Here is a monster line up featuring Frank Cavallo, Ron Hill, Artie Kitchen, Steven Pepe, Nick Purpura, Will Schalda recorded last year at the 1 year anniversary of The Full Cup, Staten Islands finest live music spot.
Tryptophan Live 5/5/2012
Setlist:
Buenas Tardes Amigo (Ween Cover)
Is A Feat
Dust
A Nice Boy
Voice On The Phone
Juices
Lady Captain
Glow
Legal
Spider-Man (Marvel Comics Cover)
Buenas Tardes Amigo (Ween Cover)
Is A Feat
Dust
A Nice Boy
Voice On The Phone
Juices
Lady Captain
Glow
Legal
Spider-Man (Marvel Comics Cover)
Tryptophan-The Stare/HookaBrothaup Live 2009
Here is Tryptophan-The Stare-HookaBrothaup Live in 2009! Smoking!
Staten Island Hardcore: Cannibal Overdrive: Eat Your Friends
Staten Island Hardcore: Cannibal Overdrive: Eat Your Friends: "In 1992 the out of work Purple Pie Man .. found himself alone, and unwanted, the berry patch girls having grown up and having no further need for their friendly foe. He found him self traveling abroad, and found himself on a tribal beach, where he observed a strange ritual by native tribsmen.
They were having a fishfry,put were placing the fish in strange jelly. He watched as they gained all kinds of strange abilites and superpowers. Using his berrybirds, he snatched some of the jelly. Taking it back to his hidden labratory, he isolated the properties of the substance, and was able to encode the jelly into a computer code, and within the code all that would come into contact with it would swear allegience to him.
He unleahsed this code on the then newly emerging internet. The virus was code name "Cannibal" but it quickly ran amuk, into overdrive if you will.
The symptons were all found in the name, if one caught the Cannibal virus, they would quickly turn on their friends, and pursue a seemingly selfish agenda, a agenda that was actually placed subconsciously by the Purple Pie Man. Little known to the Pieman, he was actually unleashing a newly empowered Satan.., fresh from a 500 year vacation outside of our dimension.....
One of the test subjects of the Pieman was the child molesting vagrant known thru the land as Stinkbox. Stinkbox main mutation was an abilitys was to wander aimlessly thru the town eating left over slaw wherever it was found. Stinkbox was actually the antichrist, but was too drunk on cheap wine to do much about it. He soon rejected the control of the Pieman and sided with even a worse villian, the terrorist Toad.., who made Bin Laden look like Bambi.
Together they fought the gravity defying children of the valley of the sun, who used sound and light to bend the laws of this plane of reality. At heart the Toad desired to control the sun and make all the world at hot and barren as his beloved desert. Stinkbox steals a shriking ray from the pieman and blasts and robs the Toads terror funds.
He flees and trys to buy himself a new identy to hide from both the Toad and the Pieman, and is almost tricked and turned to liquid by the all knowing and mysterious Waterfly. His color changes, and he realizes he had all the time he needs, to conquest man and eat slaw. .."-From The Book of Mugwah
"The History Of Music" is going to be my virtual online boxset, drawing from my archive of old musical projects. Staring with Cannibal Overdrive seems like an easy one.
The music heard here was recorded by Alex, on old school 24 track 2 inch tape, my last experience with that medium. We made demo tapes which we gave out to friends or sold at "Our Music Center", the finest record shop Staten Island ever had. The individual tapes were called "Eat" 1993 (the first 4 songs here) and "Your Friends" 1994 (the rest). Artwork by Rich Dimaio with help from Alex on Eat. -Ron Hill
They were having a fishfry,put were placing the fish in strange jelly. He watched as they gained all kinds of strange abilites and superpowers. Using his berrybirds, he snatched some of the jelly. Taking it back to his hidden labratory, he isolated the properties of the substance, and was able to encode the jelly into a computer code, and within the code all that would come into contact with it would swear allegience to him.
He unleahsed this code on the then newly emerging internet. The virus was code name "Cannibal" but it quickly ran amuk, into overdrive if you will.
The symptons were all found in the name, if one caught the Cannibal virus, they would quickly turn on their friends, and pursue a seemingly selfish agenda, a agenda that was actually placed subconsciously by the Purple Pie Man. Little known to the Pieman, he was actually unleashing a newly empowered Satan.., fresh from a 500 year vacation outside of our dimension.....
One of the test subjects of the Pieman was the child molesting vagrant known thru the land as Stinkbox. Stinkbox main mutation was an abilitys was to wander aimlessly thru the town eating left over slaw wherever it was found. Stinkbox was actually the antichrist, but was too drunk on cheap wine to do much about it. He soon rejected the control of the Pieman and sided with even a worse villian, the terrorist Toad.., who made Bin Laden look like Bambi.
Together they fought the gravity defying children of the valley of the sun, who used sound and light to bend the laws of this plane of reality. At heart the Toad desired to control the sun and make all the world at hot and barren as his beloved desert. Stinkbox steals a shriking ray from the pieman and blasts and robs the Toads terror funds.
He flees and trys to buy himself a new identy to hide from both the Toad and the Pieman, and is almost tricked and turned to liquid by the all knowing and mysterious Waterfly. His color changes, and he realizes he had all the time he needs, to conquest man and eat slaw. .."-From The Book of Mugwah
"The History Of Music" is going to be my virtual online boxset, drawing from my archive of old musical projects. Staring with Cannibal Overdrive seems like an easy one.
Cannibal Overdrive (1992-1995) was my first band that I would play shows with. The band was founded by Mike Runner and Dan Reitz, who drafted me, and then I drafted Alex Armitage, who was a frequent musical collaborator of mine. We were joined by vocalists Rebbecca Rupp and Eileen Donlon.
The music heard here was recorded by Alex, on old school 24 track 2 inch tape, my last experience with that medium. We made demo tapes which we gave out to friends or sold at "Our Music Center", the finest record shop Staten Island ever had. The individual tapes were called "Eat" 1993 (the first 4 songs here) and "Your Friends" 1994 (the rest). Artwork by Rich Dimaio with help from Alex on Eat. -Ron Hill
Tryptophan: Fadt 1998
Tryptophan began in 1996. Originally, it was just me and Cannibal Overdrive drummer Mike Runner. The songs on our first proper cd were originally released on a dreadful Ron Hill solo tape called "Fadt", the Tryptophan cd is a supersonic remake. By the time we recorded this cd, Mike Runner had bowed out, and the ongoing line up featuring Frank Cavallo, Nick Purpura and myself had been established. This cd was recorded at "God City" (aka John Lisa's house) by Alex Armitage, mastered by Howard Rappaport at Sony Music. It includes guest appearances by John, Stapes and Mike (of Muddfoot), and Liz Heim (of Cradle).-Ron Hill
Tryptophan "Hannah Longfellow": 15 Years of Choice Lost Material
This is collection of 40+ songs and jams I have complied recently while sorting out my collection of Tryptophan material amassed over 15 years; dat tapes cd-r's, cassettes, mp3 files. Scattered in random boxes and lost hard drives setting on shelves, collection dust and spider's. Here is a house cleaning for I hope you enjoy, a mixed bag of lo-fi jams, hi-fi demos and strange sounds. http://www.divshare.com/download/16194750-8f9
The Headlocks: Battle of the Boroughs featuring Frank Cavallo and Nick Purpura
Here are Nick and Frank in startling HD, performing on NPR!
Enrage - A Toast To Christmas Spirits, featuring Steven Pepe
One of Steven Pepe's many bands, here are Staten Island metal legends Enrage with a brand new XMAS anthem!
Tryptophan blog's again
Hello again, been a while since we last spoke. I exported out our old blog and moved it to Google's lovely Blogger site (where my job hosts http://jhuniverse.blogspot.com/). I put all the links for all the Tryptophan out there on the old interwebz right at the top. Please check out our stuff, you can buy it or hear it for free from these sources.
It's been a crazy year since I last posted. Been posting all over the other social networks, living an ever changing life. I now have a beautiful daughter named Maggie who was born Oct 1 2010. This changed everything!
Musically we have not slowed down. While not doing a ton of shows (like the fella's other band http://www.theheadlocks.com), we have been busy in the studio recording a new full length project, a concept album. Our old long time collaborator Alex Armitage is recording and mixing on a very hifi computer. Work proceeds slowly, but its really shaping up into a cd I'm very proud of.
You can preview some of the tunes from this great video shot at The Full Cup the other night. Our good friends Artie Kitchen and Will Schalda sat in with us. Its pretty great! Much much more to come!
Your Pal, Ron Hill
It's been a crazy year since I last posted. Been posting all over the other social networks, living an ever changing life. I now have a beautiful daughter named Maggie who was born Oct 1 2010. This changed everything!
Musically we have not slowed down. While not doing a ton of shows (like the fella's other band http://www.theheadlocks.com), we have been busy in the studio recording a new full length project, a concept album. Our old long time collaborator Alex Armitage is recording and mixing on a very hifi computer. Work proceeds slowly, but its really shaping up into a cd I'm very proud of.
You can preview some of the tunes from this great video shot at The Full Cup the other night. Our good friends Artie Kitchen and Will Schalda sat in with us. Its pretty great! Much much more to come!
Your Pal, Ron Hill
Tryptophan Unimpressed and On Fire 12-26-2009 MP3
It was a tough crowd made up of the cream of the crop of other Staten Island bands, who mostly stayed in the front room. Heehaw!
Unimpressed and On Fire 12-26-2009
Unimpressed and On Fire 12-26-2009
TRYPTOPHAN and AMERICANS UK Performing at the JHU Underground 9/19!
Live Music returns to the JHU Underground at our Manhattan location, with Trytophan featuring Americans UK!
Satruday, September 19 Jim Hanley's Universe presents Tryptophan and Americans, UK for LIVE MUSIC at the JHU Underground!
New York City's best comic book indie rock band, Tryptophan is fronted by our own general manager Ron Hill and features general manager Nick Purpura! Their new album, Destroy Fashion, is online now!
Jim Hanley's Universe is excited to present musical performances at the JHU Underground, Manhattan's premier destination for exclusive gaming, special multimedia comic book events, panels and lectures, and now live music!
And joining Trytophan are Americans UK!
Satruday, September 19 Jim Hanley's Universe presents Tryptophan and Americans, UK for LIVE MUSIC at the JHU Underground!
New York City's best comic book indie rock band, Tryptophan is fronted by our own general manager Ron Hill and features general manager Nick Purpura! Their new album, Destroy Fashion, is online now!
Jim Hanley's Universe is excited to present musical performances at the JHU Underground, Manhattan's premier destination for exclusive gaming, special multimedia comic book events, panels and lectures, and now live music!
And joining Trytophan are Americans UK!
Tryptophan: Destroy Fashion Show Friday June 19th!
Tryptophan Destroy Fashion CD Release Show, Friday June 19th at Martini Red, 372 Van Duzer Street. Performing with Pablo, Paragraph and DJ Tim Duffy!
Tryptophan's New CD Destroy Fashion/Extemporize to be relased June 19th 2009
We are pleased to annouce our first proper cd, "Destroy Fashion/Extemporize" will be released on Friday, June 19th 2009. We will be having a release party on at Martini Red that night. Details to follow!
Tryptophan Live at Martini Red 1/31/2009
FREE CUPCAKES WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
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Tryptophan does Pink Floyd 10/24/2008
Here we are with The Post Modern Folk Revolution, The Headlocks, Jaklyn Shaw, and Drew Wilkes playing out Halloween tribute to Pink Floyd. Here is a recording of the show, its a little lo-fi, but you know that already. Good times!
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Tryptophan Live On Labor Day 2008, excellent sound quality
Pay special attention to this one, it was mixed by our good buddy Alex Armitage, and it one of our better live recordings. The first tune is with our good pal David Selitto. This is a full multitrack recording and we play pretty good. Check it out!
SPECIAL BONUS:
Here is The Headlocks set from the show too!
SPECIAL BONUS:
Here is The Headlocks set from the show too!
Tryptophan Plays The Apocalypse mp3 and pix
On 9/27/2008, we played at Martini Red. 2 days later the stock market did in fact meltdown. A week after that, the Red was temporarily closed for alcohol sales, waiting for a renewed license...thanks for the memories!
Photos By Ivy Mike
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