Tub Ring

Infobox musical artist
Name = Tub Ring


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Origin = Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genre = Rock
Experimental rock
Punk rock
Years_active = 1992–present
Label = Invisible Records
The End Records
Associated_acts = 3-2-1 Activate!
Super 8-bit Brothers
Mindless Self Indulgence
URL = [http://www.tubring.com/ tubring.com]
Current_members = Kevin Gibson
Trevor Erb
Rob Kleiner
Chris Wiken
Jeff Enokian
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Tub Ring is a Chicago based rock band.

Biography

Tub Ring formed in 1992 as a high school punk band.

The band really took form with addition of keyboard player Rob Kleiner, who spent his teenage years following around the band Mr. Bungle. With Kleiner added to the band, Tub Ring adopted the similar sounds of Mr. Bungle. Mr. Bungle guitarist Trey Spruance took note of Kleiner's passion and creativity and ended up producing their first official full-length.

Eventually, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tub Ring associated with Dog Fashion Disco and Mindless Self Indulgence. For example, Rob Kleiner filled in for Mindless Self Indulgence's injured Guitarist, Steve, Righ?, on the road in 2004 and 2005.

On December 10, 2005, Tub Ring came in second place during MTV2's "Dew Circuit Breakout" competition. Tub Ring performed two songs throughout the competition including "Future Was Free" as well as a cover of Justin Timberlake's "Rock Your Body".

On October 17, 2006, it was announced that the band had signed with the experimental metal/rock record label The End Records on the label's official website. The band released their album, "The Great Filter".Ref|End_filler on the first of May, 2007.

Touring Regimen

The band have toured relentlessly over the years and have shared the stage with acts such as: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Foxy Shazam, Clutch, Mindless Self Indulgence, Dog Fashion Disco, Black Light Burns, Horse the Band, Plain White T's, Kill Hannah, Wesley Willis, and more.

Tub Ring are also known for their stage shows, purportedly intense and energetic enough to result in injury to the performers (for example, incorporating a tazer [http://www.piercingmetal.com/concert_sleepytime_081707.htm] ).

In January 2008, the band was invited to perform at the Sundance Film Festival as part of a Green Initiative sponsored event. The concert footage is to be broadcast on PBS and MSNBC outlets across the US.

Future

The band has stated, in interviews, that they are currently working on another album.

Rob Kleiner Other Work

In 2005, Rob Kleiner released his first solo album, No Eyes. On February 13, 2007, Rob released his second, and latest solo EP, Doctor Sleep.

In addition to his solo work, he's one of the main contributing members of Edison's Arm, and has scored several films, including Ending The Eternal, the feature documentary Working Class Rock Star, and Steve Balderson's Watch Out (film).

Discography

Demos

*"Stupid Pet Tricks" (1992)
*"Music for the Bathroom" (1993)
*"...And the Mashed Potato Mountain Etiquette" (1995)
*"Super Sci-Fi Samurai Rockstar Ultra Turbo II (ver3.6)" (1997)

Albums

*"Drake Equation" (June 12, 2001)
*"Book of Water" (December 5, 2001)
*"Fermi Paradox" (October 15, 2002)
*"Zoo Hypothesis" (August 17, 2004)
*"The Great Filter" (May 1, 2007)

DVDs

*"Optics and Sonics" (September 13, 2005)

Note

# — [http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=592&Itemid=49 The End Records Press Release] .
# — [http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=629&Itemid=49 The End Records Press Release 2] .

External links

* [http://www.tubring.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tubring Myspace]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/tubring Purevolume]
* [http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=612&Itemid=38 The End Records Band Page]
* [http://www.workingclassrockstar.com/ Working Class Rock Star (documentary feat. Tub Ring)]