The Courteous Ninjas

Posted by admin on March 27, 2009; This entry is filed under All Artists.
The Courteous NinjasAt one point in time, The Courteous Ninjas were poised to be the next big thing in the mainstream vigilante/superhero market and the top of the music charts. They were good. Real good. They did both so well that they could have been huge in either. But, true to their teachings, they were all but humble men. They didn’t feel right dominating two such diverse fields, so they decided to only protect citizens and solve crimes. No longer would they rock to their many adoring fans by writing kick-ass pop songs.The Ninjas knew what they had to do.The Courteous Ninjas gave up the muse of songwriting for several years in order to avenge attacks and shit like that. In the years that followed, The Courteous Ninjas’ pop sensibility was stolen. Songs they had written or could have written, became hits for less talented acts; much less super acts.
They call it inspiration, but The Ninjas call it theft!
The Courteous Ninjas’ claim to have written “most of your favorite numbers,” [editorial disclaimer: we recognize that despite this claim, numerous legal, philosophical, temporal, and biological facts prove otherwise.] They answer dubious probes into this claim with the pretzel logic of: “if it is, in fact, preposterous, well then it is so preposterous, that it must be true.”
At the turn of the century, they came back to reclaim what was theirs with rocking live concerns featuring margaritas, cod pieces, horned viking helmets, costumes, lighting, and showmanship. Most people didn’t like it and left the venues.
Releases: The Courteous Ninjas - Play Something You Practiced
The Michele Videos
Active: Unclear, but most recently: 1998-2000
Geography: Morgantown, WV
Website: cornslaw.net/ninjas
Personnel: Lance Manyon – dynamic lead vocals
Coitus Maximus – electro guitar
Maximillion Power – lead guitar
Capt. Major Moto (ret.) – bass
Hal Crotchborne – drums
Karma Sutra – keys
Images: Lance Manyan of The Courteous Ninjas Lance Manyan of The Courteous Ninjas 2 Fun Terrapin Station, Morgantown, WV Courteous Ninjas ninjas20 Karma To Burn, Courteous Ninjas, Dirk Star, Khiaro Scuro, No Crown, Sunset Lebowski Courteous ninjas, Sabor Latino, Moon, Makeshifters, 123 Pleasant Street Courteous Ninjas and Hogblast, 123 Pleasant Street Courteous Ninjas -Pornographic Simpsons Meat Thermometer Swordfish Sircus - Courteous Ninjas Courteous Ninjas - 420 Man Blues Review Courteous Ninjas 14 Courteous Ninjas 28 Courteous NInjas 02 Courteous Ninjas s07 Courteous Ninjas 26 Courteous Ninjas 19 Courteous Ninjas - Live at 123 Pleasant Street (rejected cover image from original concept of Play Something You Practiced)
Related: Good and the Hoods
The Cuddly Ninjas
The Ambiguously Heterosexual Jedi Knights
The Meat Thermometer Swordfish Circus

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