In The Beginning

In 1984 I was just another 14 year old kid with a guitar - I had no amp or no one to jam with - in 1985 a neighborhood friend turned me on to punk rock and I as hooked - I never knew music could be played with the same amount of talent I had - I had always thought of punk music to be noise -I never looked back - I soon discoverd new friends and musicians in town that liked the same stuff as me - I started geting a feel for music - Domestic Violence was my first band.....

Jizz-em All and Let God Wipe There Mouths

My name is J.J.Jizzum - I am the one and only - I am from Battle Creek Michigan but have lived all over the U.S. - I have played in dead end bands all my life - So I am using this blog spot to showcase bands I have played in , been involved with , know personally or that have greatly influenced me and the music I play , and write - feed back and criticism is always welcomed in fact I encourage it - if at all you have something to add to my "blog" feel free - And if any of my friends or people that know me happened to stumble upon this... feel free to to drop me a note

TORG

In 04 I left Michigan for Vegas and after a year or so of drinking myself to death me and my wife decided to leave and head back east - Not wanting to live in Battle Creek we moved to Chicago - This set the wheels in motion for TORG - I had done some shows with them in the past - so when the opportunity presented itself to be in the band I jumped at the chance - so in 2006 I joined TORG - I originally joined as a second guitarist - Soon after joining we did a short tour of the south west even playing the bar in Vegas that I hung out in after work to drink myself blind - Once back in Chicago a vote was taken to cast out the current bass player - I filled those shoes - With the addition a another guitarist a year or so later TORG was a full on duel guitarist/duel singer 6 piece TON O' BAND - Really I mean it - When we walked into the show you knew we were TORG - unfortunately my Jizz-mo problems forced me to move out of Chicago and try to plant new feet else where - This band has had allot of bass players over the years so many in fact they can't remember all there names - So in my absence until a new bass player comes into play one of the guitar wizards will be playing bass - I had a good run with those boy's - and I still keep in contact with all of them they miss me - And Who knows maby I will play some shows with them again either in the band or with another on the same bill - They are trully the BEAST TO DUMB TO DIE

GROG 2000 - 06

In 2000 The metal band I was in had a side project named Ballz Deep - that in turn became GROG once again - after 1995 - I had left the band leaving no chance for doing it again in 1999 I returned and Ballz Deep was out and the original line up of GROG was back - Throwing away our punk/metal sound and just being a punk band was what we did - Just as things started moving again and I was ready to book some shows the drummer backed out - Me and the bass player were still thirsty so we were on the hunt - In the year GROG was formed we had a second guitarist - and his brother was a drummer/guitarist that our bass player had been in a band with before so after some convincing we finally had a new guy - And we were off tearing up the "seen" that I have loathed for years - We were loved buy those who understood our drunken humour and hated by those that didn't get the joke - Some bands even refused to play with us in fear we would out do them - Other bands new promoters that they convinced we were trouble makers and told them not to ever book us - other promoters would book us then back down at the last minute - We had even got kicked off the stage just seconds away from starting our set after people realized it was us - I had even considered changing the name just to get local shows but then thought "fuck that those people are pussies" -The only place that excepted GROG was DETROIT - One year for Halloween we even did a Boom and the Legion of Doom style meat show complete with deer heads and guts - during our set a fight broke out and spewed into the street (I'm not braggin - I'm just saying - we would come to the show and throw down) After most of our sets people would just leave thinking the show was over ....... I didn't think we were that good (yet) - We were on a good run - then once again our drummer backed out - We found another new drummer with all the talent but was a drug addict that couldn't be over looked - I had enough of Michigan once again in 04 this time moving to Vegas - a return home on 05 for a couple of weeks spawned a new recording with our second drummer coming through - and then another reunion of sorts for one show in 06 with the drummer from TORG ....and the saga continues................it is now summer of 08 - and I once again am heading back to Michigan and rumours of yet another round of GROG is pouring into those veins in west Michigan .....and like always there not ready

BALLZ DEEP

In the year 2000 I was in a Metal Band - Ballz Deep was a side project that the original line up from Grog had put together with a close friend on guitar to make us a for piece - Basicly it was Grog with an extra guy -I think we jamed for a while but never realy took off - two members living in one town and two members living in another - we could just never quit get off the ground - we packed it in early in the year - never playin a show but I do consider this a band I guess because it was Grog with a diferent name.......so in the end It still is just that - GROG the band that will haunt me for ever..............

DEBOUCHERY

In 1999 I once again returned back to Michigan and found myself hangin' with old friends - The Bass player from Grog had joined up with the drummer from Domestic Violence who was now playing guitar and singing-("frontman") - and were full on METAL(make the devil sign) - Anyway they were a 4 piece 2 guitarist bass and drums - somehow I was in the mix as a new guitarist , replacement or what ever - the two guys I was in Bands with before wanted me in - I had nick named this band "Slippery Dictator and the Boys" - after the singer/guitarist nick name Slippery - I had fun in this band even though it was METAL(make the devil sign again) -But there was always constant conflict - I never had played in a band were there was beef at every practice or show - It's not a job it's a hobby - we played a few good shows and even made a decent sounding cd that never was released - I had my final straw when I was told to "take my punk rock shit and leave" - or wait even better "See thats exactly why you should'nt be in this band" soon after falling out in the studio with the drummer the original guitarist was back in the mix and it became a wall of noise -3 guitars I wasn't down for all that - me and the bass player quit to focus on other projects - and Debouchery straggeled on for a little while -

GROG 93-95

This band I don't think will ever go away - In 1993 - I was asked by a bass player friend of mine to come over and do some jamin' - of course I will that's what I do - then without missing a stroke my ol' drummer buddy joins the pack - After we had tried a new guitar player and he didn't stick around we stuck to being a 3 piece - originally named Kaotic Intent a name another friend of mine came up with years before that - I thought it was a stupid name for a band especially since it was my idea - Named GROG by the bass player after the slang word for beer it was set it stone - after all .....we loved beer - chugin' down beer and practicing our fast punk/metal songs writin' about beer , love, food , and drugs use, we played a few shows here and there in the Battle Creek /Kalamazoo area - even got a few write ups from local papers in both towns - we took off kinda slow but just when things started to take off I had to go - I had enough of Michigan and moved again this time to Florida -.........but the GROG saga still contiues -