Treephort and the Kids of Widney High are planning to collaborate on a charity recording and performance with the proceeds going to The Kids of Widney High (KOWH) Music Program, which provides instruments and education to the developmentally disabled students at Widney High School in Los Angeles. The group plans to record the single Nice To Meet You, Part 2 on October 27th for a early 2005 release, and then will play a free, all ages show.
October 18, 2004 - Los Angeles, CA - Springman recording artists TREEPHORT and Los Angeles' leading lights of naive music, KIDS OF WIDNEY HIGH, will debut their collaborative fundraising single, "Nice To Meet You, Part 2" at a FREE, ALL AGES show on Wednesday October 27th. The historic pairing is set to perform at Sea Level records, 1716 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles (213 989-0146) from 7-9 p.m.
Proceeds from the sale of this single will benefit the Kids of Widney High (KOWH) Music Program, which provides instruments and education to the developmentally disabled students at Widney High School in Los Angeles. With the help of local volunteer Michael Monagan, KOWH have written and recorded four collections of original songs over the past ten years. The Kids have also toured with MR BUNGLE and THE POLYPHONIC SPREE, and performed at The House of Blues, SXSW Music Festival, and the VANS WARPED TOUR.
Prior to the October 27th show, TREEPHORT and Kids of Widney High will put the finishing touches on "Nice To meet You, Part 2: with producer London May (SAMHAIN, TIGER ARMY, DAG NASTY) and special guest engineer Dean Menta (FAITH NO MORE).
The song, TREEPHORT lead singer Lee Satterfield says, "is a chicken-fried hip-hop sequel" to "Nice To Meet You," from TREEPHORT's latest CD, Enchanted Forest.
The collaboration will be featured as the b-side of TREEPHORT's forthcoming 'Jesus Would Play This Show For Free" maxi-single. This enhanced CD, scheduled for a February release on Springman Records, will also feature a video documentary entitled "The Making of 'Nice to Meet You Part Two'".
TREEPHORT met KOWH on the 2003 Warped Tour, and were immediately moved by the band's hilarious, inspiring, and uplifting on-stage party. "When we discovered that his awesome, wholly original rock band was the result of a music program that has to pinch pennies," lead singer Lee Satterfield explains. "We decided it was our civic and artistic duty to help them raise some dough!"
TREEPHORT recently made headlines across the country for lighting their genitals on fire in a Flint, Michigan club. They were also booted from the Vans Warped Tour for such onstage antics as regurgitating Yoo-Hoo, grossly indecent nudity, and making out--with each other.