Legendary guitarist Frank Zappa once asked, “Does humor belong in music?” If Bob Knows Best has anything to say about it, the answer would be “Absofreakinglutely!”
Bob Knows Best’s humble beginnings started in a small theater in downtown Fullerton, CA in 2005, where a few acting buddies got together to play music for an after party following a theatrical stage premiere. After receiving cheers, applause, and general hyperactive encouragement for their performance, Bob Knows Best, or BKB for short, took their brand of “off-kiltercore” comedy music to local venues all over Southern California; The Troubadour, The House of Blues: San Diego, The House of Blues: Anaheim, Molly Malones, Club Good Hurt, Di’Piazzas, The Anarchy Library, The Stardust, The Gypsy Lounge, Hogue Barmichaels, and The Blue Cafe have all been exposed to the shenanigans of the sextet.
This lineup of silly miscreants is lead by the diamond-studded diaphragm vocal stylings of dual lead singers Escotchio Miguel and Graham “I Need a Nickname” Beightol and supported by four string fiend Jamison “Bass” Iovine, axe wielder/master of the glass and steel finger Ernesto “Kool-Aid” Mora, full-time skin beater Mark “Freak-Out!” Adams, and percussionist/exhibitionist Edmond Devore “The King of Excitement”.
In 2007, BKB had the chance of a lifetime: an opportunity to take part in the preliminary stages of Season 2 of the Bodog Music Battle of the Bands, which aired on Fuse. Pummeling huge crowds of local fans with side-splitting musical laughter, BKB made it all the way to the semi-finals, which took place in early 2008 at the House of Blues: San Diego in front of a panel of music celebrity judges, including Pinch, drummer of The Damned, who thoroughly enjoyed their performance. Sadly, no one in TV-land was graced with the pure awesomeness of these memorable BKB live shows. Due to legal issues with the Bodog Brand, Bodog Music was completely disbanded and the second season never aired.
2008 would only further propel BKB into new heights. Following a successful showcase at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, the boys started recording an EP in June at The Compound, a studio in Signal Hill known for their work with The Mars Volta. After careful, meticulous art planning, mixing, and mastering, along with assistance from their producer Phil Romo, bassist of LA band Intercept, “A #1 Ancient Chinese Food Fight” would be released to the public in late 2009 to pure ecstatic enthusiasm. 2009 also saw BKB play a dynamic performance at the Orange County Fair, a perfect example of how Bob Knows Best uses theatrical dynamics, unique costuming (in this case, classic wrestling characters), and energy to capture an audience. Fittingly, they played on the Main Stage right across from the Al’s Brain exhibit.
Currently, Bob Knows Best is performing in venues all across the Southwestern and Northwestern United States to show music goers that costumes, props, wild stage antics, unusual instrumentation like cowbells, washboards, accordions, and didgeridoos, and yes, even humor, belong in music.
