AZPX Theme Song by The Father Figures

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Excerpt from Phoenix New Times in 2013:

All three members of The Father Figures — bassist Tom Reardon, guitarist Michael Cornelius, and drummer Bobby Lerma — are longtime members of the Phoenix punk scene, and in their minds, it was only a matter of time before they would end up playing together. The idea to jam first arose when Lerma’s wife and daughter were out of town.

“I had wanted to play with Tom for a long time,” Lerma says. “It was just [a matter of] finding the right project. He had me come in to try and fill in for [his band] Pinky Tuscadero [‘s White Knuckle Ass Fuck] and I don’t have the stoner rock genes, so I floundered. I’ve never been so frustrated trying to play music before in my entire life; it was borderline embarrassing, so it’s good to be able to play together. He said, ‘Hey, who can we get to play guitar?’ I immediately thought, ‘It’s got to be Michael.'”

Although Cornelius acts as the band’s guitarist, Lerma has always respected his bass skills. Cornelius played the instrument with the legendary skate punk band JFA (Jodie Foster’s Army), a band he helped found.

“There’s always Mike Watt, but Michael was my favorite bass player,” Lerma says.

The three began jamming — with Cornelius flexing his jazzy muscle on guitar, Lerma on drums, and Reardon on bass and vocals. Six weeks after getting started, The Father Figures played its first show at Cornelius’ 50th birthday party at The Ruby Room. The band soon released its debut, Lesson Number One, but immediately began working on its follow-up. Finally finished, All About Everything, is a testament to the band’s precision.

“We agree with each other to keep writing the songs until they’re really done,” Cornelius says. “We’ve written songs that we don’t play. We’ve written songs that we haven’t recorded and don’t play that we may come back to; they’re just on the bench.”

-Phoenix New Times

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