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Ringers

*Disbanded as of 2007

ring-er : 4. a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses. - Those involved with Ringers first got together for a big musical heist in 2001, practicing illegally in the Connecticut College band rehearsal space thanks to Ben, who was trudging his way through sophomore year there. Ben played bass, and M. Clark sang and smoked cigarettes, and the quartet (Ben, Clark, Birms, & Matt A.) was dubbed The Cuts. They recorded a CD in Low-Beam drummer Richie Freitas's basement in spring of 2002, but Ben soon quit the band to avoid failing Elementary Chinese Language. Enter Michael (Hungry Hungry) Hanna, bassist extraordinaire and knowledgeable music businessman, t-shirt artist and TOP tobacco roller. Mike's bass skills filled out the band's sound and the group was then renamed RINGERS. Ringers existed without Ben for nearly 2 years, rehearsing in Birms' chilly tool shed and rocking New London with pure beer brawling music for avid readers. Eventually, M. Clark heeded the call to "go west" with his woman, and Ringers again lacked a member to make them complete. Ben, having made the decision to stay in New London after college, asked to again join the fray. Ringers accepted, and with Ben applying his bass skills somewhat sloppily to a Fender Strat, the band was again reborn in summer of 2004. With a new frontman Ringers moved on to build a new catalog and refine their sound. They have since become a staple on the New London music scene and their new self-titled debut CD is available now.

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