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NEXTnc's conversation with 12 Cents for Marvin |
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Written by Marrisa Hutton-Gavel
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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 An eight-member band, 12 Cents for Marvin plays with the energy of 80.
A combination of bass and acoustic guitars, drums, trumpets, a saxophone, trombone and a funny contraption called a theremin, adds up to ska magic on stage.
Lead singer Tom Werge, along with Hilary and Aaron Spriggs, Nik Levinsky, Soren Daugaard, Greta Cornett, John Giordenengo and Phuong Nguyen, have been together for almost 11 years.
They come from different states, backgrounds and musical influences, but when you put the group — whose members’ ages range from 40s to 20s — together on stage, they have one common goal: to jam.
With its first full length CD, “Change,” already on the racks, 12 Cents is set to release its sophomore album, “B-Load,” on July 7 at the Skankin’ Up the Poudre concert.
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UPCOMING SHOWLook for 12 Cents for Marvin at 4:15 p.m. Brewfest (Sunday) on the Old Town Square stage. Go to 12Cents.com for more on the band
———— NEXTnc's Conversation with 12 Cents for Marvin ————
NEXTnc: Who’s Marvin?
Aaron (Theremin, percussion): He’s a crazy bum…
Nik (guitar): To answer that question you have to buy our next CD. The first song explains it.
NEXTnc: With only two ladies out of eight band members, does it get a little testosterone crazy?
Aaron: Only when we have farting contests.
Hilary (bass): The girls are tomboyish enough that it doesn’t matter.
Phoung (saxophone): Hilary is more of a man than me.
NEXTnc: Which one of you has the weirdest habits?
Aaron: Me. I like to eat food I find on the street.
Tom (vocals, trumpet): Aaron likes to pick up candy off the street too.
NEXTnc: If you had to do a cover of a hip-hop song, which would you do?
Nik: We already did Outkast’s “SpottieOttieDopalicious.”
Phoung: Ice Cube’s “Today Was a Good Day.”
Hilary: What about “White and Nerdy?”
NEXTnc: What did you each want to be when you grew up?
Greta (trumpet): A professional basketball player.
Hilary: A private detective.
John (trombone): An herpetologist.
Aaron: A mad scientist… I’m getting there.
Phoung: A super hero.
Nik: A musician.
Tom: A chef… but now all I cook is Ramen. | Only registered users can write comments.
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