The Dangling Units
The Dangling Units were a short-lived band featuring members of Happy Toons and Out of Order.
Members
- Kevin Folta - Vocals
- ??? - Guitar
- Devon Brock - Drums
History by Devon Brock
Dangling Units was a short-lived band. I can't remember if we were a three piece or a four piece. I played Drums and Kevin Faltas ran vocals. The other member or members I don'tr recall. I only remember doing one show with them - opening for the Effigies at the West End after the Mother's Day Peace March at Grant Park. We grilled hot dogs on stage and distributed them to the hungry crowd. I used turkey leg bones for drumsticks, wore a shark-skin suit and a nazi helmet. Kevin recently reminded me that at that show I set up several thousand plastic army men on the drums. He said it took me several hours to complete and about 3 seconds to knock it down. Dangling Units carried on for a bit after I left to focus more on OOO.
History by Brooks Smith
Dangling Units was an actual band with some notoriety in the western suburbs. They had a local hit titled "Floating Down a River in a Hefty Bag" that got airplay on WNUR and a couple of suburban radio shows. It was headed up by my buddy Kevin Folta who joined Happy Toons as a second guitarist toward the end of our run and was also a founding member of the band Insane War Tomatoes. Kevin is now a head in the Microbiology Department at the University of Florida in Gainesville.