Well, for all who are wondering where the hell The Verbs have been for the last month or so, we’re actually…no more. Well, not really “no more,” but definitely reincarnated in more ways than one. Read a bit more and I’ll explain everything:

The title “The Verbs” was trouble to begin with; after deciding on the name in the beginning, we did a MySpace search only to find another band in New York already had been using the name. However, we really dug it, so we decided to use it anyway. About two months ago, after a recent explosion of local interest in the band and realization of the online support we were receiving from our MySpace page, the other Verbs’ manager finally called us up and said the name had to go. Reluctantly, we changed the name. Sort of. The word “Redux” is latin for “brought back/revisited/returned,” so what better way to keep the same old feel of The Verbs than by simply adding a beautiful word to the ending. Even John Updike used the word in the title of his second book about Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom in the Rabbit Novels tetrology (Rabbit Redux). So, yes, we’ve got a new name: The Verbs (Redux). (Yes, the word redux does appear in parenthesis.)

Also, our MySpace page just up and disappeared a few weeks ago, so I made a new one today: www.myspace.com/theverbsredux

And what’s a new name without a new face to go along with it? Ben, our brave and determined bassist, who had been driving down to Springfield for weekly practices and shows all the way from Mizzou for the last nine months, also decided to call it quits at the beginning of April. Gas has gotten too expensive, and it just wasn’t worth it to him anymore, so he left. After a few days of thinking about what to do as a band, we were left with the overriding feeling that there was still a lot more music left in our bones. We decided to not let Ben’s absence keep us from proceeding, and we began the search for a bassist.

Enter Ryan Spilken.

Ryan Spilken, formerly/currently of Ilijiah, has been around the Springfield music scene for a while now (he’s twenty-eight, but don’t tell him I told you), and he’s got the goods to prove it. Ryan joined the band this week, and we finished our first practice tonight. Needless to say, I’m happy as a clam; he’s an amazing singer, musician, and songwriter, and he loves our tunes and style. Ryan’s really got his shit together–he learns SO FAST–and we couldn’t be more excited to have him aboard.

We’ve got out first show scheduled already–July 5 at The Outland. It’ll be Ryan’s debut with the band, and we’re already plugging away with new material for our second album, which we hope to record as soon as laster this summer.

The Verbs (Redux): New name, new faces, same music.

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This is the kind of stuff we love to see. Our friend Rob recently finished the trailer to a documentary he and his friend are about to film and gave us a heads up that he used Reset’s song “Monochrome” in the trailer (it comes on with about 2:30 left). This is why we’re going the Creative Commons route with our music. So filmmakers like Rob can feel free to use LemonDrop songs in projects without worrying about any hassles from us. We wish him and his friend the best and we can’t wait to see the finished doc. Good luck guys!

-Kevin and Chuck

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