James' job took over his life. And then he moved to some fly-over state.
And Matthew decided that he could/should devote more time to music. So he reconnected with the band, the only surviving members from the Blenders at this point being Michael and Bill.
Micheal recruited his longtime friend Jason Hare to play keyboards and guitar and sing. And they set about putting together a set.
Of course many people have asked where Evil Prince Ludwig (the Indestructible) comes from.
Turns out, it's from the second of Rowan Atkinson's landmark historical documentaries Black Adder. The character is played by noted thesbian Hugh Laurie who nows stars on the Fox drama House.
Here's our story:
We all made lists of potential names to vote on.
And this was third on Michael's list. And Jason reacted very strongly to it. In the negative. Hated it. Hated it with extereme passion.
So of course that's why we're Evil Prince Ludwig (the Indestructible)
EPL(tI) isn't exclusive. We have other projects:
Jason and Michael perform with increasing frequency as Accoustic 80s, playing, strangely enough, songs from the 80s, acoustically.
Michael and Bill back up former Modesty Blaze singer Carole Leigh when she performs her mellow blues and jazz and rock.
Bill plays with the Pretenders cover band
Nikki and the Tatooed Love Boys.
So there's lots of pictures. LOTS of pictures. Mrs.Hare is quite the photographer and others have also taken pics, including Andrea Watts.
Click here to check out the gallery.
and here are pics and a brief video from an acoustic set performed for Matthew's birthday
at cafe du soleil
(his wonderful restaurant at broadway and 104th).
There's also some video from various performances. Click here for the epl video list.