Warpigs Out!
I met Andy Warpigs at The Rogue Bar in Scottsdale, AZ sometime 2014/2015. This guitar player was rocking out so hard the guitar strap came loose. I lept on stage, pulled the strap around & fastened it. It was Andy who would pat me on the back as I jumped back down into the crowd nodding & smiling. At that moment, I had no idea this individual would end up becoming one of the most interesting biological entities I have ever had the pleasure of crossing paths with. A friendly face in a bar full of strangers.
We got to talking. Andy had chosen Timothy Leary for a Facebook name back then. Told me to look it up & send a friend request. So that’s what I did. Not long after that, we shared stages at The Rogue Bar, The Trunk Space (original location), Firehouse & downtown art parties thrown by our mutual partner in crime, Joe “Dagger Pan” Sawinski.
One of my favorite jam sessions I have ever had in my life was with both Andy & Joe at The Fountain Space, the name of Joe’s house on West Pierce, down the block from Grand Avenue Brewing Company. I was on drums, Andy the bass, Joe on guitar. It is times like this I wish we just recorded something on a phone. It was noisey, groovy, jazzy, punk, new wave, tribal, all at once. Loud as fuck.
We once joined a cult in Miami, AZ during the Miami Loco Art & Music Festival one year. We had to put stickers on our head in order to receive an offering of mushrooms. I am glad that my final memory of you is when you & Dadadoh walked into Chopper John’s that night while I Am Hologram was performing. I hadn’t seen you in over a year or two. While on stage I told the crowd “some of you may not know these names but you should. Andy Warpigs & Dadadoh ARE Phoenix art & it was an honor they wer both in the building”. Big applause for them. I thanked you for doing all that you do for the art of self expression. You will be missed Andy!
If you would like to help Andy’s mother with funeral expenses, please follow this link
May Andy’s music live on forever. Keep playing the music & the artist never dies.
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For more info check out this article from the Phoenix New Times by someone who knew Andy much more than I did. Another one from AZ Central.
Tomorrow night Dubs’ Private Reserve on KWSS will be playing Folk Punk Yourself in it’s entirety. 7pm Arizona Time.
Taken from Facebook. One of my favorite pictures of Andy. The artist with Joe Arpaio. The former sheriff looks so pleased.
Taken from Facebook. Andy trying to grab the microphone out of Riche Ramones’ hand during a show at Pub Rock Live
Shut The Fuck Up is my favorite song by Andy Warpigs. I remember watching Andy play this on ukelele at The Trunk Space. Everyone knew the song but me. Within a few moments, I caught on to the lyrics.
