A Brief History of Severe Tire Damage

Airport Parking Lots Always	Severe Tire Damage is mentioned prominently, right next to those gleaming spikes.
Zero 1987	The band Zero releases a song titled "Severe Tire Damage" on their album, "Here Goes Nothin'".
Vice Academy 1989	In one scene two guys listen to a tape of their favorite rock band: Severe Tire Damage. It was not one of our songs.
N.W.A. October 27, 1989	Using the name "N.W.A.", our band makes its first performance.
Nigels January 20, 1990	The band changes its name 4 times in one night, still not calling itself Severe Tire Damage.
Box of Rocks February 24, 1990	The band goes by another name for this gig.
Give Me Liberty 1990	By Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons, excerpt from panel text in volume 3: ". . . condemning the growing popularity of the mutant musical group Severe Tire Damage." The artwork bears unusual resemblance to the real band members.
Oil Supply August 11, 1990	The band goes by another name for this gig.
Severe Tire Damage September 22, 1990	This is the first time that the band performs under the name Severe Tire Damage.
The Vampire Lestat October 31, 1990	The band uses a different name for a Halloween performance.
RU-486 December 31, 1990	The band continues to use different names to be topical and provocative.
The Creeping Features October 31, 1991	The band uses a different name for a Halloween performance.
Playboy Magazine September, 1992	Excerpt from "Real Men Don't Bond", by Bruce Feirstein: ". . . Real Men still keep waiting for a band to be named either Republican Guard or Severe Tire Damage." Real men need wait no longer.
Severe Tire Damage June 24, 1993	This is the date that Severe Tire Damage makes the first livestreamed performance on the Internet MBone. Performing from the patios of Xerox PARC, the broadcast is seen and heard live as far away as Australia. MBone engineering by Ron Frederick and Steve Deering of the Computer Science Lab at Xerox PARC.
Mrs. Doubt­fire 1993	In one scene, Robin Williams' character pretends to be a former vocalist for Severe Tire Damage. He was never in the band.
The Making of '...And God Spoke' 1993	In the mockumentary, fictional production designer Peter Garbone explains his affiliation with the two directors of the movie, by their previous production of music videos of little known bands like "Bjorn Again" and "Severe Tire Damage".
Smith­sonian Maga­zine September 1994	The infamous article that proposes Severe Tire Damage's drummer as "rock's smartest". If he's so smart, how come he's dead?
Severe Tire Damage November 18, 1994	The band returns to the Internet MBone to open for the Rolling Stones. Broadcasting from the Digital Systems Research Center in Palo Alto, Severe Tire Damage plays both before the 7pm PST StoneCast and again at 8:05pm PST, after their performance. Audio engineering was by Ken Beckman, MBone engineering was by Lance Berc, both of Digital's Systems Research Center. There are many comments about Severe Tire Damage's Mcast. If you were there send mail!
Wall Street Journal November 18, 1994	Mentions MCasts by Severe Tire Damage.
Sky TV November 19, 1994	Covers the Rolling Stones MCast and the Severe Tire Damage opening act.
The Wash­ington Post November 19, 1994	Documents the first MCast by Severe Tire Damage.
Sunday Boston Globe November 20, 1994	Page 1 coverage of Severe Tire Damage's opening act for the Rolling Stones.
Rolling Stones Web Site November 21, 1994	How the Rolling Stones caught Severe Tire Damage. Coins the now-famous epithet "Furry Palo Alto Geeks".
The New York Times November 22, 1994	Coverage of Severe Tire Damage's opening act for the Rolling Stones.
Inter­active Age November 28, 1994	Front page coverage of Severe Tire Damage's opening act for the Rolling Stones.
News­week Maga­zine December 5, 1994	Mentions Severe Tire Damage and the Rolling Stones in one sentence, comparing them favorably.
Enter­tainment Weekly December 9, 1994	Passing mention of Severe Tire Damage opening for the Rolling Stones.
Fortune Maga­zine March 20, 1995	Fortune smiles on the drummer as Mark mentions Severe Tire Damage.
Com­puter Chron­icles May 2, 1995	Coverage of the band, including interviews with bass and drummer.
The Cheifet Letter June 1995	Mentions how the band opened for the Rolling Stones.
The Red Herring August 1995	Article by drummer Mark which mentions Severe Tire Damage's weekly MCasts.
The Wash­ington Post September 13, 1995	Describes the first MCast by Severe Tire Damage, and how the Rolling Stones did it later.
Nano­topia November 13, 1995	The show pits Mark Weiser against the antiWeiser forces from MIT. At least they let him drum.
C|Net Central 1996	Severe Tire Damage's tech crew plays with toys. MBone wizard Lance gets a virtual high five from Richard Hart.
The Official Computer Bowl Trivia Book 1996	Asks "What was the first rock group to perform live on the Internet?" If you don't know the answer, stop reading this page.
Using the Internet / Life on the Internet 1996	More band coverage, including the drummer's work.
San Jose Mercury News May 26, 1996	Reprint of the computer bowl questions, including the $64,000 question: "What was the first rock group to perform live on the Internet?"
The Boston Globe October 10, 1996	Passing mention of Severe Tire Damage playing for Korean television.
Korea January 1997	During a 4-hour segment on computers, Severe Tire Damage featured prominently in 3 of them. The subsequent torrent of Korean fan mail has yet to abate.
Usenix January 10, 1997	The band closes a massive computer conference, playing a joint session in our largest gig ever.
Computer­World February 17, 1997	An article about Mark Weiser fails to mention Severe Tire Damage until the bio at the end.
;login: Newsletter April 1997	Discusses the Severe Tire Damage performance at USENIX.
Internet Guiden 1997	Full article about the band, with pictures. Now don't you wish you could read Swedish?
The Internet Cafe 1997	Guitarist and vocalist chat about Severe Tire Damage.
C|Net Central May 3, 1997	Severe Tire Damage provides an opening backdrop for a feature about Mark Manasse and his Millicent scheme for bilking the known universe out of their money.
Wired Maga­zine May 1997	In an article about drummer Mark, a mention of the hazards of Severe Tire Damage.
Severe Tire Damage July 26, 1997	Just another performance, but check out Severe Tire Damage's way-cool bass player.
Austrian TV September 8, 1997	Mark the drummer was invited to a technology/performance art festival in Austria. To warn their countrymen, they sent a video crew to a band dinner. Mark mentions Severe Tire Damage and shows his skills with a cell phone.
Konrad Maga­zine 1997	An article mentions how the band eats at Beppos. And does it in German, to boot.
New Media News Online October 20, 1997	A reporter is amazed at how much sushi and saki the band can consume.
San Jose Mercury News November 15, 1997	Front page coverage by Silicon Valley's best newspaper.
New Media News November 19, 1997	A segment about Severe Tire Damage's illustrious drummer. The band introduces and closes a segment on Mark Weiser, who speaks of calm computing. Of course, the band knows better.
KFJC 89.7 FM November 21, 1997	Severe Tire Damage spends 35 minutes on the air with the world's best DJ: Rocket J. Squirrel.
The Wash­ington Post December 15, 1997	Most geek bands are obscure, but Severe Tire Damage is the "house band of cyberspace".
San Jose Mercury News January 6, 1998	Here's an article about Severe Tire Damage's drummer that offers a truly embarrassing photograph.
KFOG 97.7 FM January 29, 1998	Severe Tire Damage breaks into commercial radio with a Spice Girls spoof.
Career­Tech Online February 2, 1998	Severe Tire Damage teaches bad habits to aspiring engineers.
San Fran­cisco Chron­icle June 23, 1998	Severe Tire Damage heads up a list of geek bands.
Zits comics August 5, 1998	"Severe Tire Damage" is just another setup for a dumb joke.
They Might Be Giants 1998	Alternative rock group They Might Be Giants releases a live album with the same name as our band. The nerve!
Windows Refund Day in S.J. Mercury News Feburary 16, 1999	Severe Tire Damage plays at "Windows Refund Day" and the singer makes rude comments about Microsoft and greed.
Cal State Hayward March 1, 2000	Severe Tire Damage elucidates to a horrified classroom.
Monk (TV series) March 10, 2006	In season 4, episode 15 (series episode 59), "Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist", Lieutenant Randy Disher temporarily quits the force and devotes himself full time to his high school garage band "The Randy Disher Project". The other band members disagree about the name of the band. One band member suggests "Severe Tire Damage" as a better name for the band.
Wired Maga­zine June, 2008	In which we are accused of the demise of the recording industry through increased internet distribution.
History of the Internet July, 2014	Severe Tire Damage gets it's own page in the history books.
Master Minds May 7, 2020	Now that we're merely trivia, a contestant on the game show, "Master Minds" is asked about our band.
LiveVideoStack August 19, 2022	Even the Chinese are curious about how we became so ridiculous. They interview us remotely.
Rolling Stones October 7, 2022	A documentary on the Rolling Stones YouTube channel that describes how Severe Tire Damage scooped them on the Internet.