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Making the band

It all started with Bob Kern, Jon Erstad, Mark Andrasko, and Nathan Black. Jon and Mark had jammed on a few occasions in the year 2000. While Jon, Nate, and Mark hadn't come up with any potential band names (calc-based life forms and tighty morphine flower strangers were thought of but not considered), Bob was quick to jump on it. During a time when some of them were playing as coach in Tecmo Super Bowl, the idea of them forming a band came up, and Bob said "you know, if it's gonna be me, Jon, Mark, and Nate in a band, we'd have to call it Techmo Super Bowl." Thus, a decision was made.In the first jam session, instead of trying to play covers (there probably were none that they all knew), they just wrote "Collegiate Discovery", with Nate playing drums. It was a team effort, and to this day is still one of their tightest songs.

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Mark Andrasko

After 6 years Mark Andrasko gradumatated from MTU. He majored in psychology and music technology. He's the certainly the band's rock star. Mark's influences encompass all kinds of music including 90's alternative rock, classic rock, and Christian rock. He started playing guitar as a college freshman. It was noted early on that he had a knack for learning how to play lines. He hails from Howard City, MI which is near Grand Rapids, but was born in Buffalo, NY. When Mark enters the practice room, the volume always seems to increase a significant amount. Don't worry volume isn't all that he adds, recently he's become the leader of the band and the most prolific and steady songwriter with highlights including the all-out rockers "Say Nothing", "Hermaphrodite Song" and "Get a Way." Nowadays he is the band's frontman and rocks like a freaking mothertrucker...bee-yotch.

Jon Erstad

Jon Erstad just got his masters degree in mathematics from MTU. He started playing bass when he was in 10th grade. His favorite kinds of music are 80's heavy metal, and underground power metal. He's from Minneapolis, MN, and is the only non-Michigan resident. He penned My Own Ghost and Payment for Punishment. He also helped write Collegiate Discovery, Confusion, In my Sight In your Mind, and Long Way Through among others. In a given song, Jon tends to ensure that it's complete and really knows how to make the ladies squeal...

Alan Parenteau

The fast, the furious Alan Parenteau (shown above before extensive reconstructive surgery), has endured 2 years at MTU. He's the latest inductee to the Techmo Super Bowl cult, but has no problem rocking out TSB style. Hailing from Milford, MI (a suburb of D-Town), he is a mechanical engineering student who has been playing the drums for 5+ years. His musical tastes include punk, ska, emo, and hardcore music. Alan's style isn't too flashy, which makes him a perfect fit for TSB, since his role is basically to make sure Mark doesn't make too big of an ass of himself. Hands off ladies. He used to be the only taken member of TSB, but now Mark's got a feminine-type friend. What studs.