Michelle
Vocals

MUSICAL:

I started up singing through musical theatre mainly, but I also hold a strong musical history in metal, punk, and hardcore. I started with ensemble work tap-dancing and singing with the chorus, and worked my way to lead roles. My voice took me to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York when I was 18, with a vocal jazz ensemble. This was one of the most self-affirming and uplifting experiences of my life. My first real band was a band called Travesty, in the mountain town of Sonora, California. We would set up our own shows because there were no real venues in the area. I moved to Seattle to start a band, and I jammed with countless musicians before I found Ubik. Throughout this time, I remained active in writing on guitar. My search for something original sometimes seemed helpless, and I had thoughts of moving to Portland,  Richmond, VA (where the GWAR slavepit is located) and various other US and non-US cities before I decided to stick with this city. I am currently also playing guitar in a spastic doom rock project called The Unspeakable Word, and screaming my head off in Mutilated Goat Sewage. I work in a record store and music is the gravity in my life. Genres that have influenced and/or bettered me as a musician and person include Hardcore/Punk/Post-Punk and Death/Grind/Doom. I also draw influence from a variety of folk, blues, and jazz- though it doesn't often bleed it's way into the music of Ubik.

PERSONAL:

I am a socially capable and active person. You'll probably catch me at any of the good Death Metal shows in the city. I have a great appreciation for the progressive nature of the city, and the quiet and simple nature of the country. I have been vegan for seven years, and feel healthy and aware. I am a feminist based on the fact that I believe women are equally responsible for turning our culture of ignorance and bigotry around. "Paris Hilton/Mtv culture" is my nemesis on many levels, and I do not believe women should feed into this machine of selfishness and self-induced idiocy. The people that are most beautiful to me in my life are the people with the most character and comfort with themselves. I am strongly opposed to the teachings of the church and the current presidential office. (and YES, they belong in the same sentence) Drink beer, be happy, and try not to kill anything,

Joel
Bass

Bicketa backata bow bomp bomp bomp

Tyler
Drums

Tyler was borne of the first primordial thunderclap that sounded across the newly formed universe. Over the next ten thousand millennia, he carefully honed his skill until he eventually defeated the mighty Odin in a drum-off. In the ensuing era, Tyler adventured across the unknown expanse of space and time and discovered and named half of the table of elements, two-thirds of previously unknown galaxies, and the precise ingredients that go into a Twinkie. Recently, he has been spending his leisure time discovering the pleasures of chemical epiphany, assisting in the building of bigger and better civilizations and continuing his legacy of godly percussion.

Eric
Tenor

Professor Peroxide started life as a poor black child in Eerie Penn. He comes from a long line of coal miners, guitar players, and other deviants. After a stint in Air Force Intelligence and a PHd from the Evil Sound Engineers Institute, he decided to out run the authorities (transplant, I mean transplant) to the Pac NW.  He has since cleaned up his act, joined BGA (Band Gear Anonymous, where he is on his second step, admitting he is powerless over new effects pedals, see “gear page”) is the poster child for Red Bull,  duct tape, fair trade coffee, and is a recent convert to the Church of GWAR.

A smart, dangerous, kinda dweeby "bassist”, who thought it was a great idea to have two basses in a band, then decided to modify his bass into a "tenor bass", so he could play modified  lead, get the girls and shirk any responsibility to keep the band grounded in a bass line. Basically he is a slacker, and that is why he is great and terrifying. His uncanny ability to quote even the most obscure lines from movies and TV shows is being researched (by an “unnamed” pharmaceutical company) to discover the gene that is involved in this syndrome. It is believed that he has no real faculty for language and channels all his creativity into his music. For this we can only thank the maker (or whoever degenerate rockers thank).

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