In 1995 , Norm (guitars) and Bones (vox) formed Vancouver based LUNCHBUCKET. After recruiting Russ (lead guitar) and Joel (bass) later that year.... Much jamming commenced.... With no drummer, LUNCHBUCKET recorded their first demo " Baked Not Fried " , using a drum machine. This demo was done live off the floor. The 8-song compilation included the songs O.J. Did It , Rise , and Billy B. Basin , with copies having made journys east of the Rockies as well as local circulation here in Vancouver. It was engineered and recorded by Chad Elliott @ Rubber Room in Vancouver, B.C.

In early spring '96 , Steve Black (Burlap Boys, Smoked Oysters) Joined as the official drummer for LUNCHBUCKET. After more jamming commenced, LUNCHBUCKET was ready to leave their sweaty jam room to finally kick some serious ass...

In the first daze of '97, LUNCHBUCKET had a rough go of it. After letting Steve go , they decided to scrap the full length recording project and start fresh. The guitarist Russ was diagnosed with cancer and lost his leg just below the left knee. WHile Russ was recuperating from the ordeal, LUNCHBUCKET tried out drummers to no avail... Then an idea was born... Bones, the vocalist, was former drummer of Maniacl Rage , Dementia. He decided to take on the challenge of both vocals and drums. When Russ returned from the hospital, LUNCHBUCKET had a good start on having their set on track. Much rejoicing and jamming commenced...

By April '97 , LUNCHBUCKET was gigging again!!! Many old fans returned to be surprised by a tight , energetic LUNCHBUCKET . In July '97 Russ was once again diagnosed with cancer in the same leg. This time it's personal ! LUNCHBUCKET decided to raise funds and spread the word. We are going to record a killer CD and get shirts made and gig , gig , gig.... Vengeance is ours.... The rest of '97 was again rough... Russ was losing his battle slowly but surely. LUNCHBUCKET did shows and raised money to record. Shirts were made as well as shorts , which were gone quiker than could be made ! The recording process began in early '98... This time it was recorded and engineered by Brant Rattray of Ratcave Studios. It was also live of off the floor , but overdubs were used to give it a fuller , warmer sound. Russ was very sick at this time and things went slow.

March '98... The demo was being mastered , the covers were being made , and Russ was on his deathbed. There was much sadness....

March 29 , '98... Russ dies at home with the master copy in his hands... The duplicates were in a box beside him , the covers , unfortunately were not done untill the next day. These tapes were given out at the funeral, with over 400 going in less than 10 minutes... There were many friends and musicians there to pay their last respects to a good friend and a wicked guitarist..

Now came the task of finding someone who could replace Russ. Along came ART... The art of axecution he fit in quite well. During this time , the stress of the whole thing began to show....Inner turmoil broke out and in the end , Joel quit as bassist. Determined to keep the dream alive , Bones and Norm decided to continue...

Then came Bret.... the pimp. Originally , he tried out for bass and got the job. Once again much jamming comenced and things began to look up. After a short time and a couple of small shows , Art quit to go on and join Charlie Drown... Sad to see him go , but still determined.....LUNCHBUCKET changed yet again. Pimp took over lead guitar and brought in old-school punk bassist Gary. This was fine for a while and some shows were played , some fun was had , but Gary was not cut out for LUNCHBUCKET material. He was let go....

CONFUSED?
So were we !!

So were we !! So... Bones was drumming and singing... Norm rattled off the rythms , Pimp was doing leads.... we needed a bassist badly.

Ads were placed , people were asked , but nothing was happening....then the mists parted and out came Martin ( Smoked Oysters, Grudge,Biophobe)!

Martin fit in right away... he was Known well by all members and he picked up fast. His style complimented the band and once again things began to smooth out... Progress was finally being made at a pace that was acceptable !

So now with all we've been through , we are still here , we are ready to take to the stage and show you what we are made of....

LUNCHBUCKET belives in having fun and playing hard. We invite you to check us out ....... We'd love to hear your comments