BETA Records - Your music matters!

Formed In February 1996 by Eric Conklin & Joe Perry(no, not that one). Early influnces were Sonic Youth, Zappa & old Nirvana. They started playing in the backwoods of Perry, Ohio(20-30 miles outside of Cleveland)in 1997 when they finally recieved a drum set. The 2 then took turns on drums & guitar.
In 2000, Nick Baxter was brought in on bass & back up vox to round it all out as a trio.
Joe Perry left for good in October of 2000 & a month later Frank Staneck took over full drum duties. The trio then took to the clubs of CLeveland, playing any & all venues they could including Kent State.
Staneck left in December of 2001 & the band went through a few different drummers until March of 2003, when Rump Roast took over the drum stool. By this time the bands influences had shifted to stuff like the Sonics, New Bomb Turks & the like...They played all the same clubs they played before & finally decided in August of 2003 to change their name to Switchblade Action Dance.
Quanbtum Foams music was very raw, very wild stuff.
They played punk rock like the Circle Jerks, art rock like Sonic Youth & looking back, even had a bit of a metal sound to them with the double bass kick drum. Check out their mp3s & check out Switchblade Action Dance.