HADJI AND THE TURBANS ORIGINALLY STARTED OUT IN '94 AS A BAND CALLED THE WHATEVERS, AND THEY SUCKED. THE MEMBERS WERE CHRIS GRANGER, CINDY PAPPENFUS, MICHAEL BUSH, JAMES DAVIS, STEVEN CAPPS, AND JAMIE AVERY. JAMIE HAD A SKIING ACCIDENT AND BROKE HIS COLLAR BONE, SO HE COULDNT PLAY BASS ANYMORE. SO MICHAEL BUSH HAD TO STOP PLAYING TROMBONE, AND LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE BASS. STEPHEN NEVER CAME TO PRACTICE, SO HE BASICALLY QUIT. THEN CAME BOBBY HILL. HE STARTED COMING TO PRACTICES AND PLAYING WITH THE BAND. HE WAS A BETTER GUITAR PLAYER THAN JAMES, SO THEY KICKED JAMES OUT. SO NOW THERE WAS CHRIS GRANGER, CINDY PAPPENFUS, MICHAEL BUSH, AND BOBBY HILL. WITH BASICALLY A WHOLE NEW LINE UP, THEY NEEDED A NEW NAME. MICHAEL CAME UP WITH HADJI AND THE TURBANS. EVERYONE AGREED, AND SO IT BEGAN IN '95. THEY PLAYED IN CINDY'S BASEMENT AND IN JACK FINN'S DAD'S STUDIO. AND THEY PRETTY MUCH SUCKED. AFTER A WHILE CHRIS GRANGER LEFT THE BAND, ONLY TO RETURN. THEN CINDY LEFT THE BAND, AND THE BOYS NEEDED A NEW DRUMMER. ENTER MERI CARPENTER. SO NOW THE LINE UP WAS CHRIS GRANGER, MICHAEL BUSH, BOBBY HILL, AND MERI CARPENTER. WHEN MERI JOINED THE BAND, THAT IS WHEN THINGS STARTED HAPPENING. THEY STILL WERE NOT VERY GOOD, BUT THEY STARTED TO PRACTICE IN MERI'S LIVING ROOM EVERYDAY OF THE SUMMER AND THEY STARTED TO FINALLY PLAY SHOWS. AFTER BEING A BAND FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, THEY PLAYED THERE FIRST SHOW AT THE K.O. CORRAL IN ENTERPRISE, AL WITH CLOWNHOUSE, AND FORTHWRIGHT. AFTER THAT, IT WAS SHOW AFTER SHOW AFTER SHOW. PRETTY SOON THEY REALIZED THAT THEY NEEDED MORE. SO THEY GOT PATRICK HOBBIE TO PLAY SECOND GUITAR. AND THAT FILLED EVERYTHING OUT NICELY. AND THEY STARTED SOUNDING REALLY GOOD. PATRICK ALSO PLAYED SAX, AND SINCE THEY HAD A FEW SKA TUNES, THEY DECIDED TO LET HIM PLAY SAX ON THOSE SONGS, BUT PATRICK SAID HE NEEDED AT LEAST ONE MORE HORN, SO THEY CALLED UP OL' LEE PARR. SO NOW THE LINE UP WAS CHRIS GRANGER, MICHAEL BUSH, BOBBY HILL, MERI CARPENTER, PATRICK HOBBIE, AND LEE PARR. AND STILL THEY PLAYED MORE SHOWS AND MORE SHOWS. BUT THEN TRAGEDY STRUCK AND BOBBY QUIT THE BAND. THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT GIVE UP. BOBBY WROTE THE SONGS. BOBBY WAS THE HEART OF THE BAND. BUT AFTER A LONG TIME, BOBBY CAME BACK AND THEY WERE BETTER THAN EVER. AND THEY PLAYED MORE SHOWS. AND NOW THE CROWDS STARTED GETTING BIGGER. NOW SOME PEOPLE KNEW THEY WERE THERE. SO HADJI WENT TO THE STUDIO AND RECORDED THERE FIRST DEMO. 14 SONGS. IT WAS GOOD, BUT NEVER RELEASED PROFESSIONALLY. AND AGAIN AFTER A WHILE CHRIS GRANGER LEFT THE BAND TO PURSUE A MORE HARDCORE FIELD OF EXPRESSION IN THE AUBURN BASED BAND "THE PEDESTRIANS". BUT HADJI KEPT ON PLAYING SHOWS AND GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. IT WASN'T TO LONG BEFORE PEOPLE WERE ASKING WHEN THEIR NEXT ALBUM WAS DUE OUT, SO BACK TO THE STUDIO AND RECORDED 9 SONGS WITH THE AID OF PERMANENT RECKERDZ. THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON CD, BUT IT WAS HOMEMADE STUFF. THEY BURNED THE CD'S THEMSELVES AND SOLD THEM AT SHOWS. AND ALL THE TIME PLAYING SHOWS AND GETTING BETTER AND THE FAN BASE GETTING BIGGER. THEN AGAIN, PEOPLE WERE ASKING WHEN THE NEXT RELEASE WAS COMING OUT. AND THIS TIME THEY DECIDED TO DO IT RIGHT. THEY RECORDED 8 SONGS AND COMBINED THEM WITH THE 9 THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AND THEY MADE AN AWESOME CD. "STARE AT THE MOON". THIS TIME IT WAS FOR REAL. THEY HAD IT DIGITALLY MASTERED, AND HAD THEM PRINTED UP IN CHICAGO. WITH OLD MEMBER CHRIS GRANGER DOING THE DESIGN WORK. AND THEN THE BAND DID WHAT THEY ALWAYS WANTED. THEY WENT ON TOUR. AND THEY HAD A BLAST. IT WASN'T A LONG TOUR, BUT IT WAS THE MOST FUN THEY HAD EVER HAD. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING SHOWS, RANDOMLY AND ARE JUST PROMOTING THE CD, AND TRYING TO LET PEOPLE ENJOY THEIR MUSIC.

Patrick Hobbie
--Plays the Guitar..Back Up Vocals..Plays the Saxaphone
--Sings "The Big Head Song"		 Meri Carpenter
--Plays the Drums
Michael Bush
--Plays the Bass
--Sings
--Counts!		 Bobby Hill
--Sings
--Plays the Guitar
--Writes songs
Lee Parr
--Plays the trombone
--has really long hair