The band Malicious Mischief was together from the fall
of 1999 to sometime in 2001. We played a strange mix of
metal, punk, funk and raggae. In the end, the band broke
up as members got jobs and moved away. What we left behind
was this website, which has been reformated just a bit.
Orignally, this site was part of the Garage
website, but now is it's own.
In the fall of 1999, some of the people of the
Garage crowd started to jam together regulearly. The
jams started as just a freestyle music session, but began to
form regular tunes. In time, these tunes would form are
first songs. After that, lyrics came and the band was
underway.
In the beginning, we started
to notice a few things. Are PA was constructed from stuff
we had around the house and a big speaker box. It used
a 355 watt (that's what it's input was rated, I have no idea
what it's true output was) techniques amplifier to push two
10" Electro Voice
speakers and an 18" Peavey
Black Widow Sub woofer in a cabinet as well as some blown
base cannons and a 8" Sanyo bookshelf speaker. A stereo
equalizer acted as a crossover with one channel used as base
and the other as treble. A computer with a sound card
acted as a microphone pre amp for a super cheap microphone and
a drum mechine. We called this setup Franken PA.
The setup was fun, but we were outgrowing it. Not only
that, we were drawing a lot of negative attention from the Beloit
Township Police Department. It would seem the township
sergeant has a anger problem and enjoys using his power to belittle
people. We feel it would be in his best interest to seek
professional help and come to terms with his anger in a more
positive manner. However, they inspired the bands name
: Malicious Mischief-- the coolest offense a ticket can
bare.
Then, tragedy stuck-- we
were burglarized and Franken PA was stolen. They even
took the blown base cannons and a worthless old car stereo.
Despite our rocky relationship with the township police department,
we had no choice but to ask them for help. But after the
report was filled, nothing else happened.
However, the Garage refuses
to be taken down and we decided to get a new PA. With
1,500 watts and two big mother speakers, the people who hated
how loud Franken PA could get would beg for it's return!
We were back on schedule.
Fate decided to test us one
more time. Despite a large wooden storage cabinet with
massive locks and an alarm missing the battery, our new PA was
stolen. This time, it meant war! The officer who
came to investigate, probably the coolest person in a blue uniform,
worked with us throw the rest of the day. It was a long
day, but it turned out we had been ripped off by our neighbors
and our equitment sold off to an other local band. We
got the new PA back, and the speaker box from Franken-PA.
And the moral of the story-- karma, and despite disgruntaled
sergeants, there are cool cops that actually do help people.
Now the drama was over, and
the band could continue to do what the band does best-- create
music mayhem. By this time, we had a developing style
: Loud, abnoxious, offensive and subject to change without notice!
In February of 2000, we were
approached by Cheap-Ass
Productions and asked if we would like to open for a show.
It was considered an honor and we accepted. However, there
was some work to do. We had song and lyrics, but there
was a lot of parts unfinished and we did not have a complete
set. But the thoughts of playing a show fueled us to complete
a great deal in a short period of time. Soon, we had a
set and March 18th, the
world herd Malicious Mischief for the first time.
We've played several shows
since then and have further developed our style. These
days, we practice at the Warehouse
ware we can play at full volume and not tick the neighbors (more
like neighborhood) off. Our PA has been used at most of
the Cheap Ass production
shows-- many of which we've played at.
In September of 2001, Andrew
Que moved to Kansas City, Missoiri and left the band.
Members :
Learn about the members
of Malicious Mischief, their part in the band, music influences
and feeling on the band.
Read up
on the band members
Music :
Much of our music in on
our site and can herd in streaming format right off the site.
Find out what
we sound like
Equipment :
A look at what we play and produce our
music on. If your one who likes to see just what the
band is using, this page has it all.
See are list of equipment
Pictures :
See us in action at shows and during practice.
We also have pictures of our setup and talk a bit out how
it all fits together.
Have a look at the pictures
Shows :
This is a list of the shows we've played
and who else we've played with. This is also a good
source for links to other good punk and metal bands.
Check out our shows
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