Can you imagine a band naming themselves CAN YOU IMAGINE? You don't have to! Beloved alternative cartoonist and his musical compadres have chosen this moniker for the latest in melodical mayhem. CYI is composed of Peter Bagge on guitar, Michelle Plaitis: Lead Vocals, Rachel Frost: Bass, Susan Merrill: Drums and Steve Fisk: Keyboards. Steve also produced their first album, which includes the song "Drive." Pete's old pal, cartoonist Mort Todd directed the music video for "Drive." The video also features some artwork by Mr. Bagge.
Peter and Mort met as teens in old New York City at its punkiest, when Pete was doing Comical Funnies and Mort was drawing Psycho Comics and the Back from the Grave album covers. A few years later, when Mort became Editor-in-Chief of Cracked, he hired Peter to do writing and layouts for the magazine, just as the latter was beginning his Neat Stuff comics for Fantagraphics. The comic evolved into a title called Hate and Mort later worked on an animated pilot of it for MTV.
The weekend of April 8th is a big one for Peter. Besides the release of this new video he will be attending the MoCCA Comics Fest in Manhattan, have a signing at a signing at the Desert Island comic shop in Brooklyn. Also coming out is a new issue of the Hate Annual, a collection of his DC comic Yeah and even a book collection of his Batboy strips for the Weekly World News!
Peter Bagge, Daniel Clowes and Mort Todd being merrily ferried to the Cracked 30th Anniversary Party at the fabled Tunnel nightclub in NYC
