by DAN MALIN , ............I WAS 14 WHEN I FIRST PUT PEN TO PAPER TO TRY TO WRITE MY FIRST SONG , IT WAS TITLED " TOO MUCH THINKING " AND APPERS AS TRACK # 7 HERE ON THE NAKED HIPPY RECORDING .RECORDED FEB 6 , 1987 AND PAIED FOR WITH MONEY I HAD EARNED ON MY PAPER-ROUTE , I WAS ONLY 17 . I HAD NEVER OWNED A DRUM SET OR ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT . I THOUGHT IF I WANTED TO START A BAND A GOOD DRUMMER WAS PROBALY THE HARDEST MEMBER TO FIND AND I WAS INSPIRERED BY THE BIG AFICAN - LATIN DRUMS OF DAVID BARBAROSA OF BOW WOW WOW AND MANY PUNK BANDS AT THE TIME, MOSTLY BIG BOYS . WHEN I FINALY GOT STARTED WORKING WITH BARRY STEPPE THINGS STARTED TO COME TOGETHER . BARRY HAD ALREADY BEEN IN MANY BANDS INCLUDING NEGATIVE ELEMENT AND CAUSTIC DEFIANCE ,( THAT IS HE COULD ACTUALLY PLAY HIS INSTRUMENT) , I HAD A WAYS TO GO TO CATCH UP TO HIM , HE WAS ALSO 3-4 YEARS OLDER THAN I . IT WOULD BE A WHILE BEFORE NAKED HIPPY WOULD START PLAYING GOOD SHOWS , BUT BOTH ME AND BERRY ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO WORK ON , OF THE 22 STUDIO TRACKS , 7 SONGS WERE WRITTEN AS; BARRY WRITTING THE MUSIC ON HIS OWN AND DAN WRITTING LYRICS , 50/50 , WE SIPPLY PUT THEM TOGETHER,,,,,,,,,,8 OF THE SONGS AS ; DAN WRITTING LYRICS AND HAVING A BASIC IDEA OF SONG STRUCTURE OR HARMONY AND BARRY WOULD COME UP WITH GIUTAR PARTS (EVEN THOUGH I GET A LITTEL MORE CREDIT HERE HAVE NO DOUBT MY SONGS WOULD NEVER TURNED OUT THIS GOOD WITHOUT BERRY ) 3 SONGS BELONG TO BARRY ALONE , 2 SONGS SHASON HELPED ME OUT WITH "TRAPPED" AND " CONSERVATIVE FAG " . I (DAN) ONLY GET FULL CREDIT AND COPYRIGHT FOR 1 -- "ENQUIERER'--BECUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO HAVE A SONG BASED ON THE ONLY TWO SONGS I COULD PLAY ON PIANO "PETER PETER PUNKIN EATER AND 3 BLIND MICE (OF COURSE I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THIS WAS THE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM !) BARRY GRADUATED COLLAGE AN LEFT THE BAND I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME AND TOOK ON WRITTING BOTH MUSIC AND LYRICS , I WROTE 9 MORE SONGS FOR NAKED HIPPY BEFOR MOVING ON INCLUDING "NO TREND " AND "NOT WHAT IT'S WORTH " , THERE IS ALSO VIDEO OF N H PLAYING "AGGRESSIONS "AND "RIP-OFF" AND LOST TO HISTORY WAS "STIFF " " RED , WHITE AND BLUE " AND A FEW OTHERS I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER.EVEN THOUGH THE PRESSING OF THE 22 SONG ON TO VINYL BROUGHT WITH IT SOME GREED , UNVIELED JEALOUSY ECT. THAT WOULD LATER PUT A PERMANET END TO SOME RELATIONS AND THE MOST BIZAR FACT ABOUT THE LP THAT IT WOULD NEVER BE SOLD AT A LIVE N H SHOW ,NOT LOCAL OR OUT OF TOWN SHOWS ( WTF !!!!) REGAURDLESS THE BAND AND THE LP HAD A HUGE IMPACT IN OUR LITTLE SCEEN AND MENT ALOT TO MANY ,. FOR ME IT WAS THE BIGGEST PART OF MY TEENAGE YEARS .I CONTINUED WITH OTHER BANDS -- BADGER BOYS-- WHERE THE RECODINGS OF "NO TREND "NOT WHAT IT'S WORTH "ARE FROM (SEE BADGER BOYS PAGE ) AND MOST WELL KNOWN IMPETIGO...