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At the Bamboo Farm 5/19/2001 |
Outside the Brighton, 2004 |
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Sigma's First Appearance (1981): Six Sigma broke onto the scene in late 1981, with their pop hit, "Hope My Socks are (High) Enough." British and pastey, they tried their best to lead a self-proclaimed revolution against, as drummer Jay put it, "the punk and new wave crap we're force-fed every day." Throughout the early 80's, they managed to stay afloat (and support their burgeoning drug habits) by playing regularly at the various local pubs. Scott would do occasional session work with the likes of Peter Frampton and Edgar Winter. |
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Me Like a Tomahawk" Tour (1988): The late 80s weren't kind to Six Sigma. Song writing came to a near-halt as the band wrestled with algebra and a not-so-kind puberty. As Scott's drug use worsened, Mappy and Doug began using a wooden Indian bought at a Central Pennsyvanian pawn shop as a replacement (nickname: Little Bootsy. see right) for nights when Scott was too wasted to play. People rarely complained. Persuading promoters to book an unknown band like SS became increasingly hard. They were forced to play whever they could, sometimes playing grand openings for Exxon or BP gas stations. Says Doug: "The money was good, and sometimes we got a free fill-up. I'll always remember one night we played an Exxon in Beachwood, Ohio. Not only did we get free gas, but all the free corn dogs we could eat from the Tiger Mart. It was a special night...". The sad end came in November 1988. Little Bootsy left to form his own band (a punk outfit called "The Native Un-Americans"), Mappy got a girlfriend, and Doug locked himself in his room with only a 2-liter of RC Cola and a newly aquired Sega Genesis. It wouldn't be until 1992 that the band saw each other again. |
The band at the grand opening of the Jefferson Avenue Exxon station |
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Sigma Live @ Brighton Bar (January 22, 2000) |
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