Small Town Drunk
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Small Town Drunk (also known as STD) formed in 2003 in Grand Forks, ND. Small Town Drunk eventually ended in March of 2005 in Fargo, ND.
Members
- Donovan Stewart (guitar)
- Eric Hills (bass)
- Lorenzo Serna (vocals)
- Joe Bailey (drums)
Former Members
- Dave Collins (vocals)
Highlights
- Dave Collins (original singer) was replaced by Lorenzo Serna in mid 2004.
- Donovan Stewart started Christopher Walken Overdrive with Fred Frenzel on October 10, 2004.
- Joe Bailey started Plainsmen, The The Plainsmen with Nic Garcia on November 12, 2004.
- Small Town Drunk filmed three music videos, two of which were available to the public through their website, for the songs "Bleeding Mass" and "OLP".
- The third music video was for the song "Hiding Under A Red Hat Of Guilt", but was never finished.
- "OLP" is an abbreviation for "Our Little Penises", or "Our Latin Penises", as a reference to their hispanic lead singer, Lorenzo Serna. Officially, "Our Little Penises" was what "OLP" stood for.
- Won the 2003 Popplers Music "Battle of the Bands".
- Played Rudies Ska Cafe in St. Paul, MN before it closed in late 2003.
- Released a song called "Balls Deep In A Thirteen Year Old Hooker", which prompted surveillance of their website (http://www.smalltowndrunk.com for a short time by the FBI (which is entirely true, and documented).
- Released hidden songs on a mixed mode CD-r in 2003, available at Cheapo Disc until 2004, when the disc "2004" replaced copies still available of "2003", ten copies to be exact.
- Five copies of "2003" are still known to exist.
Shows
- July 10, 2003 Alerus Center Parking Lot Grand Forks, ND 4pm TBA
- July 19, 2003 Popplers Grand Forks, ND 12pm Face on Fire, Damage Inc, Fusion
- August 1, 2003 Rudies Ska Cafe St. Paul, MN 7pm The Cry of The Nutria
- August 2, 2003 Rudies Ska Cafe St. Paul, MN 7pm The Cry of The Nutria
- August 9, 2003 The Bowler Fargo, ND 7pm TBA
- August 14, 2003 Crookston Central Park Crookston, MN 8pm Ashton Ink, Mr. There, Five Story Fall, That One Band, Never Say Never, Dingus
- August 31, 2003 Fargo Elks Club Fargo, ND 12pm TBA
- September 13, 2003 The Bowler Fargo, ND 7pm Zero Hour, If I Die
- October 3, 2003 Fargo Elks Club Fargo, ND 7pm TBA
- October 4, 2003 Harwood Hideout Harwood, ND 7pm Nine Eyes, Live Evil
- October 11, 2003 City Hall Casselton, ND 7pm Ashton Ink, If I Die
- November 1, 2003 Fargo Elks Fargo, ND 7pm TBA
- November 15, 2003 Knights Of Columbus Grand Forks, ND 7:30pm Ashton Ink, If I Die, My Own Best Friend
- December 13, 2003 Empire Theater Grand Forks, ND 5pm All sorts of goofy, thrown together bands, and The Steve Bakken Experience
- January 22, 2004 Branigans Grand Forks, ND 8pm none (Joe Bailey solo CD release (The Unkind) 6 song EP)
- January 31, 2004 Knights Of Columbus Grand Forks, ND 7pm Ashton Ink, Dingus, A Story Untold, The Shmelbys
- February 21, 2004 Mike's Pizza and Pub East Grand Forks, MN 9pm My Own Best Friend
- April 3, 2004 Empire Theater Grand Forks, ND 6pm When Something Fails, Seven Dollar Shift, Vinyl Axis
- April 17, 2004 Mike's Pizza and Pub East Grand Forks, MN 9pm The Shmelbys, The Plainsmen
- May 1, 2004 Knights Of Columbus Grand Forks, ND 9pm Straphanger, Dingus, Sugar Beats (Jake Kratochvil, Mike Robinson)
- May 27, 2004 Foxes Bar Fargo, ND 8pm TBA
- June 4, 2004 Knights of Columbus Grand Forks, ND 7pm Sub Rosa, Messing With Texas, Fair Enough
- July 10, 2004 Town Square Grand Forks, ND 6pm Sub Rosa, Dingus, Yellowfish
- July 24, 2004 Knights of Columbus Grand Forks, ND 7pm Cut and Run, Five Star Fracture, By This Time Tomorrow, The Shmelbys
- July 25, 2004 Billiards On Broadway Fargo, ND 6:30pm Sub Rosa, Totally Chaos, John Denver's Airplane, Rotten Living
- August 17, 2004 Ralph's Corner Moorhead, MN 10pm One Candle Power, Blue Collar Hero
- August 21, 2004 Mike's Pizza And Pub East Grand Forks, MN 10pm The Plainsmen
- August 27, 2004 Foxes Moorhead, MN 8pm Unlern, Ciro D and His Brother A.D.
- September 6, 2004 Knights of Columbus Grand Forks, ND 7pm sharp Raise The Red Lantern, Messing With Texas, By This Tomorrow, Cut and Run, Kentucky Sound Arsenal
- October 2, 2004 Grand Cities Event Center Grand Forks, ND 7pm (Monte Zak Tribute Show)
Chubby Knuckles, Autumn Forgotten, Blue Collar Hero, Replies Strength, Noise Union, Stonecast, The Diversion Scene, Dingus, Kentucky Sound Arsenal
- October 23, 2004 Mike's Pizza and Pub East Grand Forks, MN 10pm By This Time Tomorrow, Rejection Tuesday
- October 29, 2004 Billiards on Broadway Fargo, ND 7pm American Head Charge, The Darwin Effect, newyorksleeps, Necktie Suicide
- November 9, 2004 Fargo VFW Fargo, ND 6pm 4fodder, Cut and Run, Five Star Fracture, 9 Paces West
- November 13, 2004 Mike's Pizza and Pub East Grand Forks, MN 9pm Satan's War Boner, Cut and Run
- November 20, 2004 Knights Of Columbus Grand Forks, ND 7pm By This Time Tomorrow, If I Die, North To Emerson, Replies Strength, Spread Eagle, Dingus, DVD film crew
- December 3, 2004 Grand Cities Events Center Grand Forks, ND 6pm Dingus, Tylar Kason, Doors to Dharma, Christopher Walken Overdrive, The Trystan Project
- December 28, 2004 Mike's Pizza & Pub East Grand Forks, MN 9pm Straphanger
- January 15, 2004 Knights of Columbus Grand Forks, ND 7pm Kentucky Sound Arsenal, The Darwin Effect, Replies Strength, A Day Of Tragedy
Discography
- "2003" self released, EP, cd-r.
- "2004" self released, EP, cd-r.
