Stroke 9 is a band that was formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989. The success of their first hit song "Little Black Backpack" really boosted their careers. Their third album "Nasty Little Thoughts" went gold in 2000. The single "Kick Some Ass" from the album "Rip It Off" was featured in the movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The song also became associated with 9/11, as an angry response. The "her" could be considered to be America. Their music can also be heard in other movies and in TV shows such as Malcolm In The Middle.

History

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The band actually formed due to a "Rock Band" class at Marin Academy in San Rafael, just north of San Francisco. In 1990, as a project, the class went to Jim Reitzel's Right Sole Studio in Kentfield, California. They produced a demo containing five songs, including "Blindness", "Wild", and "Dream Song". After Spring that year, the Rock Band seniors,

• Luke Esterkyn (Guitar and Vocal)
• Greg Gueldner (Drums)
• Tom Haddad (Bass)
• Kirsten Stromberg (Keyboard and Vocal)

took their final half-semester off during Senior Project to form the band Stroke 9 for full credit. They set up in Luke's basement and started writing songs for their next demo.

Stroke 9 had their first "official" live performance at Cafe Nuvo in San Anselmo. They split up for the summer and didn't get back together until the summer of 1991. However, Tom Haddad and Kirsten Stromberg had no desire to revive Stroke 9. Therefore, Luke and Greg recruited old schoolmates John McDermott and Stephen Heath. They moved from the basement to the garage, and played publicly anywhere that they could.

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Just met a man that had a stroke 45 years ago when he was 9.
stevelpatterson (Steve L. Patterson) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:47:20 -0000
Just met a man that had a stroke 45 years ago when he was 9.
RT @TheCanucklehead: @ThatKevinSmith Just wanted to say thanks for your part in Stroke 9's Kick Some Ass video. I forgot all about that ...
stroke9 (Stroke 9) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:50:25 -0000
RT @TheCanucklehead: @ThatKevinSmith Just wanted to say thanks for your part in Stroke 9's Kick Some Ass video. I forgot all about that ...
RT @GangNaija: @darey @LaDoosh guess who's bout to 'stroke u' tomorrow live on 99.9 Kiss fm http://myloc.me/1VlEj
darey (Dare Art Alade) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:31:26 -0000
RT @GangNaija: @darey @LaDoosh guess who's bout to 'stroke u' tomorrow live on 99.9 Kiss fm http://myloc.me/1VlEj
@darey @LaDoosh guess who's bout to 'stroke u' tomorrow live on 99.9 Kiss fm http://myloc.me/1VlEj
GangNaija (Tyeng Gang) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:09:19 -0000
@darey @LaDoosh guess who's bout to 'stroke u' tomorrow live on 99.9 Kiss fm http://myloc.me/1VlEj
@ThatKevinSmith Just wanted to say thanks for your part in Stroke 9's Kick Some Ass video. I forgot all about that song for a while. Epic.
TheCanucklehead (Dustin Blechschmidt) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:42:01 -0000
@ThatKevinSmith Just wanted to say thanks for your part in Stroke 9's Kick Some Ass video. I forgot all about that song for a while. Epic.
LOL Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back!! So There! :: Stroke 9 – Little Black Backpack ♫ http://blip.fm/~hdhvf
romanus (Romanus) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:15:53 -0000
LOL Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back!! So There! :: Stroke 9 – Little Black Backpack ♫ http://blip.fm/~hdhvf

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