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Turbo Pascal: Dusting Off Songs From Yesteryear

 

Turbo Pascal formed in the summer of 1995.  Yes,  1995.  Guitarist Michael Marty,  bassist Danny John,  drummer James Treichler and I all met while attending MacArthur High School in the soy bean capital of the world,  Decatur, IL.

After spending countless hours driving around between Pizza Hut and Holiday Inn bus boy shifts expanding our musical horizons to the likes of Screeching Weasel,  Rancid,  Pennywise and XTC,  Mike and I were inspired to start a band of our own.  We got to work with the goal of writing catchy songs that fell in line with the guitar driven anthems of our heroes.  James joined the band after witnessing my failed attempt to do a kick flip on a skateboard wearing work boots. But wait, there’s more!…