By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Darik and the Funbags will serve as the climax to a day’s worth of music at the Mum Festival this Saturday. The Connecticut-based rockers are headlining on the musical stage from 8:30 to 11 p.m. We caught up with the band’s drummer Matt Chirsky, a 21-year-veteran of the band, for an email interview. Chirsky is joined in the band by bassist Darik Pearson, keyboardist Steve Chams, guitarist Fred Dotson, and lead auxiliary vocalist Vinny Ruotolo. Observer: Tell me a little bit about the history of Darik and the Funbags because they have long been a mainstay on the Connecticut music scene? Matt: Darik and the Funbags have been on the scene for over 20 years, starting in 1997 as a band called “Free Beer”. They played ‘80s metal covers in local bars in New Haven County. The two founding members at that time decided they needed to change things up and inject something new into the sleepy local music scene. After a year of schlepping through the local dive bar scene, “Free Beer” changed their name to “Darik and the Funbags” – kind of on the basis of egos in the band and their body… Read full this story
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