CH I – In The Beginning… There Was Dynachrome.

Every band needs a beginning, and for BOMF! it was Dynachrome. Prior to 1993, Burnt Carnage (Brent) and Liable More Than Likable (Lyle) were friends and worked together in Eugene, Oregon. A few years earlier, Burnt (a punk with long hair) introduced Liable (a metal head with slightly long hair) to punk rock by taking Liable to his first show: D.O.A.. Liable then reformed his hair metal ways and started looking for a band to play with.

Before moving to Portland, Burnt played in a hardcore band called Yes Ma'am and Liable played in a punk band called 10 Steppin' Janes. Both guys were looking for a change, and it just so happened that Burnt's fiancé was moving to Oregon's largest city. Liable and Burnt had been to Portland a few times together and both loved the feel of the small big city.

Grunge hadn't quite broken yet, but the music scene in Portland was teeming with talent. Burnt and Liable were itching for something new and change wasn't easily had in the small confines of the home of the Oregon Ducks. Portland offered more music venues, both for the underage crowd and the beer swillers, and more bands to play with. In January of 1993, Burnt and Liable packed vans with all their belongs and met at an apartment on the hill near OHSU. The guys didn't have a drummer yet, but they had some songs they'd been working on, so they spent their time off from jobs in the burgeoning coffee scene writing new music.

Shortly before moving to PDX, Burnt had made friends with the guys from Witch Throttlegush & The Green Devils, a sludgy punk band from Portland. Witch Throttlegush played heavy songs with a tinge of Black Sabbath and Mudhoney, and had been booking shows in Portland for a couple of years. Burnt and Liable quickly befriended them and started looking for a drummer to round out a new, as of yet unnamed punk band. Before long, Burnt's friend Tym came into the picture.

Tym was an artist. His house was adorned with paintings, costumes, and sculptures that he had created. Tym was also a drummer and had an electronic kit set up in his house. The boys got together and floated the idea of a concept band that blended the industrial electronic sound of Ministry combined with the stage show of Gwar. Within a few days, Dynachrome was born.

To round out the band , Tym, Burnt and Liable enlisted friend Carl to sing. Carl loved to write poetry and loved metal and punk rock, so it seemed only natural that he write lyrics for the new endeavor. The one thing that nobody had considered was that Carl had no sense of rhythm or timing. Dynachrome put together 3 songs, rented a small room at The Palace (a former-defunct-warehouse-now-turned-condominiums in the Pearl District) and went to work.

Unfortunately… it didn't last long. Dynachrome was done within a few short weeks of starting. Although Tym's costumes were incredible, his drumming lacked the backbeat needed to play industrial or punk rock. As well, Carl could never wrap his head around putting the lyrics to anything that resembled an in-time rhythm. Liable had no patience for such nonsense so he talked Burnt into starting another band.

Within a few short weeks, Burnt and Liable were trying out a new drummer, Garcia, and putting songs and lyrics together for a straight up, old fashioned, fuck-you punk rock band. The only thing they needed next was a name.

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