| STORY | ||
| IN THE WINTER OF 1999, THE FOSTER BROTHERS BAND (A CLASSIC ROCK COVER BAND OF WHICH GARY WAS THE DRUMMER FOR AT THE TIME [ALONG WITH STIL GRAVY]) WERE IN NEED OF A LEAD GUITARIST FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWS. ENTER DOUG MITCHELL (AT THE TIME THE BASS PLAYER FOR THE STORM DOGS BUT A LEAD GUITARIST BY TRADE). DOUG AND GARY INSTANTLY BONDED AND FILLED IN WITH EACH OTHERS BANDS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE FOSTER BROTHERS, THE STORM DOGS, AND STIL GRAVY, THEY EMERGED WITH A NEW ACT, MATTERWISE, WITH ROB LOWRY ON GUITAR AND LEAD VOCALS, DOUG ON BASS AND VOCALS AND GARY ON DRUMS. WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF PLAYING LIVE (AND GETTING KICKED OUT OF THE OASIS PERMANENTLY FOR PLAYING A FLAMING LIPS MASTERPIECE), GARY AND DOUG SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO MUSICALLY. ONE FATEFUL NIGHT THE TWO WERE SITTING IN THE REGAL BEAGLE DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITIES WHEN CHRIS HARDEN SAID "WHY DON'T YOU GUYS JUST DO A TWO PIECE THING LIKE WEEN OR TENACIOUS D?" SO IN DECEMBER OF 2003 IT WAS DECIDED. THEY STARTED PRACTICING IN DOUG'S BASEMENT AND AT THE BEGINNING OF ONE PARTICULAR PRACTICE HE CLAIMED "I KNOW WHAT OUR NAME SHOULD BE. ARE YOU READY?" AS THE WORDS LEFT HIS MOUTH, GARY INSTANTLY KNEW IT WAS PERFECT. THEY HAD BEEN CHANNELING THEIR INNER CHICKENS FOR SO MANY YEARS IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT THE BAND'S NAME BE WHAT WAS SUGGESTED AND FROM THE FIRST SHOW PLAYING FOR GARY'S BROTHER CHRIS' KEG PARTY TO THE FINELY TUNED MACHINE CURRENTLY CLUCKING ACROSS THE LAND THEY WOULD ALWAYS BE KNOWN AS... 2 PIECE CHICKEN DINNER SO BAWK MOTHERFUCKERS, THE DINNER'S COMIN' |
||