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South Amboy, New York NJ, United States (2000 – 2008)

Three willfully geeky guys from South Amboy, New Jersey who play with speed, power and a mighty smirk (which occasionally belies the fact they sometimes mean what they say), the Ergs! (or, as they like to call themselves, “The Near-Sighted Three”) came together in 2000, with Jeffrey Erg (Jeff Schroeck) on guitar and vocals, Joey Erg (Joe Keller) on bass, and Mikey Erg (Mike Yannich) on drums and lead vocals. The band wasted no time preserving their music for posterity, putting out two self-released CD-R’s in their first year as a band, but the group first attracted attention outside their peer group with the five-song Three Guys, Twelve Eyes EP, released by the Whoa Oh label in 2001. In a bid to raise their profile by being sued, the Ergs! next issued The Ben Kweller EP in 2002, which borrowed the artwork from Kweller’s disc EP Phone Home and featured a song poking less-than-charitable fun at the indie-rock protégé. In 2003, the Ergs! put out their first full-length album, Dorkrockcorkrod, which earned enthusiastic reviews in the punk press and spread word about the band outside of their home state. After an initial release on Whoa Oh, the album was picked up by Don Giovanni records, who distributed the Ergs’ next EP, 2005’s Jersey’s Best Prancers (whose title and artwork was a play on the 1997 Lifetime album). In 2006, the group was chosen to back Dave Parasite of The Parasites as he launched a tour to support a Parasites “Best Of” CD, and they signed with Dirtnap Records, who released Upstairs/Downstairs in spring of 2007.
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  • allisonmichele

    New favorite band, ergergerg.

    10 May 2:23am Reply

  • acid_porno

    BURN! #rekt

    15 Apr 2:11am Reply

  • drupaceous

    to acid_porno: yr mom suck... MY DICK!!

    14 Apr 10:11pm Reply

  • chuzwuzzac

    So catchy

    4 Mar 1:41pm Reply

  • acid_porno

    this band sucks

    19 Feb 1:57pm Reply

  • LukeMettl

    Wish they could be together ;_; Best band ever!

    2 Dec 2012 Reply

  • MarsilVendeur

    50,000 flat what what

    2 Dec 2012 Reply

  • mike_716

    Dorkrockcorkrod always just makes everything okay.

    22 Jul 2012 Reply

  • alakazam9891

    you always find someone to pin things on just don't make me responsible this time

    20 Jun 2012 Reply

  • ghostsoma

    "well i guess this is growing up...." brilliant ! !

    9 Jun 2012 Reply

  • sweatbloodtears

    acoustic lp rules

    28 May 2012 Reply

  • spareanygp

    also some people have the little degrees sign next to 180 and some don't

    20 May 2012 Reply

  • gregorymichael

    After the first two minutes of emotional 180 ollie, before thehalf way mark (when it would scrobble) people usually change the track because on the album version it's just space for 2 minutes. It's a great song and without that space it would definitely be higher on the charts.

    15 May 2012 Reply

  • gummishark

    fucking upstairs/downstairs is just a mind twisting ear splitting 18 min. riff...fuckin' great!

    31 Mar 2012 Reply

  • sweatbloodtears

    Please reform!

    22 Mar 2012 Reply

  • sweatbloodtears

    took me ages to listen to these guys, they rule!

    15 Mar 2012 Reply

  • swampbear

    Cool!

    15 Mar 2012 Reply

  • NocturnTF

    today is the first day of the rest of your life and yeah i wish that i was there but you're probably thinking i bet you don't even know what day it is and yeah that's something i deserve because for the last year or so i haven't said a word and when you made you plea i looked the other way but i tell you it was bullshit and i'm wishing that you knew that you're my only everything and i swear to you that is true and i wish that i was there today is your ultra mega super special day and yeah i'm wishing i was there but you're probably thinking you know, you'd better not miss the last train to loserville and yeah that's something i deserve because for the last year or so i haven't said a word and when you made your plea i looked the other way and i tell you it was bullshit and i'm wishing that you knew that you're my only everything and i swear to you that is true and i wish that i was there...

    15 Mar 2012 Reply

  • minehost

    i met a girl called aja

    4 Feb 2012 Reply

  • indietrash

    recently uploaded their first two releases & some more stuff on http://thatspunk.net - & if you filter by title, you get most of the songs they ever put out: http://thatspunk.net/blog/?s=the+ergs

    30 Jan 2012 Reply
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