====== Crazed Bunnyz ====== Alternative Rock\\ Cerritos, California, USA In 1986, after releasing one tape under the name [[Nutty Faith]], [[Marc Plainguet|Marc "Gadget" Plainguet]] and [[Mike Bing Futch]] teamed up with Sean "Shaka" Harrison to form a band called Crazed Bunnyz. Using pseudonyms like Futch, Shaka, [[Gadget]] (Plainguet), and Box (the name of Gadget’s drum machine) they played an odd sort of punk rock using a bass synthesizer and drum machine. Soon, apparently influenced by [[Undercover]], they recorded //Achtung: Musik Klirrfaktor!// in Marc's garage. They played one live gig and also found themselves in the Christian underground scene which, until then, they did not even realized existed. A small following began to pop up across the United States and even overseas through their small mail order catalog. Futch then decided to change Crazed Bunnyz to [[Johnny Quest]] and released //Transition//. Deciding that he wanted to devote more of his time to his solo career, Plainguet left the band. Marc also released //T.W.D.N.R.T.P.A.C.T.R.I.// a cassette containing the original 4 song garage recordings by Crazed Bunnyz and a recording of an interview with Plainguet and Futch which was printed in The Activist #21. Futch and Shaka then decided to reform Crazed Bunnyz and record //Blutgasse//. Futch and Sean tried to convince Marc to join for //Blutgasse//, but he was not interested. However, after three years, the Crazed Bunnyz broke up. Marc, Sean, and Futch remained friends and have considered reunitinh the band through the years. ===== Discography ===== | 1986 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/04/19/crazed-bunnyz-twdnrtpactri/|Crazed Bunnyz]] | | 1986 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/10/12/crazed-bunnyz-achtung-musik-klirrfaktor/|Achtung - Musik Klirrfaktor]] | [[Plan 7 Dist.]] | | 1987 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/04/13/crazed-bunnyz-live/|Live!]] | [[Corpqii Productions]] / [[Plan 7 Dist.]] | | 1988 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/06/28/crazed-bunnyz-blutgasse/|Blutgasse]] | [[Plan 7 Dist.]] | | 1989 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/04/19/crazed-bunnyz-twdnrtpactri/|T.W.D.N.R.T.P.A.C.T.R.I.]] | [[Corpqii Productions]] | ------ ==== Crazed Bunnyz ==== 1986 Independent Shaka – Vocals\\ [[Mike Bing Futch|Futch]] – Guitar\\ [[Gadget]] ([[Marc Plainguet]]) – Bass-synth - The Message - Killing of a Race - Shine, You're Scrambled - Physical Distortion "Recorded 1986 in the garage at my old house, and consisting of The Message, Killing of a Race, Shine You're Scrambled, and Physical Distortion. Covers were designed on a Commodore 64 and printed on a dot matrix printer. I can't remember what program I used to make the 8-bit looking version of my logo bunny." ------ ==== Achtung: Musik Klirrfaktor ==== 1986 [[Plan 7 Dist.]] (P7D-002) Shaka Harrison – Vox and munchy crunchies\\ [[Mike Bing Futch|Futch]] – Bone-sucking guitar and vox\\ [[Gadget]] ([[Marc Plainguet]]) – Devo bass-synth and absurd remarks The name of the demo means "warning, music distortion" in German. - U.F.O. (the “calling Earl” mix) - Back from the Dead (the Steve Taylor mix) - Don't Flick That Over Here (the mix) - Flat Brains (the non-partisan mix) - Physical Distortion (the crunchy mix) - The Message (the heat is on mix) - The Killing of a Race (the get-it-on mix) - Church of the Living Dead (the Falwell mix) - Tapdancing into Hell (the chorus line mix) - World Media (the K-ROQ mix) ------ ==== Live! ==== 1987 [[Corpqii Productions|Corpqii Music]] (CM-7) / [[Plan 7 Dist.]] Recorded Live:\\ April 26, 1986 at Sunland Baptist Church\\ January 8, 1987 at The Waters Club in San Pedro, CA //Players (Sunland Baptist)://\\ Shaka - Vox\\ Futch - Vox, Guitar\\ Gadget - Vox, Bass\\ Boxx - Drums //Players (Waters Club)://\\ Futch - Vox, Bass\\ Craig Cook - Guitar\\ Phil Poole - Drums - Peter Almost - The Message - Killing of a Race - Shine, You're Scrambled - Don't Flick That Over Here - U.F.O. - Physical Distortion - I'm Alright Now - Futch introduces the band - Futch raps some more - Tapdancing Into Hell - World Media "Okay, like Bunnyz wuz a joke at first, but we realized the possibilities, then Gadget left, we broke up, the Phil & Craig came, we became Johnny Quest, then Craig bailed, so now we sit, waiting for an axe, oh, by the way, we're Crazed Bunnyz again. - Futch P.S. The Sunland gig is the first Bunnyz concert, yuk." The Plan 7 Distribution release had the Crazed Bunnyz concert on side 1 and a [[Johnny Quest]] concert on side 2. Marc Plainguet was not a member of Johnny Quest at that time. The band is listed as Crazed Bunnyz a.k.a. [[Johnny Quest]] for that release. The Corpqii Productions release was edited to be more concise. ------ ==== Blutgasse ==== 1988 [[Plan 7 Dist.]] Shaka - Vox\\ Futch - Vox, Axe, Keys, & TV\\ Rezzen - Analog Bass\\ Boxx - Rhythm Computation "Blutgasse" translated into German means "blood street". Shaka and Futch wrote the lyrics sitting outside of Knott's Berry Farm one night. - Blood Street - Days of our Lives - Shine, Your Scrambled - Yes, Thank You, I Will - No Ni**ers - Earth (the Demon Seed) - Letter from Kristin - Vomit - That Sucks - (and finally) Sex Nazi ------ ==== T.W.D.N.R.T.P.A.C.T.R.I. ==== 1989 [[Corpqii Productions]] - The Message - Killing of a Race - Shine, You're Scrambled - Physical Distortion - Interview This cassette is a release of the original Crazed Bunnyz demos recorded in Gadget's Garage along with an interview done for The Activist. "Before Marc Plainguet went solo, he was the keyboard player for a pop-punk act called the Crazed Bunnyz. This cassette-only release featured 4 songs by the band on side 1 and a lengthy interview with Plainguet and then bandmate [[mike_bing_futch|Mike Futch]] (aka: Bing Futch) on side 2. The interview was conducted by ACTIVIST publisher and journalist, [[Chris Yambar]]." (from [[http://www.yambar.com/audio/corpqiiarts.html]]) ------