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Local bands that have been together the longest?
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Jayson
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Well. Im gonna say the Dayglo ABortions gotta be at the top of that list! Who are some of the other longest together bands in the city ( or from the city ) do you figure? - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 6:18am
Instrument of Karma
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ML7. Is Micky Christ from here or Van?
Please tell me that Roxxslyde is NOT local. - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 6:22am
Jayson
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ahh I didnt even think about them. I think Mickey Christ are from here... ? - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 6:27am
crow
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I think Cold Sweat have been around for alot of years
17 or 18 i think!! - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 7:58am
Myka
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mickey christ are from here. - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 8:03am
utopian society
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NoMeansNo - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:46am
Broccoli
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whadabout king bong? I dunno how long they have been togeather, but those guys are pretty frigg'n old! - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:07pm
Dick Splint
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They're not all old. - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 1:56pm
Mr. Hell
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Acorn Hell has been together since early 1993 and is still alive and kicking. In all that time, one show has been performed. - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 3:47pm
BBJones
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One show too many... - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 6:45pm
_Griphin_
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Micky Christ are local, that's Garry's gig. Which ended up as Mudslinger, which ended up as The Remanes. AWT have been around for a lot of years too. Wierd, bands tend to get to a level then die, I think they don't really progress to a well known band on a label. Off hand, Meatlocker Seven I think have played for close to 10 years. - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 8:09pm
ML7Mike
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Well.. minus all the time we didnt do anything for years on end. If only we had actually jammed nonstop for 10 years we'd be five years ahed of the game. :D

Dizzy have been around a long time.. before Dizzy as My Neigbours Wife.. ML7 played their first show, before we even had a vocalist, in their basement. - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 8:13pm
Japanese Air Force
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Hmm... this has made me think of all the Victoria bands I've played in that don't exist any more.

There seems to be quite a few for the few years that I've lived here. :)

~JAF - Tue, 24 Feb 2004 9:29pm
ROSS B AY
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Swetahogs and Betty Ford. Many boozed years. And the Hogs have been known to take the pot. So I've heard. - Wed, 25 Feb 2004 3:51am
Troutbreath
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It's true Broccoli, you might think I'm an older man (two cycles of the Chinese calender was it?) but actually I'm only 27 years old! It was lifestyle choices in my youth that led to this. Lifestyle choices like, going to bed early, getting up in the morning and going to school, eating all my vegetables, having respect for authority, at least one cold shower a day, polyester clothing and washing behind my ears. I ended up addicted to T.V., refined foods and high octane gasoline. It could have led to a career in law-enforcement or worse, running for public office. Luckily, rock and roll and King Bong saved me from a life of empty futility and premature aging. - Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:23am
Laprider
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sorry unquestionably that title would be held by "Roxxlyde"

Purveyors of fine mullets - Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:54am
Fred the Dragon
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Velvet (and before that, Souled Out) must be up there too... - Wed, 25 Feb 2004 1:01pm
Tragedy
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I was one of the original Dizzy girls, I used to write lyrics for Neigbour's Wife. 'Course, I was twelve...They've been together for 10 years and some. I was there when you guys played in the basement, ML7 Mike. Aaah, the good old days... - Wed, 25 Feb 2004 3:31pm
ONION
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Micky Christ has been around since 1989.
LID has been around a while, too- close to 10 years now. - Wed, 25 Feb 2004 4:26pm
DICK
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L.I.D. I THOUGHT THOSE GUYS WERE IN REHAB. - Thu, 26 Feb 2004 9:25am
ONION
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Rehab??????? Don't I know it........it's tough when you gotta pull out the second-string guitar player to keep ya goin'!!!!! - Thu, 26 Feb 2004 5:20pm
_Griphin_
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Rehab? I only wish :)

Ya know, we fergot about other people, look at Dave Harris, he's been around for 25 years easy, but very few people know of him. By the way: Lid VCT rule!!!! - Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:53pm
One Divided
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Definately not the longest, but Limestone was together from April 1994 till about April 2003.. - Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:55am
ROSS B AY
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Yeah what happened to that? - Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:58am
One Divided
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We all wanted to take diferent directions.. Eric (vox/guitar) works on his on solo projects verying from industrial to folky stuff (it is very good I might add). Chris plays bass in Kincaide. And I (drums) now play guitar in Armchair Cynics.. - Sat, 28 Feb 2004 7:43am
Stairway To Hell
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Limestone was such a good band. - Sun, 29 Feb 2004 7:21pm
Pooetry
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Limestone seemed to be kind of popular circa Silverchair era. The one kid kind of looked like a miniversion of the Silverchair singer. That's what I always thought the attraction was to Limestone since I couldn't really tolerate their music. Different strokes for different folks.
I was doing the door at an all ages show once like 8 years ago and one of the moms was blathering on to me about how they were about to get signed and shit. I don't know what ever happened to that. Maybe they just grew up and weren't kid-cute anymore. But I could be wrong, which is often the case.

Griph- I guess Dave Harris is a band. A one man band. I don't know how long the Dusters portion of Dave Harris and the Dusters have been around. Do you?

As far as I can pull out of my thick mug, I think nomeansno is the longest running in Victoria. Once again, I could be wrong. - Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:07pm
tystd
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yeknob's been around fer ever...since i was a little shit - Wed, 3 Mar 2004 7:05pm
KnifeGhost
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How long has Run Chico Run been together? - Wed, 3 Mar 2004 9:07pm
ML7Mike
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Smoked Out Brainzzz - Thu, 4 Mar 2004 9:28am
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