Fiddycentdraft Lafayette band whore awards

Ok, I don't mean groupies who sleep with band members. I mean musicians who were in a zillion bands. A recent post got me thinking about how many frigging bands a lot of the people I knew had been in. Some people seemed like their mission was to join as many bands as possible.

Thusly, I present to you a ranked list of who were the biggest heauxs, at least in the up to about 1999 period. It's based on the Lafayette band page info, which isn't complete, so it's probably not particularly accurate. I expect that there are numerous guys from hardcore bands that could easily top this, especially considering that the usual lifespan of a hardcore band seemed like it was about 2 weeks.

There are the usual suspects, and a few surprises. I had my money on Steve Miller, but he isn't even in the top five. And Deshazo doesn't even make the list?? How can this be? I think Urbosleeks should have been named the Lafayette Band Heaux Allstars. Between the five of them, I count 19 other bands that they were also in. I'm not on the list (I was a wannabe slut.)

The only requirement here is that the ho suspect must have played at least one show with the band under the pretense of actually joining the band (and not just as a guest musician.) Scott Emmer and Brian Fruge top the list as Class 7 Heauxs, with Chris Cart, Jason Robira, and Ricky Williams right behind them at Class 6 heaux-ness. It's a regular band ho photo finish, folks! I expect that new info and litigation could change these results considerably.

Here are the lucky winners:



Reigning champions Scott Emmer and Brian Fruge. If you're going to let them join your band, make sure you wrap that rascal. They've been with everybody.
7 Scott Emmer: Afangulo, The Finished, Flesh Logs, Nihilist Stormtroopers, Rare Avis, Sanpakus, Toxic Youth
7 Brian Fruge: Afangulo, Bubba Daddy, Flesh Logs, Sanpakus, Sound, Toxic Youth, Urbosleeks



Runner-ups: Level 6 heauxs Chris Cart, Jason Robira, and Ricky Williams.
6 Chris Cart: Awesome Possum, Bubba Daddy, Otis, Reality On Trial, Snufflix, Toxin III
6 Jason Robira: Brown Idol, Fountainhead, Full Hank, Sanpakus, Slow Motion, Urbosleeks
6 Ricky Williams: Afangulo, Blitzkrieg, Bubba Daddy, Otis, Piece Core, Santeria


Here are the rest of the results. Basically it's people who were in at least three bands before they got out of Dodge. I left the people with 2 bands on the list because I suspect they were in a lot more bands than that. Anyway, I think 3 or 4 bands is probably your average musician heauxocity, so to really become a heavy hitter of heauxitude, you've probably got to be at least a fiver.

5 Steven Miller: Fountainhead, Hekatomic Cherries, Meat Dingys, Smites, Urbosleeks
4 Fluid Broussard: August Spies, Fountainhead, Strawboss, Urbosleeks
4 Bernard Pearce: The Finished, Frigg-a-go-go, Slow Motion, Yellow Dye #5
4 Jean Torres: Liplovers, Oktober Groundfly, Rare Avis, The Ryans
4 Jason Trahan: Fountainhead, Rare Avis, Three Guys Plumbing, Urbosleeks
3 Wes Bennett: Afangulo, Blitzkrieg, Piece Core
3 Andre Bienvenue: Bubba Daddy, Sanpakus, Stan Brundy Function
3 Chris Breaux: Gin and Tonics, Heads of State, Stitch
3 Jay Burton: Dire Wood, Hekatomic Cherries, Meat Dingys
3 Benny Hasha: Bluerunners, Heads of State, Stitch
3 Krishna Kasturi: Bubba Daddy, Santeria, Zen Bastards
3 Steve Kerin: Brittle Star, Megatron Jones, Smaug
3 Mike Mcbane: Blind Cavefish, Bluerunners, Brown Idol
3 Scott Olivier: Blind Cavefish, Kevin Sekhani Band, One Hand Clapping
3 Ryan Pankratz: Afangulo, Icepick Revival, Santeria
3 Jay Torres: Oktober Groundfly, Rare Avis, The Ryans
3 Kenny Vallot: Chronicles of Hate, Resent, Zen Bastards
2 Chris Deshazo: Frigg-a-go-go, Heads of State
2 Danny Devillier: Blind Cavefish, Smaug
2 Goose: Heads of State, Stitch
2 Jared Sonnier: August Spies, Chainsaw Sex Vikings
2 Supersex: Afangulo, August Spies

Who will unseat Emmer and Fruge from their his/her thrones?