Mystery Band 2008

mystery band is a worcester activity in which everyone who is interested in being in a band submits their name and contact information (and any previous musical experience) to a central organizer, who then organizes the list of people into however many five or six person bands. these bands are given a certain amount of time (usually 2 months) to have a few practices and write between 5 and 20 minutes of original material that is not a waste of everybody's time. improvisation is prohibited. participants need not have any prior musical experience, just the desire to be in a band and the ability to step up. mystery band culminates in a series of shows for all the bands that pulled it off.

I Am Sexy Russian Girl ;) perform "Glenn Gould Goes to Leningrad" at the Worcester Mystery Band 2008 show. This clip appears in Snow Ghost Community Show #21.

Vladimir Puto perform at the Worcester Mystery Band 2008 show. This clip appears in Snow Ghost Community Show #21.

Flea Dirt and the Mail-Order Cowboys perform "Nancy Jane" at the Worcester Mystery Band 2008 show. This clip appears in Snow Ghost Community Show #21.

I Am Sexy Russian Girl ;) perform "Dead Guy Ale" at the Worcester Mystery Band 2008 show. This clip appears in Snow Ghost Community Show #21.

Three Buck Schmucks perform at the Worcester Mystery Band 2008 show. This clip appears in Snow Ghost Community Show #21.

The French Letters perform "Pollenate Me" at the Worcester Mystery Band 2008 show. This clip appears in Snow Ghost Community Show #21.

Performed by Flea Dirt and the Mail-Order Cowboys, Mystery Band 2008. This clip was omitted from the Snow Ghost edit of the show.