YOU SAY COOL AND I SAY HOT / TOGETHER WE MADE A ROBOT
Ever since my (10-year-old) brother Brendan played the first song his band ever recorded on The Sound of Young America, people have been asking me about his band, Total Annihilation. Brendan (aka Eddy Demon) sings lead vocals and plays guitar. An awesome guy called Pete (Pietro D’Amato), who recently turned 13, plays drums, and our family friend Damon (D. Harmoniak), who’s a grown-up, plays bass. They play punk rock music, with lyrics influenced by General Awesomeness and Metal.
Total Annihilation is on MySpace, and their first CD is available in stores… or more accurately, a store. If you visit Aquarius Records in San Francisco, you can buy their debut EP, which features original songs like “Rock & Roll on a Friday,” which features the awesome lyric printed above. You can hear it on the MySpace. If you don’t live in San Francisco, call Aquarius at 415.647.2272 and order it over the phone… they totally do mail order. Each CD comes in an amazing hand-colored package with a special art card for each song. My dad think it costs $10, but he can’t remember.
They’re also looking for gigs in the Bay Area, in venues that allow kids to perform. Warning: they play very, very, very loud.