist Kim Thing trade off vocals (“demonstrating the primitive duality upon which rock & roll is based”), combining the overt wackiness of the Rezillos with the stop-start abruptness of a much less angry Angry Samoans. On their 2004 self-titled full-length debut on Pelado Records, Morris and Ms. Thing are obsessed with the dangers of eating on “Manicotti Massacre” (in which a rotting TV dinner enacts its revenge on a hapless human victim), “Picnic Table Massacre” (where militant ants enact their revenge on hapless human victims) and the food-as-sex metaphor “Mastication Blues.” The Thingz turn their short attention spans to the life aquatic on their still-unreleased second album with “She’s a Piranha,” which features Morris’ deliciously icy surf-guitar shivers, and the senselessly cruel interspecies rivalry of “I’m Glad I’m Not a Mollusk.” None of this rampant silliness would matter without such catchy hooks and the frenetic rhythm section of Kim Thing and drummer Jason Cordero. (Falling James) LA Weekly 2/1/07 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
...... Mike Morrisonic- guitar, vocals; Kimthing- bass, vocals; Jason- drums
Influences
Everyone and everything.
Sounds Like
We've been compared to most everyone- most of which don't make sense. We probably sound closest to the Drags and the Groovy Ghoulies with a little bit of the Headcoats and the Rip Offs thrown in. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... ..Get Your Own!.. | ..View Slideshow...... ..............Myspace Layouts..........Myspace Codes..........Myspace Generators..........Myspace Backgrounds......