MOOPS TIMELINE
1964 - Moops form, initially as Vic Damone tribute band.
1965 - Moops break up.
1967 - Moops re-form as rockin' surf combo.
1968 - Moops break up again.
1970 - T.J. Hecker born in Minneapolis, MN.
1971 - Moops re-form, this time as trippy psychedelic band. Become poster-children for legendary "Fresno Sound", considered odd since they hailed from the Midwest.
1974 - Moops break up.
1975 - Moops re-form. T.J. Hecker enters kindergarten at Otis C. Hatton Elementary School in Akron, OH.
1977 - Moops fail audition for "The Gong Show."
1978 - Moops break up, more acrimoniously than usual this time. More than several months pass before they re-form.
1985 - Moops re-form, this time as 'seventies-era glitter shock-rockers. Group's name changed briefly to V.D. Hitler and the Three Other Guys. First Moops album comes out under that name, entitled "Dig It Up and F#&k It Again."
1988 - T.J. Hecker graduates high school in Delray Beach, FL. By now, the Moops are popular enough to be making several dollars a year.
1990 - T.J. Hecker quits college. Moops break up.
1992 - T.J. Hecker relocates to Columbus, OH, signalling a significant change of fortunes for the Moops. Taking advantage of this serendipitous turn, Moops re-form. After all, once you're in Columbus, that legendary nexus of American show business, good things are bound to happen, right?
1994 - Moops break up.
1995 - Moops re-form, having secured permission to take Tuesday nights off to practice from the manager at Burger King.
1997 - Following an ill-starred attempt to cash in on the disco craze of twenty years previous, Moops break up.
1999 - Moops re-form. T.J. Hecker dies of massive Pepto-Bismol overdose. Moops break up.
2000 - Moops re-form as hip, cutting-edge grunge band. Moops break up.
2001 - Moops re-form under leadership of T.J. Hecker (lucky them). Turns out he was just in the john.
2002 - Drummer Walter Polk joins, following loss of a bar bet. Singer-guitarist Liz Hecker joins for reasons still unclear.
2003 - First Moops EP, "Don't Bitch, It's Cheap," released. Goes out of print within days due to sudden catastrophic bankruptcy of label.
2004 - Bassist Jim Hutter forced to join Moops by court order. All of the asylums were full.
2006 - Moops official debut CD, "Dressed for Failure" released to not very widespread acclaim.
2007 - Singer Liz Hecker departs. Under doctors' orders, Sparky steps in. Later that year, doctor loses medical license.
2008 - Drummer Walter Polk, realizing that he needs to make slightly more money than the several cents a year he has earned with the Moops, departs for Memphis, TN. Rex Seibold, as part of his lifelong quest to avoid honest work, steps in. Second EP, "Smells like the Moops," released in December.
...and what does the future hold for the Moops?
2054 - Moops finally inducted into Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame shortly before it closes due to lack of interest. Ninety-year-old Jim Hutter has to be medicated and led away from the Jim Morrison exhibit, at which he has been jabbering incoherently for several hours prior to the start of the induction ceremony.