Mental Teleprosy + Band in Cincinnati, OH

SEEKING

ABOUT

"Mental Teleprosy is (or will be at the end of the world) in 2020 what Jane's Addiction was in 1990."
-USA TODAY
Look, I know I'm totally unique, weird, crazy, psycho, play guitar with my dog as a slide and a bit abstract. So don't write to tell me those things and how much you like it when you're 900 miles away. That's what myspace or facebook is for. lol. I'm not a kid. I'm 47 but look 25 and feel 70! LOL ok, 32... So...here's the deal, I need a bassist and a drummer. Great ones. Cause this music can't play it self and I've been playing it all this long an am a guitarist. I have played every instrument on the recordings you have heard, hear, or will soon. WRITE ME SQUIGGY@CINCI[dot]RR[dot]COM

Ok...here's how Mental TeLeprosy happened! :-)
Earthquake in Midwest hits Cincinnati Ohio on 4/19/2008. The quake causes a 1997 Inca Silver Fender American Standard Stratocaster guitar to fall into an Alesis electronic drum kit. Crazy sounds happen and like peanut butter and chocolate, spic and span, mold and mildew, a 1-man band forms the very next day for 4-20-2008. "The Band" dubs himself "Mental TeLeprosy" from his yahoo account name created 9 years prior. He then makes beautiful music and posts it to a website and people scream "You're a fucking idiot". Some might call this an Earthquake, or an accident...but fans call it Mental TeLeprosy. Formed 4-20-2008, Mental TeLeprosy is an all original eclectic alternative 1 member music group/band hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio USA. Vocals and lyricist/songwriter "Squiggy Wigginz" on guitars, bass, vocals, and sometimes drums. (He swears he was 'touched by Elvis' as a small child outside the Cincinnati Convention Center & will make you realize that "This is what would have happened if David Byrne of Talking Heads and Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against the Machine had a baby with Karen Carpenter.") With killer riffs, sweeping melodies and bordering on the lunatic fringe on various tracks, Mental TeLeprosy is carving out an untouched niche being compared to the the likes of nails on a chalkboard and rubbing an inflated balloon. Demented Eclectic doesn't touch it, Mental TeLeprosy is what it is. Cincinnati, Ohio will never be the same. 1 day after recording "Run to Your House" and realizing that "Wow, people actually like this?". Mental TeLeprosy is currently seeking a bassist, singer, other musicians and Drummer who are in the Cincinnati Ohio vicinity so I don't have to use laptops or footpedals to play live anymore. Here's the lowdown straight from YouTube.. Squiggy Wigginz is a Radio DJ / Voiceovers / Critic / Graphic Artist / Musician / Songwriter / Webmaster / Lyricist / Drummer / Bassist / Harmonica / Kazoo "Mental TeLeprosy" http://www.youtube.com/user/mentalteleprosy ------------ email squiggy@cinci[dot]rr[dot]com

Screen name:

mtl

Member since:

Aug 24 2008

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years together:

40

Gigs played:

50 to 100

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to gig:

1 night a week

Age:

54 years

Influences

Pink Floyd, The Cure, Violent Femmes, Grateful Dead, Meat Puppets, the Geraldine Fibbers, Elvis Presley, Ass Ponys, Buddy Holly, Sex Pistols, the Kills, the White Stripes, Spacehog, Phish, Oasis, The Beatles, Afghan Whigs, Bill Monroe, America, Weezer, Supergrass, Pixies, Kilslug, Patsy Cline, the Breeders, the Amps, Metallica, On Golden Smog, Carla Bozulich, Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Papa Roach, Sick Puppies, Love and Rockets, Kiss, The Smiths, PIL, Placebo, Sinead O'Connor, Bad Brains, The Cramps, the Stone Roses, Uncle Tupelo, Camper Van Beethoven, Dinosaur Jr., Jazz Butcher, Primus, KMFDM, the Racontuers, Joan Jett, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Dread Zeppelin, Dennis Yost and the Classics IV, Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Misfits, Moxy Fruvous, Hogscraper, Colin Raye, Hank Williams Sr., People in Planes, Wussy, Tigerlillies, Jahari Window, Soundmind, Stray Cats, Suicidal Tendencies, Donovan, The Doors, AC/DC, Blue October, the Carpenters, the Guess Who, LL Cool J, The Clash, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Nirvana, OrtoPilot, Nels Cline, Jack Johnson, Ditchweed, The Specials, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Rob Zombie, Talking Heads, Weezer, Black Flag, Chuck Berry, Henry Rollins, Jane's Addiction, Kilslug, the Ramones, the Tings, the Kooks, Monkeytonk, Tigerlillies, Oh no - BOILING ACID! & More influences and bands I will list later.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/teleprosy

If you took the Violent Femmes, Talking Heads, and the entire band America, stuck them in a blender and added a dash of Kilslug...you might get close

Members Of Band

Squiggy Wigginz has currently been playing drums, bass guitar, vocals, writing all the songs, playing both lead and rythmn guitars and kazoo, recording, producing and arranging all the songs. Squiggy Wigginz of Mental TeLeprosy has also been playing guitar since he was 6 years old everyday 10 hours a day non-stop. That's 150,000+ hours of guitar(more now). Beat that! haha These are all original songs. 36 songs written and produced to be exact. I have 20 great ones (2 posted), 8 good ones (2 posted) and 8 'ok' songs which 4 are posted. I would like to find a bassist, violinist, and atleast a drummer to start. Keyboards might be cool if you can keep it all original. I'm looking for people who want to make GREAT music, ORIGINAL MUSIC, and nothing that has EVER been heard before. I need a female drummer who can sing to start with. If you're a bassist, great. Let me know and hit me up! I really do need a bassist, and a drummer. please. if you're out there and like it a little, we can make it great. This is a plea for 20 great songs that are not on here. A plea to you if you're right for me making everything we've ever wanted and doing it as friends and coming out of this BS music that is playing everywhere famous. Let's do this. Mental TeLeprosy.

EQUIPMENT

----LIST WILL BE UPDATED SOON. I just need your drum kit in my basement! lol------------------ -------- The Gear ----------- Guitar 1: Inca Silver 1997 Fender American Standard Stratocaster Electric with maple fretboard Guitar 2: 1967 Noble "World's Finest" Electric with Rosewood Fretboard (looks like a Sunburst Fender Jazzmaster) Guitar 3: 1967 Aria T1202 Electric (it looks like a white Gibson ES335) Bass: It's a Gretsch. :-) Drum Kit: Alesis DM5 Electronic Kit Microphones: Both are ElectroVoice N/D767a's Mixer: Lexicon Omega USB plugged into Computer Software: Cubase 4LE which came with the Lexicon Omega Pedals: Korg Toneworks AX5G and BOSS ME-50 Amps: 1980 Crate IIR By St. Louis Music and a Vox AC15 (w/the Blue Bulldog Speaker and emblem circa 1995?(not sure of the year)

MUSIC