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OLD SCHOOL PROJECTS



A space to remember some of our ancient projects from growing up in the 1990's



43 BOB



Formed in late 1994 by 14 year olds Eric Pleska, Ed Massena, and Julian Weber, 43 Bob wrote and recorded over 200 songs before disbanding after high school graduation in 1998. The band's first single "Constipated" and first full length cassette tape "It's Not Me, It's Definitely All of You" were sold at various local stores in Westchester County including Sam Goody and Tower Records. During their tenure, the band released several cassette tapes and produced around a dozen music videos which aired on local cable.


For better or worse, for the first time since the 1990s, the music of 43 Bob is available for you to check out.

A 22-track extended version of "It's Not Me, It's Definitely All Of You", is available on numerous digital platforms

including iTunes, Pandora, and Spotify.



Original 43 Bob cassette tapes from the mid 1990s



"It's Not Me, It's Definitely All Of You"



43 Bob now available on iTunes



t.A.p.o.u.t. zine





In the mid-1990s, when the phrase "cut and paste" referred to scissors and tape, Eric wrote and distributed his own independent magazine. From 1995 until 2003, the monthly punk rock-based fanzine featured interviews with musicians, actors, and fighters, concert reviews, album reviews, monthly columns, articles, and advertisements.



Regular features included the monthly "Verbal Diarrhea" column was essentially a blog before "blogs," and articles venturing off the scope of the music world and into the realm of conspiracy theories and the paranormal—a true mish-mosh of material. Eric titled his publication Taking Another Perspective On Usual Topics, abbreviated as TAPOUT.



Nearly 500 interviews were conducted for TAPOUT over the years, including: Joey Ramone, Iggy Pop, Ian MacKaye, Bad Brains, Green Day, NOFX, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, Bouncing Souls, KMFDM, Korn, H20, Fishbone, Less Than Jake, D Generation, Silverstein, Crown of Thornz, Dashboard Confessional, Debbie Gibson, Marla Sokoloff, Dan Severn, Josh Barnett, Pat Mastroianni, and more!



DISCONNECT THE DOTS






Eric launched a 30 minute recurring cable access program called Disconnect The Dots in 1995. The show aired once a month on Friday nights at 8pm through 1998 in White Plains, NY. The music based program was hosted by Eric an Ed (dressed as a grim reaper character in sunglasses named Juancisco), who were both 15 years old at the time.


Each variety show formatted episode featured a local musical artist performing in studio, followed by an interview, comedic skits, and random shenanigans. Each episode would close with a music video from Ed and Eric's band 43 Bob.






White plains, New York



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