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Geekus (USA)
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"The Story of the Geekus Box"
My name
is Alex. I'm seventeen years old and I created my MySpace page in
case anyone knows anything about this band Geekus. In January 2007 I moved
to New York
with my Mom and Dad. My Father bought a house on Long Island. We were there
for about a month when I decided to check out the attic. Besides the attic
being nasty with bat crap and cob webs there was this very odd strongbox way
back in the corner that looked like it had been there forever.
At first I thought
it would be filled with something like old books or old Playboys but instead
it had all this stuff about this band Geekus. In the box there were
a bunch of old pictures, lyric sheet's, a 1/4 inch reel to reel tape
and an old eight track cartridge tape. I actually didn't even know what
an eight track cartridge was until my grandfather told me. A letter from Tommy
Geekus was in the box saying "who ever finds this to pass this
music on".
Everything in the box is documented and all the pictures have
writing on the back of them. That's how I knew how to labeled the pictures.
What's weird is it is pretty clear this band was from Florida. I have
no clue how their stuff ended up in my attic on Long Island. I wound up sending
the eight track cartrage to get converted to CD. I was dying to find out what
Geekus sounded like, and they sound totally cool. Check out "Lighting
Flash" and check out the vibe on "Spooky", it sounds like a
cross of Hendrix and Grand Funk Railroad. THEY ROCK!
Keep in mind they were
17 years old and 4 of the songs on the player (from the 8 track cartridge)
were recorded with only two microphones. The "NEW" track "A
Hard Days Night" is from the reel to reel found in the box. The songs
on the reel to reel are studio recordings. I had the songs from the reel to
reel mastered. There's info on the inside lid of the reel to reel box that
may help lead to information about Geekus.
Geekus opened for B. B. King,
Edger Winter, Brownsville Station, Canned Heat, Mongo Santa Maria and many
other groups popular at that time. Anyway, the letter from Tommy Geekus had
a request to who ever found the strongbox. It said: "Hundreds of thousands
of people rocked with Geekus. Hopefully you will help them rock again."
So
PLEASE, if you know anything about this band I'd love to hear from you
and if any of the Geekus band members are still around I'd love to hear
from you as well. Thanks, I hope you can help! Peace out. Alex
Geekus was rock / classic rock / garage band from Florida,
United States of America. Geekus featured: Tommy Geekus (bass & vocals),
Gary Geekus (drums & vocals),
and Jimi Geekus (guitar & lead vocals).
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