Shortly after forming BOMF!, Mic Hole, a friend of Liable More Than Likable and Burnt Carnage from Eugene, showed up on the front porch of their SE Hawthorne home and proclaimed, “I heard you needed another guitar player”… then promptly moved into the attic space outside of the upstairs bedrooms without waiting for an answer. Mic was exactly what BOMF! needed to round out their sound.

Mic Hole brought humor and a heavier, more grungy sound to BOMF!. Burnt tended to lean towards songs that were either cross-over/thrash or surf-inspired, and Liable tended to write songs that were angry and either poppy or straight hardcore. The addition of Mic Hole included songs that were either silly or thicker or both. Having three lead singers with three different songwriting styles meant that BOMF! had a little bit of an identity crisis.

The saving grace was that BOMF! had Garcia on drums. Garcia, an ardent fan of GG Allin, loved punk rock and loved being able to flip the bird at society in general. Garcia’s rapid fire drumming ensured that BOMF! stayed on punk rock target… especially with his constant threats to shove a drumstick up his ass when we played on stage. Alas, that never happened, at least not at a BOMF! show.

By the time BOMF! was ready to play shows the boys were all happy with the name, although some confusion remained as to whether the name was an onomatopoeia or an acronym. There was also some confusion as to whether or not the name had an exclamation point at the end. Bunch Of Mother Fuckers was the name Liable was shooting for. Burnt, on the other hand, was all in for BOMF!, a word that conveyed a sound. This debate lasted well past their first show.

1993 Burnt, Liable, Mic Hole & Garcia