Timexx nasty
Timexx Nasty was born Michael Paul Seabaugh II in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His mother is a tribal council member and former Deputy Chief of the Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory. As a teen he changed his name to Timexx Nasty and began singing in bands at age 14. He recorded his first album with the Missouri based band StageCrew in 1987. The seven song demo was released in the USA but did very little. He moved on to bands like Tezer, Passion Play, and Forcer, none of which achieved much success outside his home state of Missouri. By 1991 he had joined the band Beggars Jury and recorded an album called "Like We Care" on Uncle Fetus Records. This was his first band to show signs of success. They opened for acts like Jim Dandy's Black Oak Arkansas, Blue Öyster Cult, and Foghat. The band's album featured 11 original songs and was shopped to major labels, and indepant labels around Memphis, Tennessee. However before the band could release its follow-up album "Like We Care", the music scene had changed and the 80s hard rock sound was discarded for the new grunge acts, and the band broke up. Timexx then found himself once again without band.
Nasty moved into several other local rock bands including a short stint with the Christian Rock act, Witness The Band. However, Timexx found the Christian music scene not to his liking, and began to formulate the start of his own band. And in 1994 he started the band Drivin Rain. This would be his first step towards music stardom. The band geared up with the EP releases "~LIMITED~" and "Blow Up Your Radio" followed by "Live & Limited"
Drivin Rain then released a series of albums and scored radio hits across the internet and XM radio sites. Drivin Rain opened for, and toured with, many national acts like; Skid Row, L.A. Guns, Nazareth, Steppenwolf, Saxon, Pat Travers, Jim Dandy & Black Oak Arkansas, Head East, Jackyl, Dokken, Eddie Money, Dangerous Toys, Keel, Vixen, XYZ, Tora Tora, Kingofthehill, [...] Beggars, Conquest, The Hollywood Allstarz, Every Mothers Nightmare,The Frank Hannon Band, The Kentucky Headhunters, Ronnie Lee Keel & Iron Horse, Rufus Thomas, Lee Oskar (of WAR), Christopher Cross, Classic Rock All Stars, and many others.
Drivin Rain also performed at many rock festivals like The Tommy Bolin Festival, City Of Roses Music Fest, River City Music Festival, Bonestock, Metal Fests, The Azalia Fest, Riverfest, The Spirit Of Oz Fest, Monster Of Mayhem, Main Street Meltdown, Heart For Life, and many others.
The band had signed recording deals with both Perris Records, and Retrospect Records, and released the full length albums "Drivin Rain" (2004) and "Delightfully Evil" (2006) and was most known for the songs "A Law Against Me", "Hellwater", "Teardrop In The Rain", "Get Lucky" and the hard rock cover of the Gov't Mule song "Drivin Rain". Of this song Timexx has stated "We did to Gov't Mule what Quiet Riot did to Slade".
But by the end of 2007 guitarist and longtime friend Tommy DeWolf had died. The future of the band was unclear. However, unwilling to give up, Timexx hired guitarist Michael "Peace" Stewart, who had worked with acts like TNT, Killer Dwarfs, and Mike Tramp of White Lion. Drivin Rain went on to do its biggest shows at the 2008 and 2009 South Texas Rock Fest, where they played alongside acts like Tesla, Queensryche, Y&T, Skid Row, UFO, Pretty Boy Floyd, Dokken, L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, Keel, Helix, The Godz, Firehouse, Jackyl, Bang Tango, House of Lords, The Rods, Stephen Pearcy (of Ratt), Bullet Boys, Axe, XYZ, Jetboy, Steven Adler (ex-Guns N Roses).
The band is currently writing songs for their next album "Acts Of Treason and Public Defiance" with plans for a 2011 release.
In early 2009 Timexx Nasty landed a short cameo part in the movie "Dark Road" along with fellow Drivin Rain member Skully Shemwell who has a starring role in the indie film.
In mid 2009 Timexx was asked to join Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell in his new band Herman Ze German (HZG), and performed at the 2009 Rocklahoma Music Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma along with the bands Ratt, Night Ranger, Jackyl, Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Keel, Warrant, Great White, Helix, Kix, Warrior, Vixen, Lizzy Borden, Anthrax, Anvil, Stryper, L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, Bonfire, and many other top hard rock bands. By the end of 2009 he started recording new music with Rarebell's new band HZG. At the end of 2009 Timexx spent a brief time singing for the St. Louis based band Strikeforce. He recorded a few tracks with Strikeforce, one song called "Are You Ready (Rock N Roll)". Was featured on a CD called "Lit Up: A Millennium Tribute to Buckcherry". As a member of Strikeforce they opened for Michael Schenker and MSG in St. Louis Mo.
In 2010 Drivin Rain signed with the Nashville, Tennessee. based FNA Records. And have plans to reissue the first two Drivin Rain albums. 2010 will also see the re-issue of the first Beggars Jury album. Along with the band signing Timexx Nasty was hired by the label as a A&R Rep. Timexx began doing work for the bands Tora Tora, Dirty Looks, Hawk, Black Oak Arkansas, Britny Fox, and has helped with signing several national acts to FNA Records.
Timexx along with his Drivin Rain have several CD releases planned for 2010 from FNA Records along with tour dates across the USA.
Discography
StageCrew
- DEMO (1986)
- Better Dead (1987)
- 1987 DEMOS Re-Issued (2004)
Beggars Jury
- ''Just Because We Can (1991)
- Like We Care (1992)
- ''Fast Track To Extinction (2010)
Drivin Rain
- City Of Roses Rocks 2000 (2000)
- 2Y2K (2001)
- ~LIMITED~ (2002)
- Blow Up Your Radio (2003)
- Live & Limited (2003)
- Drivin' Rain (2004)
- CapeScene vol 1 (2005)
- Delightfully Evil (2006)
- Perris Network vol. 1 (2006)
- Belly Of The Beast (2010)
- Drivin' Rain (2010 FNA Reissue)
- Delightfully Evil (2010 FNA Reissue)
- A Tribute To Whitesnake (2010)
- Acts Of Treason and Public Defiance (2011)
- Faded Glory: The Best Of Drivin Rain (2012)
Strikeforce
- Lit Up: A Millennium Tribute to Buckcherry (2009)
Herman Ze German (HZG)
- HZG: Top Of The Rock (2010)
References
External links
- Drivin Rain Band Homepage