In the February of 1997, amatuer boxer/poet Kenneth J. Simmons decided to start a punk band, which they named The Ken Simmons Band. With the help of fellow thinker Neary Paggi (guitar), Ken wrote a song. But this wasn't any ordinary song. This was "The Great Cow Migration of 1969." Simmons and Paggi told of the hardships encountered by livestock in the Bethel/Saugerties/Woodstock-area of NY. It was immediately attacked by the Dairy Farmers of America. And time passed...

During the brief kidnapping of Ken, four average guys (David, Kevin, Tim, and Paul "NO bULL" sometimes "Wango" Manzi) decided to keep the spirit alive by resurrecting the band. They started writing some tunes including the great Don't Look at Me, a tune dealing with Dave's paranoia issues. Another song, Superstar, was an ode to great Detroit Tiger Alan Trammell.

One day Paul said, "Let us show our music to others so that they may be enlightened." And that's exactly what the band did. One January of 1999, they took on the musical mecca...MILLBROOK NY. The ksb rocked out with fellow bands Ad Infinitum and the BUB at what later would be known as the Divine Tour.

After an extensive spring and summer of accidentally touring with ska and punk bands, the KSB hit the studio. To remove themselves from their worldly destractions, the KSB traveled to rural Wingdale NY to make their own brand of studio magic. 6 songs were recorded. The only disappointment was the losing of the hidden track of Livin' On a Prayer. The project was titled Bovine University despite strong consideration of The Walrus is Ken and Spooge.

The Ksb decided to end the summer with a "bang" so one day when Dave was asleep, the band pushed his car off a cliff. But that wasnt the bang they were looking for so they played the 2nd annual ROCK HOPEWELL FESTIVAL. This was definitely the most rockin show we say. Unfortunately the band had to go to school for a bit so this will all be continued...