JesusSquid was a god-like punk rock band located in the hell-world of Terre Haute, Indiana, and lowered punk standards all across the midwest. Many people passed through our ranks. Here are a few:
RyJones: Rage Ventilation, Turntables, Brain Annuerisms
- Paul Williams: Skins, Angsty Songwriting, Evilness
- Frank Crist: Mic Inhilation, Bass Abuse, Substance Abuse, Referee
- Matt Bauer: Drumkit Deconstruction, Beer Consumption, Stinkiness
- Jason Renn: Grooving, Pimping, Manta-ray Tattoo Having
- Pete Macko: 2112ing, Death Shit Winery Master, The Original Fat Bastard
- Jager: Pater Angst, 6 String Godhead
- Thales Exoo: Backup Legendary, The Unforgettable.
- Aaron F.: Porno-funk, Instant Cheese
- Jeff Bauer: Kneeling Guitar Posture, Lore
- Derek Godat: Noise, Muscle Building
- Georgia: Flute-like Substances, Ho-ing
And what list of lists for a Punky Punker band would be complete without song titles?
- A.R. (Anti-Religion)
- Toilet Water is Cold (originally recorded in Paul's Trailer, 1988)
- Scum
- Matricide
- These Nights
- As Usual
- Terrorism USA
- Fuck the Skull of Jesus*
- Zombie Squad*
(* from our smash LP, "Fuck it's Wet in Seattle")
Where are these people today? Well, the thing about Indiana folks is that it's strange to know a person for more than 3 years and still be on speaking terms with them. That's where most of them are: fuck if I care. Some got lost, some blew away, some I am convinced never existed. Like the dust orb of a long ago nova, the world terror of JesusSquid will never again be.
-- FrankCrist
you forgot:
- Glen Burger - Guitar player, Crack head. Left for moral reasons. "look man, I'm not a christian or anything, but Jesus was an OK guy. I dont think he'd appreciate someone fucking his skull"
Ha! I did forget him.. maybe that was on purpose? 
But, no, to truly chronicle the wonder that was JesusSquid, all tales must be told (as long as we can remember them).
I also seem to remember that a certain MattWestervelt was slated to do some vocals on our (s)hit song, "Zombie Squad" but alas it never came to be.
Odd... as I was convinced that Frank Crist never existed...
But truly. If we're going to chronicle JesusSquid, shouldn't we chronicle the origin of JesusSquid? The Ballad of JesusSquid, even? The Messiah. The t-shirts. Hmmm.
It is truth you speak there. Also, I'd like to note that the band in Seattle was not actually called JesusSquid, but in fact had 8 songs and no name. The closest we got was "Wanker." The line up consisted of four JesusSquid O.G.'s, FrankCrist, Paul Williams, RyJones and Pete Macko, plus a bunch of random FuckBags (except for MattWestervelt who is random but not a FuckBag). A very interesting observation in the fact that some things never change when moving people from Indiana to Washington: RyJones was still very disinterested in singing but did it anyways, Pete Macko still had a level of enthusiasm on par with rotting cabbage, FrankCrist was still always thinking of something else, and everybody still hated Paul Williams.
As to the origin of JesusSquid, I must leave that to our loricist (drum roll please)...
Are you the guys that practice in the C-4 space from time to time?
