22nd Century (band)

Canadian rock band

22nd Century

Origin| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres| Rock
Punk
Years active| 2007-2018
Labels| Bugnut Records
Members| Bill Chobotar
Duane Nickull
Tim Plommer
Larry Dean Jordan
Rob Lulic
Glen Gaupholm
Kevin Coles
Patrick Jewell[citation needed]

22nd Century was a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, formed in 2007. The band's members included Tim Plommer[1] on guitar and vocals, guitarist Jesus Krysler (Larry Dean Jordan),[2] bassist Duane Nickull (aka Duane Chaos),[3]) drummer Bill Chobotar, aka Zippy Pinhead,[4] guitarist Kevin Coles[5] and drummer Glen Gaupholm. Rob Lulic (of Rymes with Orange fame) briefly played with the band.

## History

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In the late 1970s, Zippy Pinhead formed Sgt. Nick Penis and the Brassball Battalion with D.O.A. founders Randy Rampage and Chuck Biscuits. Duane met Zippy and Randy while playing bass for Chrissy Steele and they became friends. Zippy moved to San Francisco to play with the band K.G.B. before returning to Vancouver to join D.O.A., then moved between Vancouver and California, playing in bands such as The Dils,[6] Art Bergmann, The Mutants and The Beat Farmers. Duane left the music scene to pursue a career in professional cycling.[7] He returned to music nearly a decade later and joined with Wade Morissette,[8] to play acoustic performances. During this time, Tim Plommer enjoyed success by co-founding a band called Anthill which had the radio single "Child of Ambition".[citation needed]

In 2007, Plommer, Nickull, Coles and Gaulpholm came together as 22nd Century.[9] Duane continued playing part-time for punk-metal band Stress Factor 9; Lulic left before the recording of the first CD. 22nd Century made its first trip to California in late 2008, playing in San Francisco.

In 2009, the band released a six-song EP entitled The Twenty Second Century, produced by John Webster and recorded at Vancouver's Mushroom Studios.[10] By December 2009, the single "509"[11] had hit No. 1 on the Somojo UK Indy charts and stayed in the top 5 for several weeks.[citation needed][12]

22nd Century also received an honorable mention [13] in Billboard's 2009 global songwriting contest. The band enjoyed early success by licensing their music to Adobe TV (owned by Adobe Systems, Inc.) and had radio airplay in many countries.[citation needed]

In early 2009, Gaupholm left the band and was replaced by Zippy Pinhead.[14] 22nd Century again headed south and headlined in Los Angeles.[15] 38 Special road bass player Scott Fegette joined the group on stage for a version of The Ramones' Blitzkrieg.[16]

In June 2010, John Webster brought the band back to Mushroom Studios to record their next album. In January 2011, 22nd Century released Where's Howie?!! on Bugnut Records.[17][18] The seventh track on the CD is a cover of Echo Beach written by Mark Gane and originally recorded in 1979 by Martha and the Muffins. Where's Howie?!! also contained a cover of The Angels single No Secrets, written by Doc Neeson and Graham Bidstrup.

22nd Century placed first via popular vote in a nationwide indie contest sponsored by Supernova entitled Band on the Run,[19] and played several venues in Western Canada and New York. During the contest performances, Randy Rampage joined the group on stage[20] for a few songs. The band sold or streamed well over 5,000,000 songs globally from numerous sites.[citation needed]

In 2011, Vancouver's Jesus Krysler joined the band as second guitarist. The band rapidly climbed the ReverbNation charts, reaching No. 1 (locally) and No. 21 (nationally),[21] and appeared on the front cover of Punk Globe magazine.[22] The second video from Where's Howie!?, based on the title track, was launched in August 2011.[23]

Jesus Krysler died of a suspected heart attack in February 2018, at age 57; Zippy, Duane and guitarist Danny Nargang (Kick Axe) played at his funeral service.[24]

Zippy Pinhead, who had been battling heart disease, died of a suspected heart attack in Vancouver on March 13, 2019, at age 57.[25][26]

Tim Plommer went into the financial/investment world. Gaupholm became a web analyst. Coles continues as a musician. Duane Nickull went into the software industry and then into politics, running as a candidate for the Green Party of British Columbia.[27]

## Discography

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* 2009: The Twenty Second Century (EP)
* 2010: Radio Hits 3 (Eastern European Compilation)
* 2011: Where's Howie?!!
* 2011: Riot on the Sunset (Compilation)

## References

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1. ^ "Tim Plommer". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
2. ^ "Jesus Krysler - Rock from Vancouver, Feb 2015". livevan.com. LiveVan. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
3. ^ Coyote, Ginger. "Musician, Politician Duane Chaos, June 2013". punkglobe.com. Punk Globe. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
4. ^ "Bill Chobotar". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
5. ^ "Kevin Coles". vanhattanent.com. VanHatten Entertainment. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
6. ^ The Dils CD Credits
7. ^ Nickull, Duane. "The Candidate Chronicles, Apr 2013". vancouversun.com. Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
8. ^ Band History
9. ^ "Twenty Second Century with Credits". amazon.ca. Amazon. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
10. ^ "22nd Century The Twenty Second Century". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
11. ^ "509 · 22nd Century". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
12. ^ "Somojo radio & Somojo Magazine | blog op Myspace". Blogs.myspace.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
13. ^ "22nd Century Official Hope Page - Vancouver Hard Rock trio Duane Chaos, Zippy Pinhead and Tim Plommer". 22ndcenturyofficial.com. 2009-10-15. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
14. ^ "22nd Century releases 2nd CD, Jan. 2011". prnewswire.com. PR Newswire. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
15. ^ "22nd Century - U Generation (Live)". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
16. ^ "AdobeMaX - 22nd Century". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
17. ^ "22nd Century – Where's Howie?!!". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
18. ^ "22nd Century releases 2nd CD, covering Martha & the Muffin's 'Echo Beach'!". British Columbia: Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
19. ^ "Wildcard Voting for Band on the Run LICENSED at Supernova.com in Toronto". Supernova.com. 2012-02-08. Archived from the original on 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
20. ^ "'Duane, Julia and Randy share a moment after playing.' from 22nd Century's Photos". Supernova.com. 2012-02-08. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
21. ^ "Reverbnation.com Charts". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
22. ^ Punk Globe Magazine Interview
23. ^ Video: Howie the Skid
24. ^ Lawrence, Grant. "Return of Vancouver's winter farmers market..." vancouverisawesome.com. Vancouver is Awesome. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
25. ^ Lucas, John. "...Zippy Pinhead Has Died, March 14 2019". straight.com. The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
26. ^ Mackie, John. "Vancouver punk legend Zippy Pinhead dies at 57, March 15 2019". vancouversun.com. Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
27. ^ "Duane Nickull - BC Green Party". bcgreens.ca. BC Green Party. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

## External links

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* 22nd Century on Myspace