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What in the Hell is a Crunchy Frog, anyway?
Good question.
With many accolades to their credit – including
a couple RAMI nominations; appearances at Groove Walk and Davis Park Summer Concert series; a few street dances and most importantly:
some great fans – the Crunchy Frogs have become everything you could want in a band (except for David Hasselhoff). The
Frogs never let a little mediocrity get in the way of a good time.
But where did the Frogs come from?
Depending
on how far back you want to look at it…or how much you really care…Frogs seemed to have evolved from fish when
they developed arms, legs, lungs and such…I digress. Actually, the best place to start would be sometime in the middle
of 1999 when two brothers, Steve and Bill, found themselves noodling around (musically, that is) with Rebecca. It was just
sing-songy stuff without much purpose until the ever looming Y2K was just a few months off, and a popular local hangout found
itself in dire need of New Year’s Eve entertainment. At the time, everyone felt the end of the world was upon us, or
at the very least, the end of computer calendars being accurate, and it was decided to put on a show. It was booked without
a bassist or drummer.
The grapevine quickly provided a talented bassist who offered to “fill in” for
the gig. After a few tryouts with gifted drummers (oxymoron?), Eric stumbled, rather jittered, into a practice and it was
good. After coming up with four hours of delightful entertainment to fill everyone’s last night on earth, the band was
ready and all it needed was a name. It was dubbed: the Millenium Bugs.
Much to the dismay of the Millenium Bugs,
the world did not end that night and they were forced to spend several hours of January 1st, 2000 packing up and moving gear.
Furthermore, it was clear that the talented bassist, who shall remain nameless, would not be carrying on with the band and
the band itself was now left with a tragically outdated cliché for a name.
Enter Jesse. The equally, if not more,
talented bassist literally jumped on board and “tried out” at the next gig. After several years of amazing friendship,
great fun and other things, Rebecca decided to evolve further. Needing a new Frog, Jesse found Mandy singing in a karaoke
competition. Knowing they'd found "the one," the band pestered her into becoming the newest member of The Crunchy Frogs and
have never regretted a minute since.
The rest, as they say, is/was/will be history.
These days, the Frogs
can be found all over: at bars, street dances, festivals, squashed on roads, even an upcoming world tour, well…not really.
They have endured a couple of surgeries, a few defunct significant others and have collected more vans than should ever be
in the vicinity of any band. Still, much fun can always be had by all at a Frogs’ show. People can sing, dance and get
their collective mojos going. Best of all, this fun can be had with little or no risk to yourself or your personal property…and
with literally no carbohydrates!
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