Dirty Laundry

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Dirty Laundry formed om January 2nd, 1994. At that time the band was made up of Kory Ochsner on Drums, Brandon Hound on guitar, Jones on guitar, and Chase Stain on bass. After the first few weeks, Ochsner moved on from the band. Brandon Hound took up drumming and they got lead singer Marcus Looman. Brandon Hound started on guitar again, and they chose Charles Duffy to become their new drummer. Looman then left the band to perform with his main project Regiment. Stain and Hound became the new lead singers. The four young lads went into the studio and recorded their first E.P. "9 1/2 Months", and released it on Bad Stain Records in 1994. Shortly after, Duffy left Dirty Laundry to pursue his other band "Corrupt Citizen" and Jones left the band for creative differences and later joined "D-I-X". Dirty Laundry got Billy Horner to become their temporary drummer, but his band Subject Mad took up most of his time. Horner introduced Hound and Stain to Ryan Hamilton, who became their full time drummer. Dirty Laundry was now a trio and released their second E.P. "All Washed Up" on Bad Stain in 1995, and followed with a live album titled "Jiz Mac Attack in the Butt Crack". Dirty Laundry began touring through states along the west coast promoting the album during summer break when they didn't need to be attending school. They released their debut full length on Bad Stain in December of 1995. After touring for the album, Hound left the band for creative differences, leaving Stain the only original member. Hamilton and Stain recruited a new guitarist, Tokyo Bill. Bill, Stain and Hamilton once again started performing statewide and released their album "Songs to Wash Clothes to." in 1997. The band played out and promoted the album, and Hamilton left the band to pursue college. Bill and Stain had Brandon Hound fill in for Hamilton for a few months, but the band had gone through so many members it seemed more work then fun. They finally ended the band in 1999. Shortly after calling it quits, Dirty Laundry reformed. Stain graduated to lead vocals and guitar. Their new drummer was Joe Detergent, and a new bassist Justin Bleach. Finishing the line up was Johnny Laundromat on lead guitar and backup vocals. Dirty Laundry once again started touring and eventually entered the studio to record a new album. During the recording process, the bands drug problems increased. Detergent passed away before laying down his drum tracks, leaving the band devestated. Three months later Bleach was incarcerated for possesion of illegal substance. Laundromat could not deal with all of the tradgedies surrounding the band and moved to California to pursue his other band Duckoff and Fie. Stain moved on to play bass for the band Numbers On Napkins, and later became frontman of Three Chord Mafia. Dirty Laundry played with some great bands ranging from Link 80 to Total Chaos, and Lagwagon to Sublime. In 2005 they won the award for Best Retired Band at the 2005 AZ Ska-Punk Awards. Finally, in March of 2006, Dirty Laundry agreed to perform one last time. They started fresh with Brandon Hound on vox and Guitar, Chase Stain on Vox and Bass, Jones on Guitar, and Ryan Hamilton on Drums. The four haven't been on stage together in over a decade. See them live on March 25th at Fuel in Phoenix, AZ!