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SEVERE TIRE DAMAGE APPEARANCES IN 1993 AND BEFORE

	Severe Tire Damage June 24, 1993	This is the date that Severe Tire Damage makes the first live performance on the Internet MBone. Performing from the patios of Xerox PARC, the broadcast was seen and heard live as far away as Australia. MBone engineering was 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.
	Playboy Magazine 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.
	The Creeping Features October 31, 1991	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 Vampire Lestat October 31, 1990	The band uses a different name for a Halloween performance.
	Severe Tire Damage September 22, 1990	This is the first time that the band performs under the name Severe Tire Damage.
	Oil Supply August 11, 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.
	Box of Rocks February 24, 1990	The band goes by another name for this gig.
	Nigels January 20, 1990	The band changes its name 4 times in one night, still not calling itself Severe Tire Damage.
	N.W.A. October 27, 1989	Using the name "N.W.A.", the band makes its first performance.
	Vice Academy 1988	In one scene two guys listen to a tape of their favorite rock band: Severe Tire Damage. It was not one of STD's songs.
	Airport Parking Lots Always	STD is mentioned prominently, right next to those gleaming spikes.