User:Archie pantz

GEORGE B GEORGE born in salzburg, austria 19??. orphaned at birth and adopted by U.S. army major and wife. grew up in rural pennsylvania and later in southern california. moved to san mateo, ca. in 1972 and met jonny bonghit ryan in 1974. this was the foundation and starting point of the bonghit/george rhythm section. added bonghit's high school aquaitance carlos cadona on guitar in 1979 after his departure from the dead kennedys. this trio was recommended to snakefinger by jello biafra and he hired them immediately after meeting and having a short jam with them. george played with snakefinger until the summer of 1982 and recorded one album, "manuel of errors" with the band. one song on the album, "i followed george's dream", was originally titled "i followed my dream", but changed by snakefinger after george told him about a dream he had had. in the trail-off area on the original ralph records pressings of the albums, the words "or what?" are etched in the vinyl. these refer to the dream in some manner or context. after leaving snakefinger, george moved to australia where in lived in seclusion until 2005. he now lives somewhere in california again and has recently started a new project called dr space and the psychedelic spacemen.