What's that name all about?

2009-10-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

O.K. We're out playing and I hand out a sticker to someone. Most often they say one of 3 things: a) "Where are you from?" b) "Can you say 'happy birthday' to my friend Melissa when you go back on?" c) "Where did you get that name from?"

Here's my attempt to answer these FAQ's:
a) The Quad Cities. It's Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa and Rock Island & Moline, Illinois. There are hundreds of little towns all round us. We've played most of them, or driven through them on the way to play in your town. Driving is fun.

b) Hey Melissa, your drunk friend says happy birthday. Again. Eventually she's going to tell you she loves you and start crying about what a great friend you've been to her. Hope you had fun on your birthday.

c) I'm Bob. My mom & dad named me. Apparently after a pitcher for a baseball team, or maybe a Kennedy, not sure. Superfly Samurai was named by Leo, Greg & myself. It was tough to come up with the name. Here was the process:
I come up with a brilliant name for our new band:
THE VINCE NEIL PEART SHAMPOO & CONDITIONER BAND

We start a web-site. We get letters from the lawyers of a) Vince Neil, b) Neil Peart, c) Pert Shampoo & Conditioner. All three lawyers say "NO."

We start working on another band name.
We consider:
THE HANDS OFF BAND
THE I USED TO THROW UP BAND
THE PIERCE ME KNOTS
and CAN I BORROW YOUR TRUCK THIS WEEKEND?

So then we remember that our great uncle used to get shot out of cannons in the circus. He would fly, ass-over-sunder and land in a net, get out of the net, take a swing at a clown, spin around and then pass out. It was a rewarding carreer. Anyway, when he was loaded in the cannon and ready to be shot out, they would yell "Superfly Samurai," and then light the fuse.

Or maybe we remembered that I used to live in Japan and once went to a castle where they trained Ninjas & Samurais. While there I tried explaining to the tour guide why Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka was the greatest wrestler of the modern era. She explained to me that she didn't speak english and that I was being disruptive. While being escorted out by two old dudes that were definately NOT samurais or ninjas I yelled all sorts of things. One of them might have been Superfly Samurai.

Or maybe we just like alliteration.

Anyway, we started playing shows as the band Superfly Samurai, and the name, like our stickers, stuck. That's the story. Or maybe it isn't.

WELCOME!!

2009-10-12T07:36:00.000-07:00

Here we are with the first Superfly Samurai blog posting....we are glad you joined us! The chill of fall is in the air, we broke out the gloves, scarves, thermal unies and space heaters for this weekends shows.(thanks to everyone who rocked out with us at the Mystique!) As I am unsteady with this new blog this will be very short, once I've published successfully, walked the dogs, raked the yard, changed guitar strings I will post at greater length! Take care-Leo (aka Afro Samurai)