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A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVERE TIRE DAMAGE

	Airport Parking Lots Always	STD is mentioned prominently, right next to those gleaming spikes.
	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.
	N.W.A. October 27, 1989	Using the name "N.W.A.", the band makes its first performance.
	Nigels January 20, 1990	The band changes its name 4 times in one night, still not calling itself Severe Tire Damage.
	Box of Rocks February 24, 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.
	Oil Supply August 11, 1990	The band goes by another name for this gig.
	Severe Tire Damage September 22, 1990	This is the first time that the band performs under the name Severe Tire Damage.
	The Vampire Lestat October 31, 1990	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 Creeping Features October 31, 1991	The band uses a different name for a Halloween performance.
	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.
	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.
	Smithsonian Magazine September 1994	The infamous article that proposes STD's drummer as "rock's smartest". If he's so smart, how come he's dead?
	Severe Tire Damage November 18, 1994	The band returns to the Internet MBone to open for the Rolling Stones. Broadcasting from the Digital Systems Research Center in Palo Alto, Severe Tire Damage plays both before the 7pm PST StoneCast and again at 8:05pm PST, after their performance. Audio engineering was by Ken Beckman, MBone engineering was by Lance Berc, both of Digital's Systems Research Center. There are many comments about STD's Mcast. If you were there send mail!
	Wall Street Journal November 18, 1994	Mentions MCasts by Severe Tire Damage.
	Sky TV November 19, 1994	Covers the Rolling Stones MCast and the Severe Tire Damage opening act.
	The Washington Post November 19, 1994	Documents the first MCast by Severe Tire Damage.
	Sunday Boston Globe November 20, 1994	Page 1 coverage of STD's opening act for the Rolling Stones.
	Rolling Stones Web Site November 21, 1994	How the Rolling Stones caught STD. Coins the now-famous epithet "Furry Palo Alto Geeks".
	The New York Times November 22, 1994	Coverage of STD's opening act for the Rolling Stones.
	Interactive Age November 28, 1994	Front page coverage of STD's opening act for the Rolling Stones.
	Newsweek Magazine December 5, 1994	Mentions Severe Tire Damage and the Rolling Stones in one sentence, comparing them favorably.
	Entertainment Weekly December 9, 1994	Passing mention of STD opening for the Rolling Stones.
	Fortune Magazine March 20, 1995	Fortune smiles on the drummer as Mark mentions Severe Tire Damage.
	Computer Chronicles May 2, 1995	Coverage of the band, including interviews with bass and drummer.
	The Cheifet Letter June 1995	Mentions how the band opened for the Rolling Stones.
	The Red Herring August 1995	Article by drummer Mark which mentions Severe Tire Damage's weekly MCasts.
	The Washington Post September 13, 1995	Describes the first MCast by Severe Tire Damage, and how the Rolling Stones did it later.
	Nanotopia November 13, 1995	The drummer drums while technology brews.
	C|Net Central 1996	STD's tech crew plays with toys. MBone wizard Lance gets a virtual high five from Richard Hart.
	The Official Computer Bowl Trivia Book 1996	Asks "What was the first rock group to perform live on the Internet?" If you don't know the answer, stop reading this page.
	Using the Internet 1996	More band coverage, including the drummer's work.
	Life on the Internet 1996	More band coverage, including the bass player's work.
	San Jose Mercury News May 26, 1996	Reprint of the computer bowl questions, including the $64,000 question: "What was the first rock group to perform live on the Internet?"
	The Boston Globe October 10, 1996	Passing mention of Severe Tire Damage playing for Korean television.
	Korea January 1997	During a 4-hour segment on computers, Severe Tire Damage featured prominently in 3 of them. The subsequent torrent of Korean fan mail has yet to abate.
	Internet Guiden 1997	Full article about the band, with pictures. Now don't you wish you could read Swedish?
	;login: Newsletter April 1997	Discusses the Severe Tire Damage performance at USENIX.
	The Internet Cafe 1997	Guitarist and vocalist chat about Severe Tire Damage.
	C|Net Central May 3, 1997	Mark the bass player gets some TV coverage and drags the rest of the band along for the ride.
	Wired Magazine May 1997	In an article about drummer Mark, a mention of the hazards of STD.
	Severe Tire Damage July 26, 1997	Just another performance, but check out STD's way-cool bass player.
	Austrian TV September 8, 1997	Mark the drummer was invited to a technology/performance art festival in Austria. To warn their countrymen, they sent a video crew to a band dinner.
	Konrad Magazine 1997	An article mentions how the band eats at Beppos. And does it in German, to boot.
	New Media News Online October 20, 1997	A reporter is amazed at how much sushi and saki the band can consume.
	San Jose Mercury News November 15, 1997	Front page coverage by Silicon Valley's best newspaper.
	New Media News November 19, 1997	A 10 minute segment about STD's illustrious drummer with plenty of band coverage.
	KFJC 89.7FM November 21, 1997	STD spends 35 minutes on the air with the world's best DJ: Rocket J. Squirrel.
	The Washington Post December 15, 1997	Most geek bands are obscure, but Severe Tire Damage is the "house band of cyberspace".
	San Jose Mercury News January 6, 1998	Here's an article about STD's drummer that offers a truly embarrassing photograph.
	KFOG 97.7FM January 29, 1998	Severe Tire Damage breaks into commercial radio with a Spice Girls spoof.
	CareerTech Online February 2, 1998	Severe Tire Damage teaches bad habits to aspiring engineers.
	San Francisco Chronicle June 23, 1998	Severe Tire Damage heads up a list of geek bands.
	Zits comics August 5, 1998	"Severe Tire Damage" is just another setup for a dumb joke.
	San Jose Mercury News Feburary 16, 1999	STD's singer makes rude comments about Microsoft and greed.
	Cal State Hayward March 1, 2000	Severe Tire Damage elucidates to a horrified classroom.
	Monk (TV series) March 10, 2006	In season 4, episode 15 (series episode 59), "Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist", Lieutenant Randy Disher temporarily quits the force and devotes himself full time to his high school garage band "The Randy Disher Project". The other band members disagree about the name of the band. One band member suggests "Severe Tire Damage" as a better name for the band.
	Wired Magazine June, 2008	In which we are accused of the demise of the recording industry through increased internet distribution.