#graffitimonsters

[markdenardo]

music

I updated my soundcloud account: https://soundcloud.com/markdenardo/sets

[markdenardo]

Pizza City is a song I wrote performing as Graffiti Monsters, an chiptune punk band. Our music was really speedy and high energy; we played an insane amount of DIY shows, and made many friends.

#somuchshows #diyordie

We recorded “Pizza Party” at Seaside Lounge the same time we were recording “The Gate/Letter B” 7″ for Impose Records. It is the secret third song from that session. We recorded and mixed 3 songs in less than 24 hours. I don’t think we slept.

One of the best show we played as that lineup was the 2009 Showpaper SXSW show at Le Barbecue. They had converted a Bike Rickshaw garage into a outdoor Roller Rink and round robin stage rodeo. There were 4 stages set up in a circle, and continuous music for hours. Bands of note that played were Anamanaguchi, So So Glos, and Fiasco.

Another good show was at Death by Audio, the day after I threw a 300 pound man on my leg with O goshi and almost broke it in karate class. Sam Hillmer from Zs had built out a maze inside DBA and we were playing inside a pig pen. People were pouring beer on us, and I was hopping on one leg, getting electrocuted, singing and playing all at the same time.

Cowabunga!