- The Hot Side
- 1. Still Can't Buy Me Love
- 2. Gorilla (gorilla)
- 3. Tandem Bike
- 4. Murder She Wrote
- 5. View Master
- 6. Cool
- 7. Math
- 8. Just Another Cliche
- The Cold Side
- 1. Renoir Song
- 2. Rats Live On nO eviL staR
- 3. Three Monkeys
- 4. Jeff's Corner
- 5. Stranger in the Mirror
- 6. Lemon Oh's Song
- 7. Baby's Head
- 8. Private I
Click HERE to download the album artwork for the Rand and Adam Tape.
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Seriously, it's horrible. Hardly even worth listening to. Don't waste your time.
The Rand and Adam Tape (Poor man's copyright) (1993)
This is where it all began. Rand and Adam wrote these 16 very silly songs the year after they got out of college, and recorded them on a stereo tape deck with a Radio Shack Spring Reverb box. They then mailed themselves a copy of the tape, which someone had told them would protect them from plagiarism. The 50 original copies of the tape were hand-painted by Rand and Adam, and as it turned out the acrylic paint they used melted in car tape decks, causing the tape to become stuck in the car stereos of virtually everyone who owned it. One person even claims his stereo was stolen with the tape stuck in it.
Here's what Rand had to say about it in 1998:
Poor Man's Copyright was recorded in the waning hours of 1992. Up to that point, Adam and I had written a whopping 16 songs and were nervous that we would die before anyone (least of all, us) would ever get to hear them. So we did what any aspiring garage musicians would do: we set up a lame recording mechanism and played the songs. Ostensibly, it was to audition drummers and bass players, but we all know it was for primarily masturbatory purposes.
At any rate, here we are, six years later, and I still can't play the guitar. What's weirder is that even though Adam and I have a rhythm section and two cds behind us, people still want the "Rand and Adam Tape."
This tape is poorly recorded and at places even more poorly performed. It's live and neither of us had played guitar for more than a year. It's got sixteen songs, six of which have been rerecorded in one form or another on Ookla's cds, four of which may eventually appear on an Ookla cd, and six of which you're unlikely to ever hear again outside of this tape. (Which means, a) they're collector's items, and b) they suck.) If you're not already a fan of Ookla the Mok, I'd advise you to stay well clear of this. You have been warned.
Live at Windycon
Released October 3, 2017
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Via Bella Shows:
Confluence /
July 27-29, 2018
Pittsburgh, PA
Info: Rand's side project Via Bella will be performing Friday night.
Archon /
October 12-14, 2018
St. Louis, MO
Info: Ookla will be the music Guests of Honor at Archon this year! Adam and the Nerd Circus will also be there offering costuming workshops. Rand's side project Via Bella will also be performing!
Flower City Comicon /
June 9-10, 2018
Rochester, NY
Info: Ookla will be performing on Saturday night, supported by Rand's side-project Via Bella.
Adam's Musical
Niagara Regional Theatre Guild production of Children of Eden /
May 4-20, 2018
Tonawanda, NY
Info: Adam will be performing the lead role in this production of this Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippen, Wicked) musical.
Foxprowl-Con /
November 18-20, 2016
BATAVIA, NY
Info: Ookla will be performing concerts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!
Windycon /
November 11-13, 2016
CHICAGO, IL
Info: Ookla will be the Music Guests of Honor! Adam will be the Costuming Guest of Honor! This will be a full band show, with Mike Mallory on bass and Luis Garcia on drums!
Eeriecon /
September 30-October 2, 2016
GRAND ISLAND, NY
Info: Ookla will perform a concert Saturday night.
Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts /
August 27, 2016
BUFFALO, NY
Info: Ookla will perform at 1:00 pm on the St. James Stage
Tatsu-con /
July 29-31, 2016
BUFFALO, NY
Info: Ookla will perform at this anime and cosplay con -- this year's theme is villains!
These Are The Sweets You Are Looking For! @ 1811 Comics /
December 6, 2015
WILLIAMSVILLE, NY
Info: Ookla will be playing a concert at 3 pm at this Star Wars themed event.
Foxprowl-Con /
November 20-22, 2015
BATAVIA, NY
Info: Ookla will be playing concerts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! We'll also have a table in the dealer's room all weekend.
Buffalo Comicon /
October 17-18, 2015
BUFFALO, NY
Info: Rand will perform a solo show on Saturday (with Special Guest Brian Platter), and have a table in the dealer's room all weekend.