ALIAS: SIMBONE CODE NAME: STINGER CURRENT AFFILIATION: TWANG FACTOR FOUR STATUS: ACTIVE META-HUMAN ATTRIBUTES: ZERO-G MANIPULATION (sustained flight among other things), SPONTANEOUS SONIC PROJECTILES, BIONIC NETHER-REGION, HYPERACTIVE LIBIDO ARSENAL: REMOTE TRIGGERED DRUMSTICKS, .357 SNUB NOSED SWING OUT REVOLVER, EJECTOR SEAT DRUM-THRONE, VOCALS, VARIOUS TURKISH-MADE ZILDJIAN SHIELDS. LANGUAGES: COMMUNICATES THROUGH A COMPLICATED SYSTEM OF GRUNTS AND WHISTLES HISTORY: FORMER DRUMMER AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE NOW DEFUNCT G.T. NOAH, MIKE SIMMONS (SIMBONE) ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE BAND'S RANKS BEFORE IT'S DESTRUCTION IN 1996. FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS IT SEEMED HE HAD GONE STRAIGHT, POSING AS A SIMPLE RECORD STORE MANAGER. BEHIND THIS COVER, HOWEVER, SIMMONS CONTINUED AS A FREELANCE STUDIO DRUMMER, ACTIVELY SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN A MYRIAD OF SPECIAL UNDERGROUND PROJECTS (I.E. FINGERNOISE - DAVID WEISS, FIFTEEN FIFTY-FIVE AND LA VERKIN THUNDER - BRETT LOVINS, SUPER FARMHOUSE -HAVILAH) THE RECENT RE-TEAMING OF SIMMONS AND B. LOVINS IN LATE 1997 IS STINGER'S BOLDEST MOVE TO DATE. PERSONALITY: MIKE SIMMONS APPEALS TO WOMEN - AND HE KNOWS IT. THIS HAS A TENDENCY TO INTERFERE WITH HIS WORK, BUT HE RECOGNIZES HIS DUTY TO TWANG FACTOR FOUR AND PLACES THAT ABOVE ALL OTHER AFFAIRS. HE IS AN ENTHUSIASTIC HUNTER AND CARRIES THE SPORTING WEAPON WHEREVER HE GOES. HE HAS A TENDENCY TO BE TRIGGER HAPPY, AND NEEDS TO BE RESTRAINED FROM TIME TO TIME. SIMMONS SHOULD BE APPROACHED WITH GREAT CAUTION AND ALL INFO CONCERNING HIM KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. |
