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HEY KIDS!!!!!!!! PUTTY REUNITED TO RECORD THIS NEW TRACK IN JUNE 2005!!!!!! HEARING IS BELIEVING. IT IS CALLED "FRAUD". CHECK IT OUT:
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PUTTY BREAKS THE MOLD WITH FINAL CD RELEASE PARTY
By CALE SAUTER (from City Pulse 12/15/04)
"Talking to Sylas Melanoma, front man of lame-duck garage-punkers Putty, is almost like talking to that grizzled, bitter old relative we all have. Maybe it’s your grandpa, maybe it’s an uncle, maybe it’s your old man — we all have one. It’s all there — the bluntness, the candor, right down to the if-you-want-something-done-right-do-it-yourself attitude. The only thing missing is the formidable years that serve to foster this attitude.
"[Drummer] Ben [Mecher] and I had been friends for 10 years," Melanoma says of Putty’s formation. "We were sick of what was going on around here. The whole theme had turned to Nu-metal or Dave Matthews-style bands. So we figured, if no one was going to put on any shows with the type of music we liked, we should do it ourselves. We wanted to do punk-influenced garage rock, and it just so happened that we were drunk enough to go for it."
One could definitely argue that Melanoma’s bitterness towards the local music scene of four years ago is not without good reason. Bands willing to gloriously (sloppily?) hack through originals were often relegated to friends’ basements and the occasional Mac’s Bar gig which, at the time, left many under-21 fans unable to check out the music they loved.
Over the past four years, things have definitely changed a bit. Local music ideals may have changed even more often than Putty has changed bass players (current four-stringer, Jeff Kuhnle is the fourth in as many years). Whether it be local venues’ willingness to now allow 18-and-over and all-ages crowds (an important enough concept in an area with, roughly, a 40,000-strong college population) or popular radio’s slight return to rock music, or just a breadth of more interesting original Lansing bands, Putty feels the locals are now in better hands. Now the band has decided to call it quits with one last blowout extravaganza of a final CD release show.
"This is our second album," Melanoma says. "We like everything we’ve been putting in our live set, so we just recorded it all in our basement and we’re going to give it away for free." And if that seems like too nice of sentiment from these guys, then watch out for the record title, which Melanoma hints will be somewhat of a bitter nod to all the fair-weather-fan-ism the band has experienced. It actually does Putty’s sound justice to go out on a snotty note, and I don’t think any of the band’s true fans would have expected any less (or more, depending on how you look at it) from the quartet.
The band does have more valid reasons for splitting up than simple faith that there will, once-and-for-all, be worthwhile shows to attend without Putty knocking up the dirt. Melanoma discusses the possibilities of getting it together and finishing school. He also mentions that guitarist Marky X-Ray has been playing with local left-field punk-rockers Gaytar, and hints that Mecher might have a project of his own in the works. For the time being, you can catch Putty’s raucous, drunken live set one last time at Mac’s Bar this Thursday and get a free CD in the process. Then you can take heart that your scene is safe thanks to bands like Putty giving it a kick in the ass every once in a while."
A message to Benedict Arnold-- no matter how much you wanna switch....here's what they think about you:
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:: Putty News
Last Show:
You missed it!
NEW ALBUM IS FINISHED: It is called "Fuck All Of You". E-mail us for info.
Putty is DEAD!!!! Just ask Eric Hansen
"I Quit"---Sylas
"Come on guys, play another set it's only 1:00am! I can tell you wanna say something....go ahead and say it!"---drunk man looking for fight after show at Mac's Bar Sept. 2004
"It's kind of cool when you meet someone and you think that they're pretty cool and they turn out to be as cool as you think they would be."---Some Dickhead
"It's scary to bust the cherry of a girl named Carrie who's the sister of your best friend Barry"---Eric Hansen
"I like big butts and I cannot lie"---Sir-Mix-A-Lot
"BEAT HAPPENING!!!!!"---Dan Kirk
"What do you mean we have a show tonight?"---Jeff Kuhnle
"I am bi-curious"---Beat Happening
Ben got a new tattoo!!!
click on link to see where he got it done
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