1971 hackensack, new jersey welcomes testface
1972 no longer eating eggs
1973 went to first and last peter, paul and mary concert
1974 pierce tongue by juming up and down on the end of shopping cart
1975 watch "jaws" in the theater. holy crap.
1976 move to new hampshire
1977 punished for throwing rocks in the water behind the school. had to sit in the metal folding chair.
1978 guitar lessons with Mrs. Gordon. Learn "who killed cock robin" and play for class.
1979 catch first trout with Lou snider
1980 learn about def lepard and black sabbath at christian summer camp from 7ft. tall counselor Karl who also was a master at nunchucks and wore clogs.
1981 Iron Maiden releases finest album"killers"
1982 come in 5th place in 6th grade geography bee.
1983 join concert band and play flute. hurts braces.
1984 start playing global guitar

1985 first kiss. thank you ginger smith.
1986 went to first metallica concert
1987 hair is now long enough to cover closed eyes during class.
1988 hired as singer for band called vigalence. lasted 2 weeks.
1989 college ... wow
1990 played a borrowed bass in hippy jam band. fell off balcony at party and landed in boiling water on wood stove.
1991 formed swolenshut with sid lindner and mike conner. played indie music to kids in northern new england who had never heard anything stranger than pearl jam.
1992 drive suburu into frozen lake
1993 hired as illustrator for silkscreen company drawing trees.
1994 graduate college with a piece of paper
1995 recorded first testface song in thornton, NH.
1996 move 3000 miles away
1997 first trans continental testface tapes surfacing.
1998 record and release "what to cut" on west coast.
2000-3 play in host of otherbands unconsciously ignoring testface roots.
2003 testface changes from 1 to 6 people. first full band shows very intense
2004 testface on schependoes record comp
2005 "doctor" recorded at sleepsound studios.

to be continued ...




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