BOMF

ars, but have remained pretty faithful to delivering their own brand of punk rock - political and angry, a little sing-songy, a little call-and-response, a little poppy... and a lot loud. was birthed in Portland, Oregon, in February 1993, from the ashes of a failed concept band called Dynachrome. Burnt Carnage (Brent), Liable More Than Likable (Lyle), and Mic Hole (Mike) took the wreckage, found a drummer, and decided that 3 chords and 150 beats per minute were more than adequate for playing music, thus... BOMF! put together a set list of 9 not terribly ingenious or good songs and began looking for shows in Portland. Within a few weeks, BOMF! got their opportunity. On a Saturday night, while practicing at The Palace (a turn of the century warehouse that was replaced by lofts in what's now called "The Pearl District"), the front desk guy got a call from the booker at the world famous Satyricon Club in downtown Portland. The booking guy was looking for a band that could play last minute in the cleanup slot (last). Since the guys in BOMF! had no life and nothing better to do than practice on a Saturday night, they jumped at the opportunity. hit The Satyricon stage after local crossover/metal favorites 90 Proof and proceeded to clear the packed room of everyone but a few friends and those souls who were too high or drunk to realize that 90 Proof had left the stage. With no stage presence among them, Liable and Chris (drummer #1) began insulting anyone left standing in between songs. The end result was BOMF! got their first show out of the way and Bruno, the booking person at Satyricon, offered them an opening weeknight slot the next month. There was no way the boys would pass up the chance to play again. kicked around the 1993 Portland punk rock scene, grabbing whatever shows they could weasel their way onto while writing new songs and figuring out how to play their instruments with naught but a little more precision. As the fall rains hit Portland, BOMF! suddenly found themselves without a drummer, as Chris suddenly quit. Fate often enjoys playing little games and at the same time they lost a drummer, The Satyricon offered BOMF! an opening slot for any show they boys wanted. Since the three drummerless members had no real roots tied to Portland, on a whim they up and moved to Sacramento, California, for a change of scenery and the possibility for a new drummer. Arriving in Sacto in October, the boys went to work with Tym on drums, whom they kidnapped on the way out of Portland. Unfortunately, Tym's drumming career was short lived with BOMF! as they decided they wanted to try out someone else. Marshall was a long time friend of Burnt Carnage's from Grants Pass and was a man of stout stature. He played drums like he was channeling John Bonham which led to a much heavier sound for BOMF!. With Marshall beating the skins with tree trunk like drum sticks, BOMF! slowed down significantly. After rounding out a set list of 14 songs, BOMF! hit the studio and recorded enough songs for a demo tape and 3 songs for a split 7" with their friends Witch Throttlegush & The Green Devils. While BOMF! tried to make a home of the local music scene, Sacramental proved a difficult egg to break. Instead, the boys concentrated their efforts on breaking into other scenes and preparing their return to the Pacific Northwest. quickly made friends with California bands, Cookie and SLiP, and played a number of shows up and down the I-5 corridor from Mid-California to Seattle, Washington, including several trips to back to Portland. Meanwhile, Burnt Carnage settled in San Francisco to finish mortician school. Following Burnt's graduation from mortician school mid 1995, he and LiableMoreThanLikable made plans to return to Portland. With Mic Hole deciding to stay behind and Marshall was already committed to family life, Burnt and Liable packed and headed north back to Oregon. On arrival, they picked up Drew Scarymore, a So-Cal transplant, on drums and decided to play as a 3 piece. quickly reestablished itself in the Portland punk scene and began playing shows around town, including The Satyricon and the newly reorganized EJ's. also headed into the studio to record and update some of their material with Drew on drums. Drew's drumming and the change to a 3 piece band brought back a more raw punk rock sound for BOMF! than what they had been doing in Sacramento. The boys put together a quick demo tape and began sending it out. In December 1995, BOMF! headed to southern California for a tour of the Los Angeles/Orange County scenes. Drew Scarymore had a lot of contacts in the Orange County scene and helped book several of the shows down south. After a successful 2 week tour of SoCal, the boys settled down and began working on building relationships with local bands and venues. Unfortunately, after the flood of February 1996, Drew could no longer play drums, so Burnt and Liable began looking for a replacement drummer. The search for someone to fill the drum stool didn't take long. Having played a few shows with Portland punk band Donut Hole Smile, Burnt and Liable found Little Stevie to fill in, and began playing shows around Portland. Little Stevie's roommate, Big Scotty (from Motherload), soon expressed interest in playing with the band. Burnt and Liable preferred the big sound of a two guitar front and liked having multiple singers and song writer, so Big Scotty quickly established himself as a full fledged member of BOMF!. Big Scotty had played in a number of bands and had a lot of contacts across Oregon and Washington, so BOMF! quickly gained access to the Seattle and Spokane punk rock scenes. With a new drummer and a new guitar player, BOMF! began to finally establish their sound: a mash of pop punk, Oi!, street punk, old school hardcore, skate punk. In the summer of 1997, BOMF! headed out for their biggest tour, a blistering, long, three and a half weeks, covering nearly every state west of Kansas City, Missouri. Upon return, the boys elected to take a break, which allowed Big Scotty to tour with his other band, Elmer. After a few months break, BOMF! returned with a new drummer, Jim, who they stole from Northern California punk band Three Out Of Four after playing with them when BOMF! was on tour. Being that the guys were dicks, they never let Little Stevie know they had replaced him and instead booked some shows and started playing leaving Stevie to found out through the grapevine that he had been replaced. In the end, Jim didn't stay long with BOMF! and departed to play drums in the Blue Ribbon Boys and later with long time BOMF! friends 800 Octane. During their time with Jim, they did hit the studio and recorded a few tracks, one of which was for the (at that time) upcoming Radical Records "Tribute To The Exploited: Punks Not Dead!". They also railed out a few songs to keep on the side while they continued to play both locally and throughout the Pacific Northwest. Once Jim decided to leave the band, BOMF! picked up El Presidente drummer Dylan and hit the studio to record "What's This S**t Called Love" for The Meatmen tribute compilation "We're Not The Meatmen But We Still Suck" on Crazy Bastard Records. By the time BOMF! hit 1999, Liable More Than Likable was burned out and Big Scotty was ready to move on and start another band. By the time October hit, the boys surprisingly announced their last show ever at EJ's. When it was all said and done, BOMF! had a catalog of over 30 songs including covers of The Business, The Exploited, The Meatmen, The Dictators, and D.O.A. (inadvertently). In 2006, long time BOMF! friends Kelly and Jason from Centaur Guitar asked BOMF! to play their summer parking lot show series "Centaurpalooza". reunited with Liable, Burnt, Scotty and Dylan and played a double set, one at Centaurpalooza and the other at a punk rock bar in downtown Portland. The band then reunited to play shows in 2007 and 2008 and released an anthology CD called "8 Years Too Late" which included most of they songs they recorded. After an 8 year hiatus, in 2016, BOMF! was asked to play the last of the Centaur Guitar parking lot shows (Centaurpalooza X - 10 Year Anniversary). reunited with Little Stevie returning to play drums. Big Scotty announced to the band that it was likely the last time he'd be able to play with BOMF! because he was moving to Spokane. With Scotty's departure, Stevie offered to move to guitar and Burnt recruited Jody from The Latter Day Sk**ks to fill in on drums. was given the opportunity to open for longtime band heroes D.O.A. at Dante's, so they got to work figuring out how to play all the old songs with a new lineup. Jody, being the wonderfully busy human she is, departed to focus on her other bands and Brandon from Hammered Grunts stepped in to fill the drum seat, bringing with him his hardcore punk prowess and his love of anything with an engine and poppy punk rock. Post pandemic (should we ever reach that stage), BOMF! is now writing songs and will soon record a full length album combining new and old songs alike. With Brent on bass, Lyle on rhythm guitar, Brandon on drums, and Stevie on lead guitar, BOMF! is looking forward to playing more shows with old friends and new friends alike, while hopefully bringing a little extra life to the very live and well PDX punk scene. And that, folks, is the long description of BOMF!