AP NEWS: Stormbirds Reunite

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AP California: On August 8,9,and 10 the rock band Stormbirds met in Santa Cruz to play their original music from 1987 and 1988. The reunion was low key and only those close to the band knew the secret studio location deep in the bowels of Santa Cruz High School.

“We didn’t want any frenzied attention that would distract us from having a good time and making music,” said Twig, the bands bass player. “You know how the media outlets are always finding the negative in everything, and they didn’t even offer to purchase our secret photos,” added Twig. The Stormbirds lead guitarist Elk arranged the weekend meeting saying, "It's important to just get together and see how we all get along." Elk added, " If great music comes out of this then we have succeeded and proven to our dedicated fans that the Stormbirds still have it." Elk masterminded the meeting site and arranged recording equipment along with his extraordinary engineering skills.

The bands' lead singer Leaf came primed and ready to not only sing the songs but express the energy and spontaneous emotion brought on by many of their original songs. Leaf was satisfied with how the reunion went and was heard exclaiming "we came and f**ked a rocket!"
The sometimes exuberant lead singer known for his imaginative use of prosthetics, broken glass, and other implements of creativity needed to be constantly calmed by his bandmates to save his vocal chords.
Knuckles, the drummer proved his ability to sustain the backbone rhythm just like in the era of spandex pants and big hair. "You know," said Knuckles "We just were ahead of our time and groups like Poison and Bon-Jovi needed their space." The Stormbirds played most of their original songs including a blistering version of hypnotized which brought both Knuckles and Elk to their knees."We were totally sprawled out on the ground sweating like the salty dogs we are," added Elk. Leaf fully produced all the emotion needed on the truly disturbing song Babys' Judgement and continued to ride the wave through several other songs like Runnin Blues, After the Fire, Pacific Bridge, Counterfeit Love and Suicide.

On Sunday morning the members met to talk about their successful Santa Cruz session and vowed to do it again at a yet to be disclosed location in Northern California. Leaf and Twig agreed that there may be promise to pursue a gig for our limited hardcore fans in a public venue.

After 20 years there is one thing for sure- The Stormbirds still rock!









The Stormbirds would also like to provide a big thanks to everybody in Elks' family for providing the most professional gig space you could find in Santa Cruz, all the good food, and a great lawn to crash on.