Spring Break
Corporate Whore: The Band
Michael Echenberg, OI, and Jordan Kayloe, OF
Issue date: 9/4/01 Section: Features
JW: But Neil did a great job learning all the songs. Check out the bubble blisters on his fingers.
NE: [Showing his impressive blisters.] It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but I like it.
JJ: We just got him for the British accent.
Harbus: So the rest of you have a lot of band experience?
JW: Actually, only Amanda and James have played in rock ‘n’ roll bands lately.
Harbus: And Jon, growing up in the Deep South, you listened to both Country and Western?
JW: Of course. I actually was the only caucasian member in the 65-year history of the United Voices Gospel Choir at Arkansas State. And when I was working in Mexico for GE, I didn’t speak Mexican very well, so I learned to sing more popular songs by covering Mexican songs with a band down there. I started taking guitar lessons, and their singer quit, and I stepped in.
JJ: You couldn’t speak Mexican? What’s that?
Harbus: Where’d the name Corporate Whore come from?
AK: We’d been trying to think of names during Analytics, and people were emailing stuff from class like Cycle Time. Then we were out at John Harvard’s, and we were trying to think of other acronyms for HBS. Finally, classmate John Gregory called us a bunch of Corporate Whores, and it’s stuck.
Harbus: What’s the inspiration behind your music?
JJ: Amanda inspires me. What with all those flying locks of hair.
AK: Be quiet. I’m inspired by the feeling of playing together on stage.
JJ: Which is a long-winded way of saying she likes looking at my ass.
JW: Nothing is better than being up front and having people scream at you. Performing is an incredible high, and I was really getting into the dancing last night. Different parts of my body were taking trips on their own.
Harbus: And the reception from your classmates has been good?
JJ: It’s been great. I think everyone who knew about us was afraid we were gonna suck. It was also hard to convince the Orientation folks that we should play, but once we auditioned for them they were very supportive. Our classmates seemed relieved at the show when we could actually play, and they got totally into it. Everyone’s been saying nice things all day. The myths about the HBS Asshole have been dispelled for me.
NE: [Showing his impressive blisters.] It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but I like it.
JJ: We just got him for the British accent.
Harbus: So the rest of you have a lot of band experience?
JW: Actually, only Amanda and James have played in rock ‘n’ roll bands lately.
Harbus: And Jon, growing up in the Deep South, you listened to both Country and Western?
JW: Of course. I actually was the only caucasian member in the 65-year history of the United Voices Gospel Choir at Arkansas State. And when I was working in Mexico for GE, I didn’t speak Mexican very well, so I learned to sing more popular songs by covering Mexican songs with a band down there. I started taking guitar lessons, and their singer quit, and I stepped in.
JJ: You couldn’t speak Mexican? What’s that?
Harbus: Where’d the name Corporate Whore come from?
AK: We’d been trying to think of names during Analytics, and people were emailing stuff from class like Cycle Time. Then we were out at John Harvard’s, and we were trying to think of other acronyms for HBS. Finally, classmate John Gregory called us a bunch of Corporate Whores, and it’s stuck.
Harbus: What’s the inspiration behind your music?
JJ: Amanda inspires me. What with all those flying locks of hair.
AK: Be quiet. I’m inspired by the feeling of playing together on stage.
JJ: Which is a long-winded way of saying she likes looking at my ass.
JW: Nothing is better than being up front and having people scream at you. Performing is an incredible high, and I was really getting into the dancing last night. Different parts of my body were taking trips on their own.
Harbus: And the reception from your classmates has been good?
JJ: It’s been great. I think everyone who knew about us was afraid we were gonna suck. It was also hard to convince the Orientation folks that we should play, but once we auditioned for them they were very supportive. Our classmates seemed relieved at the show when we could actually play, and they got totally into it. Everyone’s been saying nice things all day. The myths about the HBS Asshole have been dispelled for me.
