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Experimenting with the wildest part of alternative rock via reckless rhythms and specific instrumentation, Tub Ring end up delivering spacy collections of eccentric and melodious themes. Starting off as a punk outfit in 1992 in Chicago, Ring rapidly evolved into an experimental ensemble, assembling risky tone conceptions with moving experimental rock selections. Kevin Gibson (vocals), Rob Kleiner (keyboards), Jason Fields (bass), Mouse (guitar), and Mike Gilmore (drums) make up Ring, all of them having previous band experience and coming from varied backgrounds. Stupid Pet Tricks appeared in 1992 as the band's first disc, one year before the issuing of yet another EP, Music for the Bathroom. Tub Ring's original tunes gradually started to turn into a reference in Chicago's underground club circuit, and three years after forming, the crew finally managed to deliver its first album, And the Mashed Potato Mountain Etiquette. In 1997, Super Sci-Fi Samurai Rockstar Ultra Turbo II, their second album, hit record stores and received exciting reviews from the media and expanded their loyal fan base. In 2001, following yet another three-year period, and with the production credits of Mr. Bungle's Trey Spruance, the band released its third album, Drake Equation. Tub Ring's drummer and guitarist were switched out in time for 2002's Fermi Paradox, Dave Tavares and Shawn Sprinkel joining on respectively. Zoo Hypothesis appeared in August 2004. Continuous touring -- alongside bands like Mindless Self Indulgence, the Fully Down, Dog Fashion Disco, Estradasphere and Kill Hannah -- and plenty of hard work helped their underground fan base swell, and in 2005, Tub Ring became finalists on the MTV2 on-air "Dew Circuit Breakout" contest alongside pop-punk acts Over It and Hellogoodbye. Though they ultimately lost, the exposure obviously didn't hurt and a year later the band (which now comprised Gibson, Kleiner, bassist Trevor Erb, drummer Chris Wiken and guitarist Jeff Enokian) signed with The End Records.
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Tub Ring is a Chicago-based rock band.
Biography
Tub Ring formed in 1992 as a high school punk band.
The band really took form with addition of keyboard player Rob Kleiner, who spent his teenage years following around the band Mr. Bungle. With Kleiner added to the band, Tub Ring adopted the similar sounds of Mr. Bungle. Mr. Bungle guitarist Trey Spruance took note of Kleiner's passion and creativity and ended up producing their first official full-length.
Eventually, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tub Ring associated with Dog Fashion Disco and Mindless Self Indulgence. For example, Rob Kleiner filled in for Mindless Self Indulgence's injured Guitarist, Steve, Righ?, on the road in 2004 and 2005.
On December 10, 2005, Tub Ring came in second place during MTV2's "Dew Circuit Breakout" competition. Tub Ring performed two songs throughout the competition including "Future Was Free" as well as a cover of Justin Timberlake's "Rock Your Body".
On October 17, 2006, it was announced on experimental metal/rock record label The End Records's official website that the band had signed with them. The band released their album, The Great Filter. on the first of May, 2007.
Touring Regimen
The band have toured relentlessly over the years and have shared the stage with acts such as: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Birthday Massacre, Screaming Mechanical Brain, Foxy Shazam, Clutch, Southcott, Mindless Self Indulgence, Dog Fashion Disco, Framing Hanley, Black Light Burns, Horse the Band, Plain White T's, Kill Hannah, Wesley Willis, and more.
Tub Ring are also known for their stage shows, purportedly intense and energetic enough to result in injury to the performers (for example, incorporating a tazer [1]).
In January 2008, the band was invited to perform at the Sundance Film Festival as part of a Green Initiative sponsored event.
Their live shows are often hailed as being nothing short of spastic and chaotic and sometimes surprising. On a tour in 2008, Darren Keen (The Show is the Rainbow) played second guitar, for an impromptu set with Tub Ring in Houston, TX. Later that year in November–December, while on tour with Mindless Self Indulgence, the band recruited Curtis Rx of Creature Feature to also play second guitar for a select portion of dates.
The band members themselves are all noted as taking pride in putting on their shows and delivering highly energetic performances.
Super 8-Bit Brothers
3-2-1 Activate!
Edison's Arm
Pum
The Pastries
Deli Meat and the French Eroticas
Rob Kleiner solo
In 2005, Rob Kleiner released his first solo album, No Eyes. On February 13, 2007, Rob released his second, and latest solo EP, Doctor Sleep. He is also a part of video game rock duo Super 8 Bit Brothers.
In addition to his solo work, he's one of the main contributing members of Edison's Arm, and has scored several films, including Ending The Eternal, the feature documentary Working Class Rock Star, and Steve Balderson's Watch Out.
