February 17, 2024

ALL MESSED UP XII SCHEDULE
Friday 2/16
8:00 J3D
8:40 Brown Water Rations
9:20 The Lucky 13
10:00 Due Tomorrow
10:40 Slutty Shel Silverstein
11:20 Sweaty Mannequin
12:00 Sungazer
12:40 The Cheeseheads and Mary Jane

Saturday 2/17
8:00 Kalospia
8:40 Bathrobes ‘n’ Boxers
9:20 The Bag Lickers
10:00 Mystery Planet
10:40 FEMINIOD
11:20 Schroedingers’ Pizza Place
12:00 ROCKODILE
12:40 Cryptids

It’s the officially the 12th year of All Messed Up, Milwaukee’s annual randomized musical experiment! The drawing was fantastic! Thank you to everyone who showed up, signed up, brought food– y’all killed it with the food this year!!– and offered to help with anything needed. I adore and appreciate ALL of you.

There were a handful of people not at the drawing. If you didn’t get your missing band mate contact info at the drawing, or if you cannot reach someone (it’s possible I screwed something up too!) please get in touch with me.
I’ll recap the rules once more here in case anyone needs a refresher…
♫ There are a total of 16 bands, consisting of 4 people each. The bands will perform over a two-night showcase at Linneman’s Riverwest Inn on Friday February 16th and Saturday February 17th (8 bands each night). Each band needs to come up with a 15–20-minute set of original music and ONE cover song. The event takes place in a bar and is therefore 21+ only.

♫ Every year has an added stipulation that is like an extra challenge …. this year’s challenge is that your band must use props AND/OR costumes that relate to your band name or music somehow. Its pretty simple and pretty wide open as far as where you can go with that– If you don’t understand the challenge, please contact me for more explanation.

♫ If someone drops out of your band for whatever reason- DON’T PANIC. Think of it as an opportunity to team up with someone who isn’t a quitter, or if you choose– continue on with just existing members, a chance to be a trio, or a duo, or even a solo if that’s your vibe?
should you need to drop out contact me and your band. Should you want a replacement- Contact me, and I will randomly draw from the reserve list and get you and your new bandmate in touch. We have a few reserves now who are just waiting to be your next bandmate, but the list isn’t currently super long. If we run out of reserves- Think of this as motivation to recruit some reserves and do everything you can to make shit with your existing band mates work.

You may not recruit others from outside specifically for your band. You may not swap members with other bands.
You may not quit a band and sign up again as a reserve in the same year.
you CAN quit and come back next year in a band, and everyone is welcome at the shows always. Also, if you need to drop out of your band, please let me and your band know as soon as possible.

♫ Each band must name itself by Friday January 5th at 11:59pm. This must come in the form of a Facebook message, email, text message, or written on paper. If you do not submit a name, I will name your band for you. No amount of begging or excuses will change my mind. By this date, I also need to know if your band can only play one of the two nights. I’ve got to make the schedule and get posters made, etc…but I will try my best to accommodate bands with a schedule conflict. I’m juggling 16 bands so please keep show date requests to real conflicts– not just because you don’t want to play a certain night. Once the schedule is made, I will not change it. There’s plenty of time to plan ahead.

♫ To keep things running smoothly, there will be shared equipment on stage each night. After the schedule comes out (after band names are in), I will begin asking for volunteers who want to offer up their gear. The following will need to be provided:
– 1 Drum set
– 1 Guitar amp ( there are 2 on stage I will be providing one of them but we need one more)
– 1 Bass amp
– Linneman’s PA system and mics.
I know not every band fits this exact setup, but it works for most people. Jim can also run instruments directly through the PA. You should bring your own instrument cables, pedals, picks, drumsticks, etc.. Jim has Vocal mics for us to use however if you’d like to bring your own feel free. As in past years drummers have been asked to bring their own sticks and cymbals. If you want to share drum gear, thats cool- but work it out on your own. More on that once the schedule comes out.

♫ If anyone would like to still sign up on for the reserve list, WE NEED YOU!!!!! just message me via my Facebook, the AMU FB page, or email me (Jess) Olivekroha@gmail.com with your name, pronouns, email, phone number, and the name(s) of anyone who you absolutely cannot be in a band with (these requests will be honored and kept confidential).

I can’t tell you how much the energy at the drawing warmed my heart and soul. You all are fantastic, beautiful, amazing creative humans and I can’t wait to see what awesome chaos you all create this year.
With all the new sign ups I’m happy to help if you hit a road block on your new band adventure. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
and without further babbling …here’s the line up!
xoxo
-Jess

ALL MESSED UP YEAR 12 ROSTER:
Band 1: Cryptids
Gabe Fritz
Billy Williams
Ian Schmidbauer
Conrad King

Band 2: Due Tomorrow
Robert Anderson
Jacob Wild
Sam Alberts
Mary Beth Collins

Band 3: Sungazer
Cory Tcheng
Tyler Burmeister
Harley Jensen
Robert Sinkey

Band 4: ROCKODILE
JUKE
Johnathan Howard
Brittany Johns
Benn Rousseau

Band 5: Kalospia
Nicholas Di Meo
TW Hansen
Arielle Mayer
Allyn Lottouzee

Band 6: Brown Water Rations
Patrick Havican
Zacke Lyons
Crystal Rausch
Stephen Cerulean

Band 7: Bathrobes ‘n’ Boxers
Ben Clark
Brandon Chapin
Naomi Seiler
Hannah Pardee

Band 8: Schroedingers’ Pizza Place
Araelee Berberich
Garrick Jannene
Jacob McElrone
Pippin Caroline Walker

Band 9: Sweaty Mannequin
Steph Barnard
Jacob Otten
Joel Kasza
Stephen VIncent Anderson

Band 10: The Bag Lickers
Jasmine Mace
Casey Nieznanski
Gary Struck
Mar Morannon

Band 11: J3D
Dave Lucas
James Murray
Jamie Sodd
James Melchior

Band 12: Mystery Planet
Ian York
Jess Kroha Anderson
Hope Wernicke
Orin Alexander

Band 13: The Lucky 13
Charlie Shields
Brittany Schwartz
Drew Prusko
Joshua Preston

Band 14: FEMINOID
Lupe Gomez
Natalie Walkner
Izzy Veta
Rachel Orheim

Band 15: Slutty Shel Silverstein
Thomas Janczewski
Erica Veto
David Rangel
Todd Schmidt

Band 16: The Cheeseheads and Mary Jane
Tom Groff
Dan Kimpel
Brian Johnston
Matt Runquist