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Boss and Onions

Boss and Onions is a garage/folk/jam band located in Jamestown. the band is made up of Nick"Onions" Aune and Cameron"Boss"Leben. The band was formed in 2005. they are still together.

The "story"

According to Boss and Onions myspace, the current story of Boss and Onions up to this point is: " Once upon a time there was a huge factory located in small town ND. This factory made Onion Garlic Butter. The foreman was tall man who everyone called"Boss". Now all the employees feared "Boss". His violent tendencies and impulsive manner earned him a reputation and respect. But above all things it made him very intimidating, and gave him the ability to scare his employees out of their pocket change. He would save this money up for sevral years until he finally bought his two loves- a Peavey Amp and an electric guitar. All was going well with " Boss" and his rule by fear, until one a new employee was hired at the factory. His name was unknown, but everyone called him "Onions" because of his habit of stealing the onions from the factory.Now "Boss" hated "Onions" . His intimidation method didn't seem to work on the calm "Onions". Whenever he threatened " Onions", "Onions" would just laugh at the thought. Well one thing led to another, and there was a huge accident at the factoryinolving a volcano, a live gopher, a wheat thresher, and a " I LOVE NEW YORK" shirt. To make a long story short, "Boss" and "Onions" were out of a job. The next part is unkown, but it is assumed that the two teamed up and roomed to ease the difficulty of rent. That's when boss found out that "Onions" had a keyboard. The two bought a second-hand tape recorder and went to work. With the release of their first cd "Prepare For the ice Age" ,they relized that they could be so much more. So, they planned on going back into the studio and rerecord "Prepare For the Ice Age"!!! After several months passed though, they grew bored of "Prepare For the Ice Age". This boredom frightened them. Could this mean that their creativity was gone? They spent many sleepless nights trying to get back their sound, but to no avail. Suddenly, one morning after 3 months with no sleep the duo realized that maybe all this lack of sleep was helping their sound. They recorded the first thing that came to their heads quickly! And the item produced was the duo's second EP, "Insomniac". They had done it. They had gotten their creativity back. But what about "Prepare For the Ice Age"? And what ever happened to the mysterious "Sexual Foot"(Dont worry we're still working on it.)? The two had to make a decision. What to do next? They decided that their next move should be to thank all the people who had helped them in the past to become what they are today. But how? Thats when the idea was created. Why not use their newly revived musical creativity to thank them? So Boss and Onions began to sing their hearts out about all the people that helped them. The result was " Songs About People" which can be downloaded song by song weekly. After the success of the weekly song about a person , Boss and Onions did the unthinkable. They removed all songs from the myspace. Had Boss and Onions lost their mind? No. Boss and Onions publically announced that they were updating the myspace with all new songs, off of their "Summer Sessions part 1" album. Soon, they thought, the public will see what they are made of."

Of course this story is total fiction.

The Real Story

Boss and Onions was formed through the combined creative brain power of Cameron and Nick. The name came from a spur of the moment random pick of words. The fathers of Boss and Onions, Cameron and Nick, were friends for several years before forming, and were in the band Guilty Conscience, although no records of this band still exists. The two one day decided to form a band after Nick had a dream of forming a band. They at first just played around,solely jamming and recording their tunes. After a while, the duo forgot about Boss and Onions. In winter of 2005, Nick was hospitalized for drinking.In was in the hospital when Nick realized that he and Cameron should get back to work. So the two went to their typical studio( Sam's house) and in a few hours, recorded their first EP, "Prepare For the Ice Age". Nick was again hospitalized. After Nick was released, the two made a pact to stay up for 24 hours straight, and then record. They did this and produced their second EP,"Insomniac". this album was a long stretch from their original recordings, as it was more serious, more alternative rock, and had no lyrics.They then recorded a series of songs about people they knew. These songs were released weekly on their myspace.It became known as their "Songs About People" singles. The two recently released their new album. "Summer Sessions"

Live Shows

The 2 have recently performed in a live show. They played a small set with a smaell crowd. This show created a reputation of them involving the crowd with show (Having the audience chant fuck you for Hannahs song), and for being willing to do anything(Moving the entire show to Papa Murphy's Pizzaria)

Discography

Prepare For the Ice Age EP 2006

Insomniac 2006

Songs About People: Luke 2006

Songs About People: Jackie 2006

Songs About People: Stephanie 2006

Songs About People: Andi 2006

Summer Sessions 2006

The Ice Age !!! (Unreleased)

Websites

bossandonions