Veterans of the Kiss era, the seedlings of future Scheiss were planted in 1977 in the fertile, dung-ridden fields of New York City. It was in that glorious bastion of urban dehumanization that the three founding members - Fester Spunk, Scrud Palloy and Prunehead Guru - met at an exclusive, brutal, and uninspiring private school for boys.

As legions of teenagers before and since have done, the three took up instruments - fake ones constructed in woodshop class - and lip-synched to Kiss records. Like smoking marijuana leads to heroin, these fake instruments inspired the acquisition of a fine Leonardo drum set ("finest quality made in Japan"), Magnatone Tornado guitar, and a Univox bass. Many would argue that these “real” instruments were nothing more than toys.

But spark spread to flame, and finally after a journey of over 30 years that flame spread to the conflagration that is now Scheissfinger. It has been a journey of over 30 years.

Prunehead, Scrud and Fester do not stand in confrontation with the world alone, however. It takes a special, subtle vision to see the Scheissfinger mission, and many operatives have joined the project, to preach the Gospel of Scheiss.

Some "FUN FACTS" About

The Band & Their Accomplices

	Prunehead Guru Prunehead Guru grew up on the streets of 1960's San Francisco...at least that is what his parents told him. Sporting a beard and afro from the age of 6 months, he looked mature, but small. When he was seven years old his friends joked that they actually lived in New York City, not San Francisco. Once he believed them, it became true, and Prunehead realized he had an uncanny ability to shape both the noumenal and phenomenal realms. He then ran away and joined the Cootsy Bollins’ Freak Circus, where he starred as “The Man with Hair all Over.” It was an inspiring time of his life, a persona developed akin to a child mutation of Rob Halford and George Clinton. Not content with the circus, he returned to New York, where he hooked up with Fester Spunk and Scrud Palloy. They traded guitars and girlfriends, the seed for Scheissfinger sprouting. Following a decades long stint of LSD, meditation, travel, hunting funkosaurus, graduate school, rejection by the US Air Force, and various jobs, Prunehead found his way to Scheissfinger, where once again he is where he belongs - in a freak circus starring as the “Man with Hair All Over.” A sensitive guy, Prunehead is polite and endearing, especially when he needs someone to change his diapers. more...
	Scrud Palloy Scrud Palloy, regarded as the wild child of the Palloy dynasty, decided to stop going to school at the age of seven. He felt he had wasted enough time with "their" educational system. His parents couldn't argue, as he cited too many valid points of contention. At age fourteen, he began mastering the trap set and the ELECTRIC guitar. Eventually he found himself involved in the arts, dishwashing, retail, security, etc. He has toured the world and cites Norway and Italy and of course, the Netherregions - we mean, the Netherlands - as his favorites. He enjoys the simple things; performance, good humor, and of course, the ladies. He has no enemies, though he is slightly feared by new mothers at the grocery store, or the mall, who don't know any better.
	K-nob Johnson Almost a troubled child television star, K-Nob failed the audition to replace Jeremy Gelbwaks in the Partridge family. It didn't help that he couldn't play drums, the fact the show had been off the air for several years, or that he was (at that time) older than dirt for the part. Other parts he auditioned for but did not get: "Cousin It" on the new new new new new Addams family television series (too tall), and the Leonardo Di Caprio part on "Growing Pains." When he saw that Sen. Robert Byrd played the violin, K-nob then headed into politics, thinking that there was a definite need for more and better musicians in our political system. His thinking was that world peace could be achieved during one big political jam of "I Shall Be Released." Though altruistic, he was wrong. Realizing politics and music do not mix, K-Nob then wandered into the U.S. Army recruitment center and was escorted out in a matter of minutes. The following years saw K-Nob honing the skills of muted guitar, silent piano, and fake accent singing. First busking on the streets in rural towns, he eventually migrated towards New York City making it as far as somewhere outside of NYC but closer to Ohio. Here he was spotted by former neighbor Fester Spunk (K-nob lived next door to Phil Ramone at one time) who was jealous that the length of K-nob's hair was longer than his, but also noted the brilliance of the muted guitar and dragged him into the world of Scheissfinger.
	Fester Spunk Fester started out in DollyWOOD as a body double for Vietnamese porn star Sukemcok Bootylicious. After several embarrassing incidents Fester was actually asked to compose music for these films instead (he was contracted to work on the projects by then) and from that landed several commercial jobs. Perhaps you remember the jingle “Remote Moonflash Contextualizer: It Keeps the Cockroaches Away!” Since then, he has produced several self-involoved naval gazing epic CDs and worked with rapper MC Mid-Life Crisis before the tragic incident with the blow drier. Fester spent several years as Phil Ramone’s lawn jockey, and can boast that he once passed Pat Metheny in a hallway. He currently lives with his ex-wife until he can get his own apartment and kick his addiction to Phenobarbital that dates back to his army days - which numbered two so the government has approved his calling them “days” instead of “day.” He likes long walks on the highway, small rodents, sorting socks, and playing catch with the neighbor's pet python. Fester is age old friends with the rest of the band members, when he is fortunate enough to remember who they are. more...
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