The Story Of The Steve Yanwie and Joe Spiegelman Project

The Story Of The Steve Yanwie and Joe Spiegelman Project

It all began sitting on a bench with my friend Josh, we saw in the courtyard of a little park that there was a couple fighting. They were fairly disheveled, and most likely hobos. The woman was screaming and actually threw a smoothie at the man. She was yelling, "Fuck Joe Spiegalman, I don't want to fucking go to Joe Spiegalman's House!" The man subsequently asking back, "Please baby, come on. Let's just go to Joe Spiegelman's, come on." which was immediately returned with a boisterous, "Fuck Joe Spiegelman, I don't wanna fucking go to Joe Spiegelman's house!"

The two it seemed had agreed to meet at this location to hang out for two hours and at the hour and a half mark or somewhere thereabouts the man wanted to go to Joe Spiegelman's house. The young lady was not amused. They eventually walked off screaming at each other some more with some more profanity and yelling mixed in. The phrase that really stuck was "Fuck Joe Spiegelman" I mean the guy didn't do anything wrong that was apparent from the conversation. I mean he just wanted someone to hang out with as far as we know. So, I turned to Josh and told him that we should redeem the name of Joe Spiegelman with a band at some point and time. We continued on, thinking nothing of it and regarding it as one of those times where you say, "Hey this should be our band name." Which I feel happens quite frequently when you don't have a band name.

A couple months later I was on a train to Albany and as I was moving along the rails I looked out to the right and saw a building spanning at least 100 feet with the words "FUCK STEVE YANWIE" from one side to the other. I can't imagine what the guy could've done to deserve that kind of advertisement against his name. It recalled the Joe Spiegelman incident but didn't really last long because what really stuck with me about the Joe Spiegelman extravaganza was the repetition of the "Fuck Joe Spiegelman." So I kind of dismissed it, but then another 1/2 mile or mile down the tracks there it was again, plastered across another huge building in the same giant block letters, "FUCK STEVE YANWIE" and I was like well, all righty. I have my band name and the Steve Yanwie and Joe Spiegelman Project was born. I have vowed to redeem these two men whether they were drug addicts or drug dealers or con-men or a misunderstood simpleton, I will do my best to redeem their souls through the cosmic force of music.

There's a little more to the story but perhaps maybe I'll make a concept album to reveal the rest of it. Until then, please enjoy my low-tech, first attempt at musicality. I promise for Steve and Joe's sake, to improve. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to email them to me at goingonawhim@gmail.com.

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