On this page is some interesting information on finger eleven. I think you'll find this page very informative with lots of rare info. That info includes:

• band members (with ages and pics)
• band bio
• covers they've performed
• unreleased tracks
• bootlegs
• guitars they use
• other interesting info
• sources of info

Band Members (with ages)

Band Member (with pic)	Age
Scott Anderson (lead vocals)	23
James Black (lead guitar, vocals)	23
Rick Jackett (guitar)	24
Sean Anderson (bass)	25
Rich Beddoe (drums)	22

Former Member: Rob Gommerman was the drummer for the band up until after the recording of Tip, he left to concentrate on academic matters.

Notes: Click on name for picture (all pics except for Rich's are from official fanpage). All ages are from sometime in '98 (sorry, not sure exactly when), and I don't know when their birthdays are. If you know, I'd really appreciate them if you'd let me know.

Band Bio

Here's a little info on how Finger Eleven got started:

The band started out with just scott and james in a basement. Scott was on drums and James played guitar. Then all of a sudden Rob comes along and he happens to be an excellent drummer so the guys were like, 'hey Scott you did some musicals at school right', he was like 'yeah', 'so you can sing right?', 'I guess' he said, so they handed him a mic and thats how it began, basically. They were a cover band at that time and still in high school, in fact, their first gig was at their high school Christmas concert, they did three songs, I don't know which, though. Their name at that time was Stone Soul Picnic, and they mainly played Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tragically Hip covers. The name 'Rainbow Butt Monkeys' comes from those mandril monkeys with the colorful butts. They were talking about stuff and james says to everyone, what are those rainbow butt monkey things called refering mandrils or whatever they are called. They liked the way it sounded so much they decided to use it as their name.

Bio contributed by Mike Duyn.

Covers They've Performed

Here are some covers they've performed in the past:
(if you know of any others, please let me know!)

As Rainbow Butt Monkeys:

• What It Is - by Bad Religion
• Sophisticated - by Public Enemy
• Civilized - by Henry Rollins
• Shamrocks&Shenanigans - by House of Pain
• Ironman - by Black Sabbath

As Finger Eleven:

• Welcome to the Machine - by Pink Floyd
• Walking In My Shoes - by Depeche Mode
• Sing Along - by Grant Lee Buffalo

Notes: When finger eleven plays Welcome to the Machine, they play it with Glimpse, they combine them somehow. I'm not sure how they do this, I've never seen it performed, so I can't really explain it.
Also, in August of '99, the band recorded their version of Walking In My Shoes. In January of 2000, it was put up on the official site for our listening pleasure, click here to listen.

Unreleased Tracks

Here's a small list of titles of unreleased tracks:

• Halflife
• Alkaline
• Greyest of the Blue Skies
• Replace
• Drunken Mission
• Frozen in the Attic

Notes: These are songs were written and performed by them when they were the Rainbow Butt Monkeys. Most unreleased tracks are not titled.

Recent Notes: Greyest of the Blue Skies is no longer an unreleased track. It was recorded, renamed, and released as a single by the band. It's now called Suffocate and appears on the Scream 3 Soundtrack. Click here to listen.

Bootlegs

Here's a list of bootlegs that Mike Duyn has available for trade:

rainbow butt monkeys
lees palace-toronto, ontario-september 2, 1995-audio
lees palace-toronto, ontario-december 2, 1995-audio
demo tape 5 unreleased songs-received, december 2, 1995
front 54-thorold, ontario-february 9, 1996-audio
merritton community centre-st.catharines, ontario, 1996-audio/video
cayuga speedway-cayuga, ontario-june 15, 1996-audio
friendship festival-fort erie, ontario-june 28, 1996-audio
front 54-thorold, ontario-july 19, 1996-audio
laura secord high school-st.catharines, ontario-sept 27, 1996-audio

finger eleven
the opera house-toronto, ontario-october 20, 1997-audio
big bucks mountain lodge-st.catharines, ontario-nov 11, 1997-audio
lake boone country club-raleigh north carolina,usa-oct 14 1998-aud/vid
lees palace-toronto,ontario-april 14,1999-sony cd release party-audio
lees palace-toronto,ontario-april 14,1999-public show-audio
croation cultural centre,vancouver,bc-october 4,1999-audio

DEMO TAPE
(VERY RARE)
Given to me by scott anderson at lees palace on december 2 1995
contains 5 tracks so far unreleased
3rd song on tape is called drunken mission
(will only trade for something very special)

Email Mike at f11md@hotmail.com for info on how to get a hold of these bootlegs.

Here's a still from one of the video tapings he has of Rainbow Butt Monkeys.

Guitars They Use

Rick Jackett uses a Tom Anderson guitar, a guitar that's custom made out of California. He also uses a Paul Reed Smith (these guitars rule!).

James Black has two of the same guitars, Fender Telecaster Plus. A black one and a sunburst.

The gauge of strings that they use are 10-52. They've been trying different string companies lately and have found that they both seem to prefer Dean Markley over the rest.

Sean (bassist) uses a medium gauge 5 string set. He uses a four string bass so he just uses the bottom four strings of that set.

Other Interesting Info

Some other info:

• The band agrees that Tool would be their first pick as tourmates. Faith No More would be a close second pick.
• Read the transcript from the online chat with the band that took place on March 24th (on Yahoo) here: Rock Online - Finger Eleven.
• Check out the f11 tour diary from the official site. It's a diary Scott keeps on the road.
• I was sent a signed picture of the guys. You can see it on Anywhere But Faraway's picture page. He got it too, and scanned it.
• Scott says this about Glimpse's lyrics: it was a dialog between two people, and it was kind of this lyrical experiment. I think it came out really intense.
• Glimpse and Condenser were played by the guys even when they were called Rainbow Butt Monkeys, these two songs have been around awhile, but they've undergone huge changes along with the band. Condenser used to be harder and more up-beat. Glimpse used to be called Ransom, the lyrics were totally different at one point, it used to be about a kidnapping.
• Costume for a Gutterball was originally called "Stillborn".
• Check out this collage of Finger Eleven and RBM, made by Mike Duyn. He took all the pictures himself. Really Cool.
• See some great frameshots from the 'Quicksand' single videos here.
• The part on the official page where they explain the songs (meanings, inspirations) has changed a bit. You must go to the Tracks section of the page then click on 'Song Notes' for whatever song you like.

Sources of Info

Here are the sources of this info:

• Special thanks to Mike Duyn for providing info about covers, unreleased tracks, bootlegs, and lots more!
• Rick Jackett, from the f11 bulletin board.
• finger11's interview from Rockonline.
• Quicksand single (see discography page).