The Taxpayers is tagged as: punk, folk punk, folk, portland, rock The Taxpayers started in the basement of The Slime House in St John’s, where Rob was living at the time. The Slime House was a pretty gnarly place; it was a former methhouse, infested with all sorts of creepy-crawlies and overall structurally unsound. After a couple weeks of practice (and beers and adorable dogs) we decided to throw a St John’s Food Not Bombs benefit show at The Slime House. We played some songs, fucked up a few, broke a ton of guitar strings, and probably gave a lack-luster performance. Through all our jack-assery, we somehow managed to make friends with two very important people to us: Zach and Michael Love. Zach started Useless State and Michael recorded our first two albums. We had a few more shows at The Slime House, cranked out some songs, and started playing around town. Then the eviction note came, boo. The landlord was selling the house; you’d have to be a fool to buy it. Rob, Mark, Ginny and Sasha (the doggie dog) moved out of The Slime House and into a new house, which they dubbed The Sea Shanty (in Kenton). The Sea Shanty became the new home of The Taxpayers. We threw a bunch of awesome shows, dealt with the cops a lot, and recorded Exhilarating News in the garage. It was an endless summer. Around the same time, we got an e-mail i... Read More About The Taxpayers Biography...  Send The Taxpayers ringtones to your cell
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