Um, hi. My name is Dwayne Dweebil (please, no laughing). I’m a pretty easy-going type of guy, but I’m really shy anywhere but behind a drum kit. I’ve been playing drums for a few years now, but Knute was the reason I really got serious about it. You see, he was putting a band together and we were friends, and he knew that I messed around on the old skins occasionally, so he basically convinced me to help start the Skinks and start drumming on a more regular basis. Knute jokes that I have a split personality, because when I’m behind those drums I just get so involved in the music that I don’t really notice anything else and I can get sort of out of control. But in the end it’s all just good fun.
I’ve been deeply interested in computers and all things electronic ever since I helped my dad fix the family television back in '74. Since then I’ve been constantly searching for the new, cutting-edge technological revolutions. One day I found out about the production of the Personal Computer, and the rest is history.
Oh, this would probably be a good time to explain our presence here on the Web (You still call it that, right?). Anyway, one day I was fiddling around with a brand-new Wang Personal Computer when, all of a sudden, an electronic discharge from one of Knute’s amps hit the CPU and the screen started to... change, somehow. It flashed and then went dark for a long time. I became very concerned (had it been damaged beyond repair?), but then the screen lit up again and there were these... windows that you could enlarge or shrink by clicking on these boxes. It was all very strange to us at first, but now we are well adjusted to this thing call the "Internet"; or the "World Wide Web"; or what have you.
So, we are a virtual band. Yes, like Gorillaz (which you must have heard of by now). However, we will not be performing anywhere due to our little problem with being trapped in the ‘80s. But don’t worry about it. We can still communicate with the future (or to you it would seem like the present) via e-mail thanks to my freak computer. We will be writing new songs, and posting pictures of the band in action. Also, be on the look out for some comics that will be up here later, as well. I guess that about does it for me. Wait, my influences! Well, I don’t really follow the music scene all that closely myself, but I have noticed a few drummers who have had some impact on how I play. The main ones, I guess, are: Stewart Copeland of The Police, Terry Bozzio of Missing Persons, and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick. Am I done yet?
I’ve been deeply interested in computers and all things electronic ever since I helped my dad fix the family television back in '74. Since then I’ve been constantly searching for the new, cutting-edge technological revolutions. One day I found out about the production of the Personal Computer, and the rest is history.
Oh, this would probably be a good time to explain our presence here on the Web (You still call it that, right?). Anyway, one day I was fiddling around with a brand-new Wang Personal Computer when, all of a sudden, an electronic discharge from one of Knute’s amps hit the CPU and the screen started to... change, somehow. It flashed and then went dark for a long time. I became very concerned (had it been damaged beyond repair?), but then the screen lit up again and there were these... windows that you could enlarge or shrink by clicking on these boxes. It was all very strange to us at first, but now we are well adjusted to this thing call the "Internet"; or the "World Wide Web"; or what have you.
So, we are a virtual band. Yes, like Gorillaz (which you must have heard of by now). However, we will not be performing anywhere due to our little problem with being trapped in the ‘80s. But don’t worry about it. We can still communicate with the future (or to you it would seem like the present) via e-mail thanks to my freak computer. We will be writing new songs, and posting pictures of the band in action. Also, be on the look out for some comics that will be up here later, as well. I guess that about does it for me. Wait, my influences! Well, I don’t really follow the music scene all that closely myself, but I have noticed a few drummers who have had some impact on how I play. The main ones, I guess, are: Stewart Copeland of The Police, Terry Bozzio of Missing Persons, and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick. Am I done yet?
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