THE LEGEND: Gog was born in the Oregon Zoo on 6 November, 1977 to a redneck zoo keeper named Wayne Goggerstein and a zebra named Opal. It was decided that having a freaky zebra centaur would create a bad public image for the zoo. Wayne was forced to take him home and raise him up himself... Gog was quickly weened on PBR, biscuits & gravy, and the classic rock Wayne would play on the radio. Occasionally Wayne's eclectic tastes in music would show through as well.
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THE LEGEND: Gog was born in the Oregon Zoo on 6 November, 1977 to a redneck zoo keeper named Wayne Goggerstein and a zebra named Opal. It was decided that having a freaky zebra centaur would create a bad public image for the zoo. Wayne was forced to take him home and raise him up himself... Gog was quickly weened on PBR, biscuits & gravy, and the classic rock Wayne would play on the radio. Occasionally Wayne's eclectic tastes in music would show through as well.
When Paul Simon put out Graceland in 1986 Gog was into it, paying special attention to Baghiti Kumalos masterful bass work. But it was on his birthday when Wayne cut the power to Gog's electric fence... The same day he saw the "Call Me Al" video that clenched his interest in the bass.
When he plucked the fence wires a giddy thrill ran through him. Instantly he knew what his purpose in life was..... To make a bunch of low-end noise. After much practice, with support from friends and family he soon created his solo band project thing, Feral Drollery.
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The first year Feral Drollery (then called, Fuck Death Away) consisted of a series of musical experiments recorded on stereo tape decks with built-in microphones. They involved an out-of-shape old acoustic guitar, household/found objects, cheap keyboards, partially pressing buttons on the tape player to alter the pitch of said recordings. It didn't matter if it was any good. It was a blast, and one of the songs summed it up rather aptly. It consisted of dozens of Gogs cacophonously chanting, "You have way too much time on your hands!"
As Gog garnered more gear and experience, it was time for a name change. For a while it was called Hyphen and several ambitious pieces spewed out from it, including a metal cover of "Sukiyaki" (the Japanese version).
Then it was brought to their attention there were already a few other bands by that name, so something exceptional was needed. After much deliberating on a list of possibilities they settled upon the current name.
Feral Drollery now has over a hundred songs in their repertoire including soundtracks for several local film projects.
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