Year of the Dragon's Page

Name

year of the dragon

About Me

In the Chinese zodiac, the dragon is a symbol of strength and harmony. Not surprisingly the two leaders of Year of the Dragon, Roderick "Rodcore" Palmer, and Walter Adam Kibby, II AKA Dirty Walt, were born within days of each other under that sign. Rodcore, has had various starts and stops with different incarnations of YOTD in the past between stints with other LA based bands, but it was not until Dirty Walt left the band that he co-founded and co-led for over twenty-five years, Ska-Punk-Funk legends Fishbone, along with fellow former Fishbone solider guitarist Spacey T, that the seeds of the current YOTD were planted. In 2006, the three recorded and self-released an EP, A Time To Love Is A Time To Bleed which received critical acclaim and sold well through the internet and at shows. Wanting to take things to the next level, Dirty Walt and Rodcore, put together a regular band and started gigging weekly around Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, capitalizing on Fishbone's loyal fan base and attracting new fans of their own with YOTD's own brand of hardcore with a funk groove and soulful tag team vocals. Around this time, the band began a partnership with a start-up indie label, The International Brotherhood of Consequential Truth that would result in the brand new YOTD release, Blunt Force Karma, the band's first full-length album. Now full partners in the label, which also released Dirty Walt's second solo record and first since leaving Fishbone, Still Smokin' earlier this year, YOTD controls their own destiny. Recorded in LA, over the course of 2008, Blunt Force Karma is the product of that freedom and their years in the game. Thirteen songs recorded with drummer Kerim Imes, bassist Elliott Lawrence, and guitarist Jason "JMR" Richardson (with Spacey T and Mytch Meadows contributing as guest guitarists as well), BFK is a pure, uncut assualt on the mind and spirit. (FOR BOOKINGS OR RELATED BUSINESS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR MANAGER KRIS J. KRAUS, ESQ. AT krisjkrausesq@yahoo.com OR HERE ON MYSPACE AT http://www.myspace.com/krisjkrausesq) .. CDBABY LINK for YEAR OF THE DRAGON: A Time To Love Is A Time To Bleed --> CLICK DIRECTLY ON THE ALBUM COVER TO BUY THE C.D!!

You can be my friend if...

You love real music.. you support local music....you know who Fishbone is... you love black rock...you love live shows...you are an artist,filmmaker,graphic artist, want to be on our street team or you just wanna rock out to the Dragon!!!

Website :

http://www.yearofthedragonmusic.com

Occupation:

CLICK ON THA PIC TO PURCHASE YOTD'S DEBUT ALBUM, BLUNT FORCE KARMA:

Favorite bands:

SOUND BARRIER, The Virginia City Revival (they also have a page here), any be-bop era jazz, Living Colour, 24-7 Spyz (the original line-up), Fishbone, the Dubber (check out www.thedubber.com, this guy is amazing!!), Coldplay, U2, Dead Kennedys, Jane's Addiction, the MIGHTY MIGHTY BLACK FLAG (I don't care what anyone says, I saw just about every vocalist this group has had and HENRY ROLLINS KILLS THEM ALL), Ice Cube, THE INCREDIBLE RASTA ROCK LEGENDS THE BAD BRAINS (get any early footage of this band you can, they are the mightiest four piece that has ever existed in terms of their stage show), the Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone, EARLY Bob Dylan (when that muthafucka at least TRIED to sing), Glen Campbell, Rick James, the Nymphs (google Inger Lorre people, PLEASE), Joy Division, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers and hell the list could go on into infinity. We're not into a lot of new music, we find that trends are starting to annoyingly repeat themselves and we are just waiting to be excited once again by something new, or even something not so new but just great.

Favorite movies:

Anything with Dolomite in it..kung fu flicks...

Favorite books:

Books on UFO'S & kung fu!!!

Favorite Magazines:

anything with pictures

Favorite TV shows:

What's a TV?

Relationship status:

in love with music!!

Orientation:

No answer

Zodiac Sign

Dragon

Kids?:

yup!

Smoke/Drink?

no/ no

Band Question - Genre:

hardcore, punk , rock & soul

Band Question -Band Members:

I am a five man ensemble dedicated to the destruction of eardrums and the expansion of spirits

Band Question - Sounds like:

Fishbone, 24-7 Spyz (the original line-up!!), Bad Brains, Black Flag, Fugazi, Tupac Shakur, Coldplay, Maxwell!

Band Question - Musical Influences:

each other!!

Band Question - Record label:

Indie