A Father's Day Legacy To His Son

"Father's Day Legacy"
Dr. Rox Remember When?
Article #172: June 172
By: RLSchwinden aka MrZerr0

So June is the month of "Father's Day" as I am a father myself, in an unusual situation, being; I am over 60 and my son is 5 and 1/2 years old, by the time he grows up I will be really old, if I am around at all. As i have been to many funerals I have heard what stories people tell about those who have passed, this got me thinking, I would prefer if people remember me for the the things I feel I accomplished in my life, and that someone would make my son Ashton Paul "Oblieon" aware of my accomplishments in life. So with this article I am going to take the time to cover the many things I feel are my accomplishments in my life I wish to be remembered by.

I received my 1st guitar from my Uncle Jeff at 8 years old, an Egmund acoustic. I started learning to play at about 16 years old. Admittedly while I was not very good I was able to sing and and play at the same time and I was/am a good entertainer. Here is a list of the bands, as far as I can remember, that I played with over the years.

*Bands
Magic Acid Band 1980 Sioux City
Palace Guard 1982 Sioux City
High Fever 1983 Rapid City
Scepter 1985 Des Moines
Black Diamond 1986 -1988 Des Moines
The Layabouts 1991 Des Moines
MrZERo 2012 St. Paul
KISSin Time 2013 MPLS
StarChild 2015 MPLS
BanG GanG 2019 Somerset
Tommy Bolin Tribute Band Sioux City 2021
Thee Mod Garage 2022 MPLS

Other bands I have sat in with: Rough House Rox, Mad Mike's Funhouse, Rock Godz, Atomic Playboys, ACK, Jesus Chrysler, Party Army, KISS Army Young Executives.

While I was trying to learn to play guitar, which I found to be exceedingly difficult, I found out I could be quite funny, in the beginning I was inspired by The Monkees and later Steve Martin, I worked on my comedy skills rather than my musicianship. So a few different times I gave it a go at Standup Comedy or more so Comedy Story Telling.

*Stand Up Comedian:
1983 South Dakota
2013 St. Paul

I did much care for school but one thing I did enjoy was essay writing or story telling. I was pretty good at it, save for my spelling skills, well I was so bad, if you missed more than 30% you were required to write out the test words 10 times. I was so bad I used to write out the words for next week's spelling test 10 times in advance and I would still fail. So I did end up writing for several publications, however most were facts or personal experience based.

*Music Articles
Purple Flower Gang Fanzine 1992 -1996
St. Cloud Buzz 2011 -2017
Lost My Stub 2012 - 2013
Roseville Patch 2011
MPLS Buzz 2018

Having written so many articles, occasionally my work would get noticed and used in other publications, sometimes without my permission or credit.

*Books
Monkees Archives By: Gary Strobl
U2: Concert Series
KISS: Alive Forever By: Suchs & Gooch
MIchael Nesmith: Total Control By Randy & Brad Masengil
Monkees: Day By Day By Andrew Sandoval

My Books in the works:
KISS History & Trivia
The Monkees On Tour
Tommy Bolin Encarta
Daniel's Inferno
Future Now
Yes, This Really Happened

I did listen to the radio a lot when I was growing up because I was always wanting to hear new songs, and being poor I could not afford to buy all the new music I wanted to hear, so radio was a solution to that problem. I never really thought about being a DJ when I was young, although I did like the idea of programming music for a radio station. The very 1st time I was involved in a radio show was helping my then girlfriend Grace H. pick out the songs for guest appearance on a Des Moines station.

*On The Air Radio:
Jolene Jorgenson Live In Concert Radio Show 1992

WDGY: 2017 for 311 Shows
WFNU: 2018 -2019 "Early Morning Show" for about 20 programs
"Hits And History Show" with Rick Burnett 2019 - 2021 for 17 Episodes
Mr. Zer0's "Evolation Show" 2020 -2021 for 32 Episodes (20 still in the can)
KFAI "PsychoGello Show" as a guest of 'The Pop Shop" 7 times 2012- 2018
WMNC 2 alive performances
AM950 "Ghost Talk Radio"
The Goat 'Saturday Guest Show" April 2023

When I was younger the idea of an actor did appeal to me, one time being an astronaut, the next a cowboy or a caveman. So when I was asked to supply props for a local film "Attack Of The Moon Zombies" I leaped at the chance. This led to me having small parts in several films and a documentary.

*Films
You can find me on IMDB under Richard L. Schwinden
"Attack Of The Moon Zombies" 2011
"Not Quite Lyin Eyes" 2013
"Adjust Your Tracking" 2013
"The Giant Spider" 2013
"Lake Street Detective" 2017
"Guns Of The Apocalypse" 2018
"Beast Walks Among Us" 2021
"The Wad" 2024
2 others I contributed to "Attack Of The Moon Zombies" and "Wilson"

Besides being a "Rock Star" the only thing I ever really wanted to do was work at a Music Store, I struggled long and hard to get into and stay in the music business, and let me tell you it was not ever easy.

*Jobs
Terry Drea Presents: Sioux City 1982 -83
RecordShop: Des Moines 1986 - 1993
Wherehouse 1993 - 1995
Best Buy: 1995 - 1998
Wax Works: 1998 - 2000
Trans World: fye: 2000 - 2005
DiscLand: 2005 -2009
I opened Mr. Zer0's in April 2009 wrote and recorded a theme song in January 2017
Music Go Round: Roseville 2023

You can hear MrZerr0's PsychoGello Show 8am Sundays on Radi0 WDGY 740AM, Streaming, FM: 92.1, 103.7, 107.1. You can hear the last 90 Episodes at www.MrZeroS.Con -Podcast. You can hear 2 of Mr. Zer0's other Radi0 Shows at www.MixCloud.Com under MrZeros "Evolation Show" for 32 Programs and "Hits And History" with Rick Burnett for 17 Programs.

Ok then ... until the next time... this has been MrZerr0

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