STINKER Ohio's Most Dangerous Band!: The Story of a Band - and Guide to Starting Your Own

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN FIVE GUYS FROM OHIO DECIDE THEY WANT TO LIVE THE ROCK 'N' ROLL LIFE?You get STINKER - Ohio's Most Dangerous Band!Formed in Vandalia, Ohio, in 2001, STINKER wasn't created in a corporate office, assembled by a record label, or designed to follow whatever happened to be popular.It started with a simple question: "Why don't we start a band?"What followed was loud, dirty, hilarious, occasionally reckless, and completely unforgettable.In STINKER: Ohio's Most Dangerous Band!, Bradley J. Bergman-better known onstage as Johnny Rockstarr-takes you inside the real story of a group of musicians who built a band from the ground up.From hauling equipment into a house on Brown School Road while the neighbors wondered if Mötley Crüe had moved in, to practicing three hours every Thursday for an entire year, plastering the area with impossible-to-ignore hot-pink flyers, packing local venues, playing benefit shows, developing an unmistakable stage personality, signing with Vandetta Records Dayton, Ohio in 2011, and eventually putting STINKER's music onto streaming platforms, this is the story of what happens when a group of people refuses to quit making noise.But this isn't just a rock 'n' roll memoir.It's a roadmap.Between the stories, mistakes, shows and chaos are lessons for anyone who has ever dreamed about starting a band.You'll learn how to: - Find musicians whose strengths complement your own - Develop a sound instead of simply copying your influences - Turn rehearsal into a live show that looks effortless - Create a band name, image and identity people remember - Promote shows when nobody knows who you are - Turn an audience into a genuine local following - Work with venues, promoters and other bands - Handle recording, releases, streaming and merchandise - Understand band money and responsibilities - Survive disagreements, mistakes and changing expectations - Know what a record-label opportunity should actually mean - Build something that can last beyond one great nightIllustrated with photographs and artifacts from the STINKER archives, the book looks and feels like something that survived years of rehearsal rooms, clubs, spilled coffee, crumpled flyers and rock 'n' roll abuse.And underneath all of it is one lesson: DON'T COPY STINKER. COPY THE COMMITMENT.Find your people.Find your sound.Practice until the chaos looks effortless.Make mistakes. Learn from them.Give people something they'll remember.And whatever you do-MAKE YOUR OWN NOISE.