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Obviously Chorbo is itself a send-up immediately similar to Spın̈al Tap—complete with ridiculous founding story, a previous name, a major retooling of musical style, and ridiculous antics by the members. Chorbo tends to focus more closely on a specific style of heavy metal called New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and they arrived a bit later on the scene.

Obviously Chorbo is itself a send-up immediately similar to Spın̈al Tap—complete with ridiculous founding story, a previous name, a major retooling (or two!) of musical style, a "black album" scandal and ridiculous antics by the members. Chorbo tends to focus more closely on a specific style of heavy metal called New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and they arrived a bit later on the scene.

The genesis of Chorbo is similar to the story of many things in the Carl Bird universe: happenstance. In this case, it was a random turn of phrase by a friend of mine. He made [https://www.facebook.com/kevin.florian1/posts/pfbid02qU8eDRb217XBcGyHeBbQk7pgiH81hdoyL3z5Ene2HQZPcxK6iYV4qv8eNKdAJoQfl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZipJsqPskndwwTN7nKtPkpLvQh11EaoI92fT7JMVCx_lCdCBnUoUJb9Y21eeigvezR-nNAUlMpR7xAYxrpY3RZ_42_bV-_V4BCB4Xs21WjdvD5joqc&__cft__%5B1 a Facebook post] several years ago riffing on some random band names and one of them was "Chorbo". It hit me like lightning: "this sounds like the name of a heavy metal band that sings about heroic deeds and muscular barbarians!" Thus, Chorbo was born.

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	Obviously Chorbo is itself a send-up immediately similar to Spın̈al Tap—complete with ridiculous founding story, a previous name, a major retooling of musical style, and ridiculous antics by the members. Chorbo tends to focus more closely on a specific style of heavy metal called New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and they arrived a bit later on the scene.		Obviously Chorbo is itself a send-up immediately similar to Spın̈al Tap—complete with ridiculous founding story, a previous name, a major retooling (or two!) of musical style, a "black album" scandal and ridiculous antics by the members. Chorbo tends to focus more closely on a specific style of heavy metal called New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and they arrived a bit later on the scene.

	The genesis of Chorbo is similar to the story of many things in the Carl Bird universe: happenstance. In this case, it was a random turn of phrase by a friend of mine. He made [https://www.facebook.com/kevin.florian1/posts/pfbid02qU8eDRb217XBcGyHeBbQk7pgiH81hdoyL3z5Ene2HQZPcxK6iYV4qv8eNKdAJoQfl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZipJsqPskndwwTN7nKtPkpLvQh11EaoI92fT7JMVCx_lCdCBnUoUJb9Y21eeigvezR-nNAUlMpR7xAYxrpY3RZ_42_bV-_V4BCB4Xs21WjdvD5joqc&__cft__%5B1 a Facebook post] several years ago riffing on some random band names and one of them was "Chorbo". It hit me like lightning: "this sounds like the name of a heavy metal band that sings about heroic deeds and muscular barbarians!" Thus, Chorbo was born.		The genesis of Chorbo is similar to the story of many things in the Carl Bird universe: happenstance. In this case, it was a random turn of phrase by a friend of mine. He made [https://www.facebook.com/kevin.florian1/posts/pfbid02qU8eDRb217XBcGyHeBbQk7pgiH81hdoyL3z5Ene2HQZPcxK6iYV4qv8eNKdAJoQfl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZipJsqPskndwwTN7nKtPkpLvQh11EaoI92fT7JMVCx_lCdCBnUoUJb9Y21eeigvezR-nNAUlMpR7xAYxrpY3RZ_42_bV-_V4BCB4Xs21WjdvD5joqc&__cft__%5B1 a Facebook post] several years ago riffing on some random band names and one of them was "Chorbo". It hit me like lightning: "this sounds like the name of a heavy metal band that sings about heroic deeds and muscular barbarians!" Thus, Chorbo was born.

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