Ooh Ahh was founded in 2002 as a rocknroll cover band to play in the Farmington High School Talent Show. We originally couldn't think of a name, but we had to write something down on the performer try-out application. We defaulted to a loud grunting noise that Lou Reed made in his cover of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy." Ooh Ahh was born.
A year later, Ooh Ahh returned to the Talent Show stage. If you recall, 2003 was the year of falling down on stage, yo no diggity marching bands, and "Remix to Andy Brown." We closed the talent show, though in our minds we had just played Woodstock, man. Those were the days.
In the summer of 2004, we reassembled, flipped some members, and expanded our repetoire beyond 2 songs. 5, count'em, 5 songs. This was the year after high school, the year of getting fired from that painting gig that I was bad at, and the year we dated teachers. We were a band of college aged musicians waging electric war against a bunch of high school aged punks. We won the Farmington Area Founder's Fest Battle of the Bands and played the mainstage the next day. There was nothing higher. Rockstars were we. We had the large novelty check to prove it.
In 2005, we reassmbled, retained our line up, and expanded our repetoire yet again. We beat more high school students in the Farmington Area Founders Fest Battle of the Bands, but I don't think they gave us another novelty check. They forgot to arrange for the Battle of the Bands to play on the mainstage, so we didn't, and we went our seperate ways back to school or whatever else we were up to.
In 2006, we got our kicks by playing on the mainstage. No Battle of the Bands. They just let us play because they forgot to do so last year. We played at 2:00 PM on Saturday afternoon. Yes, rockstars play at 2:00 PM. It was Sandy's birthday.
In 2007, Ooh Ahh, the live band, formed for a show at historic Cowley's and Son's in downtown Farmington. Thanks to a silly web survey that got John Waisanen's attention, we were able to land a gig on the Thursday night before Founder's Fest. For the first time, we played at a venue that served alcohol and did not allow anyone under the age of 18. It was SO much better than playing the teen center in the ice arena, though we'll be the first to admit that Cowley's was lacking in the zamboni department. For us, this was the be all end all of gigs. We played our 2 sets, took a break, and played more of the same songs we just played for all the drunk folks who had hobbled over from the Beer Tent. There was dancing, drunken merriment, rocknroll, Andy Brown cameos, and most importantly, Mr. Gold.
After that, Ooh Ahh the live band went seperate ways. Some members kept producing original music under the Funnelpants label. This shall forever be known as the Funnelpants era.
But now, Ooh Ahh is back. No longer a live band, Ooh Ahh is our brand name for all the creative stuff we put out. Ooh Ahh features a rotating cast of contributors that we hope will continue to grow. In the future, we'd like to showcase more audio, some video, and whatever else our peoples can put together.
Stay tuned and watch out. We just may blow your mind.
"Once an Ooh Ahh member, always an Ooh Ahh member."
