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Necktie Suicide

2005-10-27T19:45:05Z

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Necktie Suicide started out of the ashes of two prominent bands in the Fargo, ND area; Jared (guitar) and [[Justin Norris]] (drums) from [[Blood Dries Black]] and [[Andrew Hansen]] (bass), [[Steven Smedshammer]] (guitar) and Jarret Vosler (vocals) from [[Invividly]].
After playing only a few shows together, Jarret lost interest in the band, forcing the other members to make a change. Without a vocalist, the band embarked on a short tour where the other members started to let their voices be heard.
Andy, Jared and Steve picked up the vocal duties. After playing over a hundred local and regional shows in a year and a half, the band felt the need for another change. They recruited [[A.J Anderson]] to take over on lead vocals. In the fall of 2005 Jared quit the band. they replaced him with [[Luke Bodighimer]] who has proven to be a great addition to the band.

== Members ==
*[[Justin Norris]] (Drums)
*[[Steven Smedshammer]] (Guitars,Vocals)
*[[Andrew Hansen]] (Bass,Vocals)
*[[Luke Bodighimer]] (Guitar,Vocals)
*[[A.J Anderson]] (Vocals)

== Ex Members ==
Jared Norris

== Highlights ==
*They went out to california to record a 5 song EP. Ryan Sellars recorded and produced it at DML Studios in Escondido, CA under the supervision of Don Lithgow. It was mastered at Rare Form Mastering by Greg Rierson in Minneapolis, MN.

== Shows ==

*Have played with such acts as American Head Charge, Dope, Internal Bleeding, Dog Fashion Disco, Sinai Beach, Into Eternity, Six Feet Under, Premonitions of War, The Brain Chiggers, Vampire Moose, Misery Index, Through the Disipline, Jucifer, Twisted Method, Dead to Fall, 12 tribes,Marytr AD and Fight Paris.

== Discography ==

*"A Marrige of Life and Loss" 2003 Self-released
*"Bearing Witness to the Fall of Rome" 2004 Self-released

== External Links ==

*[http://www.necktiesuicide.com website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/necktiesuicide Myspace]
*[http://www.purevolume.com/necktiesuicide Pure Volume]

== Press ==

'''High Plains Reader 8.25.05'''
Metals a bitch; a stubborn, rigid creature that occasionally reproduces and spawns varying sub sects, but dangles the possibility for creative interpretation above its practitioners like its taunting a gorilla with a banana. Some artists have strong enough calf muscles to make the jump; the rest either say,"To hell with it!" and stay where they are during the duration of their career, or travel even lower downt he slope as if running from the big, bad originality goblin (cough...Slipknot...cough).

The Thing about Necktie Suicide is that they have legs like wallabies. "Bearing Witness to the Fall of Rome"--the bands debut EP--is a five-song operetta of men leaping through the air, and tearing apart an empire when they touch back down. A treatise on war, culture, and misinformation that ties it all together, "Rome" is like attending a dinner with a brain trust and watching the room explode into fisticuffs. Havoc isnt the point; its frustration that can no longer be kept quiet, and vitriol with a doctorate.

Its also wonderfully manic music. Everything comes in layers (the guitars alone on "Apologies Made Without Response" are stacked like skyscrapers), as if someone just relieved themselves all over Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound."

"Rome" cuts, changes, and ducks under the cover of night before you are sure of what you have just seen. Singer A.j Anderson delivers each song with the right amount of brutality as the remaning four members of this metal mob march through other great cuts like "Someone" and "Shotgun Divorce Settlement."
Like Poison the Well without a Swedish production team, or Thursday finally becoming too pissed for emo to hold them any longer, Necktie Suicide is why you should never give up on heavy music, even when it seems like heavy music has given up on you.

'''Fargo Forum'''
If you think a name like Necktie Suicide sounds harsh, listen to the Fargo groupâ€™s new EP, â€œBearing Witness to the Fall of Rome.â€ The opener, â€œApologies Made without a Responseâ€ features more screams than a slaughterhouse, while tracks like â€œShiverâ€ and â€œBlindfoldâ€ pound out hooks like a heavy-weight grudge match. The five-song CD isnâ€™t for everyone, but in 25 minutes the quintet crunches out a polished bit of heavy metal. John Lamb Fargo Forum

== Related Bands ==
*[[Blood Dries Black]]
*[[Invividly]]
*[[No Tax at the Movies]]
*[[Nuclear Banana]]
*[[The Darwin Effect]]

[[Category: Fargo]]

Nuclear Banana

2005-10-27T19:42:22Z

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A 4 piece band started in the halls of MSUM.

== Members ==
*[[Greg Gilbert]] (guitar, vocals)
*[[Mike Weinen]] (bass, vocals)
*[[A.J Anderson]] (drums)
*[[Jason Roscoe]] (vocals)

== Highlights ==

== Shows ==

== Discography ==

== External Links ==

== Related Bands ==
*[[Necktie Suicide]]

[[Category: Fargo]]

A.J Anderson

2005-10-27T19:41:48Z

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== Bands ==
[[Necktie Suicide]] Vocals 
[[Nuclear Banana]] Drums 
*SIC 
*Lull 
*Debris 
*Never Summer 

== Highlights ==

*security for Rock and Roll Xmas every year. 
*frontman [[Necktie Suicide]] 
*played drums for one song with [[Orange 17]] at gobledeegook [[John Peterson]] and [[Karl Qualey]] covered Guns and Roses Patience and need someone to play the drums. because [[Randy Dever]] had to find a new bass rig to play from

== Contact Info ==
a.j@necktiesuicide.com

Orange 17

2005-10-27T19:37:37Z

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[[image: orange17.jpg|thumb|left]]
Does hellfire, damnation mean anything to you? These guys are a punk/metal tour de force who pioneered this territory long before the Fucking Champs, Tight Bros From Way Back When or similar tongue-in-cheek, metal-infused indie bands came around. Although they've never officially broken up, it seems like they only resurface for the occasional show. Fargo loves them.
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== Members ==
*[[John Peterson]] (drums)
*[[Karl Qualey]] (guitar, vocals)
*[[Randy Dever]] (bass)

== Highlights ==
*They opened for Bad Company and Ted Nugent at the Fargodome.
*They opened for Mike Watt in the Civic Center basement (with Ugly Stick).
*Seeing JP set his cymbals on fire is a truly magical Fargo rock experience.
*Some kid broke his arm or leg or something at a show at the Bowler.
*When they opened for Zeke, Blind Marky Felchtone was apparently in awe of them.
*They played a version of "Deck The Halls" at a Rock N' Roll Xmas concert where they simply repeated "Don we now our gay apparel" over and over again.
*Played for a long-ass time in Fergus Falls one night back around 1994. Came out in ET masks and rocked downtown Fergus Falls until all the kiddies had to go to bed. Put up with letting [[Jim Lee]] of [[Grammahead]] ride around in their van.
*You know you've hit the rock'n'roll nail on the head when someone spray-paints your band name on something. I swear I saw something like this near Island Park at one point or another. -ryan
*Didn't they change their name to "Computer" for one or two shows? I thought they did this when they opened for Bakamono at the Coffee Club.
*From Carothers Brothers #5, "The Definitive Guide to Everything Punk Rock in the Moorhead/Fargo Area": Orange 17 - you know, if they didn't have short hair I could mistake these boys for Poison.
*Played a rock opera tribute to Galileo when they opened for Karp.
*Incited a Riot at Rock n Roll Xmas 97

== Shows ==
Some of the best I can remember:

*Early Spring 1994? Elks Club w/ Hammerhead and Godheadsilo - a crazy crazy show.
*Late May 1995 At some basement club in Grand Forks, first time I heard 'Juggernaut' live.
*September 1994 at the Bowler with Free Jessie and Haul and Pathos. I think that kid broke his arm at this one.
*December 1997 at Rock and Roll Christmas at the Bowler, with a ton of bands, probably the best show I saw them play.

== Discography ==

*S/T "Rock N' Roll Tonite (We Want)" b/w "Plunder" 7-inch, [[Dart Records]]
*V/A "Top Sluggers" 2x7-inch [[Big Block Records]]
*V/A "Draggin' Tracks" [[Meat Records]]
*V/A "Bob" [[Meat Records]]
*V/A "Dragon Tracks #7" [[MSU]]
*V/A "Captain Blood Makes 10 Bands Walk The Plank" Hellfire! Damnation! [[Captain Blood Records]]

== Related Bands ==
*[[Deaths, The]]
*[[Kinky Einstein]]
*[[Groundhog]]
*[[Art Seizure]]
*[[Harlan's Bottle]]
*[[Royal Rumble]]
*[[So Fox]] (Mpls.)
*[[Thunder Kids, The]]

== Photos ==
[[Image:Early O17.JPG|thumb|left]]
[[Image:JP_torches_drums.JPG|thumb|left]]
[[Image:Randy & Karl.jpg|thumb|left]]

A.J Anderson

2005-10-27T19:36:47Z

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A.J Anderson

2005-10-27T19:36:20Z

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== Bands ==
[[Necktie Suicide]] Vocals 
[[Nuclear Banana]] Drums 
*SIC 
*Lull 

== Highlights ==

*security for Rock and Roll Xmas every year. 
*frontman Necktie Suicide 
*played drums for one song with [[Orange 17]]at gobledeegook.

== Contact Info ==
a.j@necktiesuicide.com

Necktie Suicide

2005-10-27T19:35:30Z

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Necktie Suicide

2005-10-27T19:31:28Z

64.21.237.106:

Necktie Suicide started out of the ashes of two prominent bands in the Fargo, ND area; Jared (guitar) and [[Justin Norris]] (drums) from [[Blood Dries Black]] and [[Andrew Hansen]] (bass), [[Steven Smedshammer]] (guitar) and Jarret Vosler (vocals) from [[Invividly]].
After playing only a few shows together, Jarret lost interest in the band, forcing the other members to make a change. Without a vocalist, the band embarked on a short tour where the other members started to let their voices be heard.
Andy, Jared and Steve picked up the vocal duties. After playing over a hundred local and regional shows in a year and a half, the band felt the need for another change. They recruited [[A.J Anderson]] to take over on lead vocals. In the fall of 2005 Jared quit the band. they replaced him with [[Luke Bodighimer]] who has proven to be a great addition to the band.

== Members ==
*[[Justin Norris]] (Drums)
*[[Steven Smedshammer]] (Guitars,Vocals)
*[[Andrew Hansen]] (Bass,Vocals)
*[[Luke Bodighimer]] (Guitar,Vocals)
*[[A.J Anderson]] (Vocals)

== Ex Members ==
[[Jared Norris]]

== Highlights ==
*They went out to california to record a 5 song EP. Ryan Sellars recorded and produced it at DML Studios in Escondido, CA under the supervision of Don Lithgow. It was mastered at Rare Form Mastering by Greg Rierson in Minneapolis, MN.

== Shows ==

*Have played with such acts as American Head Charge, Dope, Internal Bleeding, Dog Fashion Disco, Sinai Beach, Into Eternity, Six Feet Under, Premonitions of War, The Brain Chiggers, Vampire Moose, Misery Index, Through the Disipline, Jucifer, Twisted Method, Dead to Fall, 12 tribes,Marytr AD and Fight Paris.

== Discography ==

*"A Marrige of Life and Loss" 2003 Self-released
*"Bearing Witness to the Fall of Rome" 2004 Self-released

== External Links ==

*[http://www.necktiesuicide.com website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/necktiesuicide Myspace]
*[http://www.purevolume.com/necktiesuicide Pure Volume]

== Press ==

'''High Plains Reader 8.25.05'''
Metals a bitch; a stubborn, rigid creature that occasionally reproduces and spawns varying sub sects, but dangles the possibility for creative interpretation above its practitioners like its taunting a gorilla with a banana. Some artists have strong enough calf muscles to make the jump; the rest either say,"To hell with it!" and stay where they are during the duration of their career, or travel even lower downt he slope as if running from the big, bad originality goblin (cough...Slipknot...cough).

The Thing about Necktie Suicide is that they have legs like wallabies. "Bearing Witness to the Fall of Rome"--the bands debut EP--is a five-song operetta of men leaping through the air, and tearing apart an empire when they touch back down. A treatise on war, culture, and misinformation that ties it all together, "Rome" is like attending a dinner with a brain trust and watching the room explode into fisticuffs. Havoc isnt the point; its frustration that can no longer be kept quiet, and vitriol with a doctorate.

Its also wonderfully manic music. Everything comes in layers (the guitars alone on "Apologies Made Without Response" are stacked like skyscrapers), as if someone just relieved themselves all over Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound."

"Rome" cuts, changes, and ducks under the cover of night before you are sure of what you have just seen. Singer A.j Anderson delivers each song with the right amount of brutality as the remaning four members of this metal mob march through other great cuts like "Someone" and "Shotgun Divorce Settlement."
Like Poison the Well without a Swedish production team, or Thursday finally becoming too pissed for emo to hold them any longer, Necktie Suicide is why you should never give up on heavy music, even when it seems like heavy music has given up on you.

'''Fargo Forum'''
If you think a name like Necktie Suicide sounds harsh, listen to the Fargo groupâ€™s new EP, â€œBearing Witness to the Fall of Rome.â€ The opener, â€œApologies Made without a Responseâ€ features more screams than a slaughterhouse, while tracks like â€œShiverâ€ and â€œBlindfoldâ€ pound out hooks like a heavy-weight grudge match. The five-song CD isnâ€™t for everyone, but in 25 minutes the quintet crunches out a polished bit of heavy metal. John Lamb Fargo Forum

== Related Bands ==
*[[Blood Dries Black]]
*[[Invividly]]
*[[No Tax at the Movies]]
*[[Nuclear Banana]]
*[[The Darwin Effect]]

Luke Bodighimer

2005-10-27T19:26:48Z

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== Bands ==
[[Necktie Suicide]] 
[[The Darwin Effect]] 

== Highlights ==
*joined [[Necktie Suicide]] in fall of 05

== Contact ==

Steven Smedshammer

2005-10-27T19:24:50Z

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== Bands ==
[[No Tax at the Movies]] 
[[Invividly]] 
[[Necktie Suicide]]

== Highlights ==
*Went out to califonia to record at DML studios with Necktie Suicide
*designed [http://www.necktiesuicide.com Necktie Suicide Homepage]
*opened for Mudvayne while with [[Invividly]]

== Contact ==
*steve@necktiesuicide.com

Andrew Hansen

2005-10-27T19:24:31Z

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== Bands==
[[Necktie Suicide]] 
[[No Tax at the Movies]] 
[[Invividly]] 

== Highlights ==
*opened for Mudvayne while with [[Invividly]]
*went out to California to record at DML Studios with Necktie Suicide

== contact ==
andy@necktiesuicide.com

Steven Smedshammer

2005-10-27T19:20:39Z

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A.J Anderson

2005-10-27T19:19:10Z

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== Bands ==
[[Necktie Suicide]] 
[[Nuclear Banana]] 

== Highlights ==

*security for Rock and Roll Xmas every year. 
*frontman Necktie Suicide 
*played drums for one song with [[Orange 17]]at gobledeegook.

== Contact Info ==
a.j@necktiesuicide.com

Steven Smedshammer

2005-10-27T19:17:11Z

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== Bands ==
[[No Tax At The Movies]] 
[[Invividly]] 
[[Necktie Suicide]]

== Highlights ==
*Went out to califonia to record at DML studios with Necktie Suicide
*designed [http://www.necktiesuicide.com Necktie Suicide Homepage]

== Contact ==
*steve@necktiesuicide.com

Justin Norris

2005-10-27T19:12:40Z

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==Bands ==
[[Blood Dries Black]] 
[[5LBMV]] 
[[Necktie Suicide]] 

== Highlights ==
Worked Security for Rock N Roll Xmas 
Went out to DML Studios in california to record with Necktie Suicide

== Contact ==
*justin@necktiesuicide.com

Justin Norris

2005-10-27T19:12:23Z

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==Bands ==
[[Blood Dries Black]]
[[5LBMV]]
[[Necktie Suicide]]

== Highlights ==
Worked Security for Rock N Roll Xmas 
Went out to DML Studios in california to record with Necktie Suicide

== Contact ==
*justin@necktiesuicide.com

Justin Norris

2005-10-27T19:12:09Z

64.21.237.106:

==Bands ==
[[Blood Dries Black]]
[[5LBMV]]
[[Necktie Suicide]]

== Highlights ==
Worked Security for Rock N Roll Xmas
Went out to DML Studios in california to record with Necktie Suicide

== Contact ==
*justin@necktiesuicide.com

Justin Norris

2005-10-27T19:11:35Z

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Necktie Suicide

2005-10-24T18:42:11Z

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Necktie Suicide started out of the ashes of two prominent bands in the Fargo, ND area; Jared (guitar) and Justin (drums) Norris from [[Blood Dries Black]] and Andy Hanson (bass), Steve Smedshammer (guitar) and Jarret Vosler (vocals) from [[Invividly]].
After playing only a few shows together, Jarret lost interest in the band, forcing the other members to make a change. Without a vocalist, the band embarked on a short tour where the other members started to let their voices be heard.
Andy, Jared and Steve picked up the vocal duties. After playing over a hundred local and regional shows in a year and a half, the band felt the need for another change. They recruited A.J Anderson to take over on lead vocals.

== Members ==
*[[Justin Norris]] (Drums)
*[[Steven Smedshammer]] (Guitars,Vocals)
*[[Andrew Hansen]] (Bass,Vocals)
*[[Luke Bodighimer]] (Guitar,Vocals)
*[[A.J Anderson]] (Vocals)

== Ex Members ==
[[Jared Norris]]

== Highlights ==
*They went out to california to record a 5 song EP. Ryan Sellars recorded and produced it at DML Studios in Escondido, CA under the supervision of Don Lithgow. It was mastered at Rare Form Mastering by Greg Rierson in Minneapolis, MN.

== Shows ==

*Have played with such acts as American Head Charge, Dope, Internal Bleeding, Dog Fashion Disco, Sinai Beach, Into Eternity, Six Feet Under, Premonitions of War, The Brain Chiggers, Vampire Moose, Misery Index, Through the Disipline, Jucifer, Twisted Method, Dead to Fall, 12 tribes,Marytr AD and Fight Paris.

== Discography ==

*"A Marrige of Life and Loss" 2003 Self-released
*"Bearing Witness to the Fall of Rome" 2004 Self-released

== External Links ==

*[http://www.necktiesuicide.com website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/necktiesuicide Myspace]
*[http://www.purevolume.com/necktiesuicide Pure Volume]

== Press ==

'''High Plains Reader 8.25.05'''
Metals a bitch; a stubborn, rigid creature that occasionally reproduces and spawns varying sub sects, but dangles the possibility for creative interpretation above its practitioners like its taunting a gorilla with a banana. Some artists have strong enough calf muscles to make the jump; the rest either say,"To hell with it!" and stay where they are during the duration of their career, or travel even lower downt he slope as if running from the big, bad originality goblin (cough...Slipknot...cough).

The Thing about Necktie Suicide is that they have legs like wallabies. "Bearing Witness to the Fall of Rome"--the bands debut EP--is a five-song operetta of men leaping through the air, and tearing apart an empire when they touch back down. A treatise on war, culture, and misinformation that ties it all together, "Rome" is like attending a dinner with a brain trust and watching the room explode into fisticuffs. Havoc isnt the point; its frustration that can no longer be kept quiet, and vitriol with a doctorate.

Its also wonderfully manic music. Everything comes in layers (the guitars alone on "Apologies Made Without Response" are stacked like skyscrapers), as if someone just relieved themselves all over Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound."

"Rome" cuts, changes, and ducks under the cover of night before you are sure of what you have just seen. Singer A.j Anderson delivers each song with the right amount of brutality as the remaning four members of this metal mob march through other great cuts like "Someone" and "Shotgun Divorce Settlement."
Like Poison the Well without a Swedish production team, or Thursday finally becoming too pissed for emo to hold them any longer, Necktie Suicide is why you should never give up on heavy music, even when it seems like heavy music has given up on you.

'''Fargo Forum'''
If you think a name like Necktie Suicide sounds harsh, listen to the Fargo groupâ€™s new EP, â€œBearing Witness to the Fall of Rome.â€ The opener, â€œApologies Made without a Responseâ€ features more screams than a slaughterhouse, while tracks like â€œShiverâ€ and â€œBlindfoldâ€ pound out hooks like a heavy-weight grudge match. The five-song CD isnâ€™t for everyone, but in 25 minutes the quintet crunches out a polished bit of heavy metal. John Lamb Fargo Forum

== Related Bands ==
*[[Blood Dries Black]]
*[[Invividly]]
*[[No Tax at the Movies]]
*[[Nuclear Banana]]
*[[The Darwin Effect]]

Necktie Suicide

2005-10-24T18:41:16Z

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A.J Anderson

2005-10-24T18:39:40Z

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== Bands ==
[[Necktie Suicide]] 
[[Nuclear Banana]] 

== Highlights ==

*security for Rock and Roll Xmas every year.
*frontman Necktie Suicide

== Contact Info ==
a.j@necktiesuicide.com