"This band started putting up posters that were just...

"This band started putting up posters that were just hilarious. One was MR. EPP AND THE CALCULATIONS: GREATER, BIGGER, LOUDER THAN THE GRATEFUL DEAD. Some of their other great taglines were LOUSIER THAN BOB DYLAN and LESS CREATIVE THAN JOHN CAGE.

"Dennis White and I were watching these flyers go up and we're like, 'We gotta figure out who these guys are.' But there was no phone number on the flyers, no dates. And one day we were walking down First Avenue, and we saw some kids putting up a...