Guitarist Newport Slim was let go from various bands for expecting his band members to listen to his stupid ideas and for playing a tiny little pink amplifier. Slim teamed up with one eared Keyboardist Dug after Dug was fired onstage for the 27th time from Connecticut's premier psychedelic morons Desert Rain for his inability to read or spell. Slim said later he figured Dug would go along with anything because he was deaf, dumb and colorblind.