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Timeline
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Historical Facts
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Important Dates in the History of THE VERVE PIPE:
1988 Saginaw’s Mick Furlo Band (featuring AJ Dunning on guitar) release their debut cassette tape “Invisible To You”.
1991 Lansing’s Water 4 The Pool (Donny Brown, Brian Stout) & Johnny With An Eye (Brian Vander Ark, Brad Vander Ark) combine forces to form The Verve Pipe.
8/1/92 1st official Show by The Verve Pipe- The Hidden shamrock Chicago, IL
9/7/92 Open for Concrete Blonde & Material Issue at Pine Knob Music Theatre Clarkston, MI
1993 AJ Dunning replaces Brian Stout on guitar
3/27/93 Open for Toad The Wet Sprocket at MSU Auditorium
9/9/93 Win the Yamaha Soundcheck National Finals in Dallas, TX
10/13/93 Take 2nd place in the World Yamaha Finals Japan
12/9/93 Play the famous "Pop Smear" Release Party show at Kalamazoo's State Theatre.
3/2/94 Sing National Anthem before Detroit Pistons game
4/2/94 Open for Ministry & Nine Inch Nails at Pine Knob Music Theatre Clarkston, Mi
8/13/94 Open for Cheap Trick Michigan Festival East Lansing, MI
1995 Doug Corella joins the band on keyboards/percussion
1/26/97 “The Freshmen” premieres on MTV 120 Minutes...the rest is history!!!
9/22/99 Entire band Sing National Anthem during final week festivities at Detroit's Tiger Stadium (and perform live pre-game in Tiger Plaza)
9/7/01 "Rock Star" Movie makes its debut in theaters nationwide featuring Brian Vander Ark in a supporting role.
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An exclusive look at Donny Brown hard at work in the studio in New York Cty during the recording of "THe Verve Pipe" album 1998.
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Artifacts from the Collection
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Nov. 20, 1992 saw the newly-formed The Verve Pipe play their one of their first East Lansing shows at Rick's American Cafe. Notice billing as "Featuring members of Johnny With An Eye & Water For The Pool."
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Musician Magazine full page advertisement congratulting AJ, Brian (with dreadlocks), Donny (requisite baseball cap) and Brad (long hair) on winning the Yamaha Soundcheck showcase and representing the United States in the world finals 1993.
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Brian Vander Ark's handwritten setlist featuring many of my personal suggestions performed in a rare solo acoustic show at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor Nov. 12, 1999.
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What a show The Verve Pipe played on July 27, 1999 in Kalamazoo at the TVP album release party show as evidenced by this setlist.
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Sure they have yellowed over time but these gems bring back glorious memories in abundance. A pair of handwritten setlists (on cocktail napkins) for a Mick Furlo Band performance during 1987 at the Fordney Lounge in Saginaw, MI. Many cool cover songs intermixed with the fine originals AJ cranked out almost weekly. Those were the glory days indeed!
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