They never came off as socially or politically active, at least not overtly nor apparent to a high schooler sheltered from the realities of being an American post-Vietnam. The songs that built the Bouncing Souls’ fanbase celebrated brotherhood, BMXing, chasing girls, and hating on corporate rock and MTV. Their inclusion on Fat Mike’s “Rock Against Bush” compilations (lot of good that those did), as well as appearance at an anti-war rally on the National Mall in September 2005, perplexed me and many others. Greg Attonito, the singer of Jersey legends The Bouncing Souls, once told me that his band’s approach to politics had always prioritized the personal over the political. I just started pointing at people when I was talking on stage and I just felt that it lent an air of authority.” - Joey Erg Hogan just poked the other guy and Nash just fell over and Hogan pinned him. “Fingerpoke of Doom? It originally refers to a WCW wrestling match between Kevin Nash and, I believe, Hollywood Hogan. He had a frantic room full of punks, nerds, and righteous hybrids hanging onto his every word as they had been to every bass note, so why not wrap a massive metaphorical arm around their collective shoulder and take them on an amped-up, philosophical joyride? Keller’s speeches were often unrehearsed and over-the-top, which was exactly the point. One of the landmark moments during any Ergs! show came during the bridge of “A Very Pretty Song for a Very Special Lady,” when guitarist Jeffy took five, drummer Mikey toned the beat down to a low 8/4 thud, and bassist Joey slung his bass behind his back and, often for the first time that show, grabbed the microphone. Then there’s always heckling from drummer/most-of-the-time lead vocalist Mikey Erg-usually heckling Joe-sometimes himself-sometimes the entire band.” - Lew, Vinyl a Go-Go
Whatever the influence, he can be quite funny-standing there with bass dangling about his neck both hands raised in some sort of dork-cult leader type manner, spewing forth a rant and ramble about this and that often cultivating highly contrived and intricate jokes involving record collector nerd-speak or Simpsons nerd-speak or other dorky dwellings.
First comes the banter, most often led by bass wielding Joey Erg who fancies himself a neo-Norb of Boris The Sprinkler fame-who himself fancies himself a neo-Leonard Graves Phillips of Dickies fame, which may lead one to hypothesize that perhaps Joey is rather going for a neo-neo-Leonard Graves Phillips schtick. “Everything’s sort of up in the air with an Ergs! show.
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