A chicken fight in an elementary school playground....
It started in the fall of 1980 when The Chief and the monkey were in 6th grade together. The Chief beat the monkey in a chicken fight on the jungle gym. As the monkey fell he grabbed the Chief's legs and the weight of the monkey sent them both down into the mud below. The monkey was held back that year in the 6th grade. During his second tour he met Straight up D. and Jeff. Straight up D. had known The Chief since he was very young. The Chief failed the 7th grade and was kicked out of his junior high to a less reputable junior high where he rejoined the monkey, Straight up D. and Jeff. They all lived within a block of each other and spent nearly every day hanging out at the monkey's house. Towards the end of junior high they met D.Mo and Scott P. They lived in a different neighborhood and had known each other for years.Together they fought the boredom of a small military town. As high school came to an end they met up with others like themselves; Zalph and Mike D. and The Sparks brothers: Kevin and TonyLove. After high school D.Mo and Jeff went to college, Straight up D joined the Army, The Chief, monkey and Scott P. traveled across country for a few months and when they got back The Chief joined the Army. The Sparks brothers went on tour with the Grateful Dead. Jeff got an apartment with Zalph midway through his first year of college and in August 1989 there were two extra apartments in that building. The monkey moved into one apartment. Mike D. and the Sparks brothers moved into the other.

This would become the first house of a legacy that continues today.

The Red Chicken House August 1989 - June 1991

  • monkey
  • Jeff
  • Zalph
  • Mike D.
  • Kevin S.
  • Valerie
  • John D.

Ground Zero July 1990 - May 1991 From bottom left, clockwise:

  • Lora T.
  • TonyLove
  • Skinhead Liz
  • Zalph
  • Kevin S.
  • monkey
  • Jeff

Ground Zero 2 May 1991 - June 1992 Clockwise from top:

  • Straight up D.
  • K-Pow
  • Kevin S.
  • TonyLove
  • Cathy C.
  • Zalph
  • The Chief
  • monkey

not pictured:

  • Lora T.
  • BrotherLoaf
  • No-Joke G
  • Buffy D
  • Greg

Red Zero Year One August 1992 - August 1993 From bottom right , clockwise:

  • TonyLove
  • Cathy C.
  • Zalph
  • Jeff
  • The Chief
  • monkey

Not pictured:

  • Mike D.
  • Kevin S.
  • No-Joke G
  • Tara G
  • Deana
  • Seth
  • Winnie
  • Buffy D.
  • Straight up D.
  • Jason T.
  • Dre
  • Cass

Red Zero Year Two August 1993 - August 1994 Clockwise from bottom right:
  • Dre
  • Deana
  • Buffy D.
  • TonyLove
  • Jeff
  • Tara G.
  • Sanchez
  • Straight up D
  • Mike D.
  • Kevin S.
  • monkey
  • No-Joke G
  • Richard

not pictured:

  • Al
  • Ian
  • Zalph

Red Zero Year Three August 1994 - August 1995 From top left to bottom:

  • TonyLove
  • Kevin S.
  • The Chief
  • Meg G.
  • Chris P.
  • Kim
  • Kenny
  • Greg
  • monkey
  • Chip
  • Zoe

Not pictured:

  • Jeff
  • Mike D.
  • Molly
  • Pat D.
  • Rusty
  • Chuck Wish
  • K-Pow
  • Georgie
  • The Gimp
  • Buffy D
  • Ian

Red Zero Year Four August 1995 - August 1996 From bottom to top, left to right:

  • monkey
  • The Chief
  • Kim
  • Chip
  • Mike D.
  • Zalph
  • No-Joke G
  • The Gimp
  • Straight up D
  • Cass
  • Scott P. (background)

Not pictured:

  • Steph
  • D-Mo

Red Zero Year Five August 1996 - From front to back:

  • Mike D.
  • Andy
  • D-Mo
  • Steph
  • monkey
  • Straight up D
  • Zalph
  • The Chief
  • No-Joke G

The future of Red Zero?

There has been talk. Rumblings of a pilgrimage to a better place. The monkey and Stephanie are looking west to California

The Chief talks about Australia. D.Mo, Mike D. and Scotty P. are thinking of Europe.

Andy doesn't care and Zalph is insane.

Straight up D. has another year of school to finish here and No-Joke G is a rock star.

Every year someone has said it will be the last and every year someone has been wrong.

 

Red Zero Year Six?

 

Turning and turning in the widening gyre...

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