The Pimps

This wonderful man Michael Neil Hillenburg is 8 years sober today. Tell him how proud of him you are. Tell him you love him ❤️
He’s a patient and devoted teacher. He’s Rock and Roll Institute’s most requested instructor. He is a truly (not barely) living legend these days.
A soft kind soul, and someone that has completely turned his life around. His clarity and joy are now used in the service of young peoples musical endeavors.
To see how far he’s come is in inspiration But personally to me…he’s my friend. And I, like all of you…also love The Hilly ❤️

🎸🎹 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDARY BASS MASTER HIMSELF 🎹🎸
The man. The myth. The one and only BASS PUTIN - Anthony Crisman - is taking students OF ALL AGES!
Whether you're picking up an instrument for the first time or looking to level up, Tony's got you covered:
🎸 Bass — ALL skill levels
🎹 Beginner Piano (Beginners only, please!)
🎵 Music Theory
👶➡️👴 All Ages Welcome
There's a saying in Rockford: "No one out-nices Tony Crisman". Do NOT sleep on this opportunity!
📩 Reach out to:

Jessica@rockandrollinstitute@gmail.com

for more info and to get connected

Minneapolis and St Paul were 2 cities we played often over our 2 decades together. It’s generous, polite and welcoming people always treated us lovingly. They housed us. They fed us. The loved us.
So let me be clear here….

WE STAND WITH MINNEAPOLIS & IT’S PEOPLE

Lady friend just asked me “You guys have never got Hilly cake for his birthday before?”

Me “No. We don’t usually buy each other gay bread for our birthdays.”

Happy Birthday Hilly

So what do we do with our musical selves these days, you might ask?
Well ALL 5 of us losers now teach at &rollinstitute. I know. I know. Who’d of thought all those years ago when these 5 once hamdsome young men, who spent decades adrift on the seas of Rock&Roll, would someday be mentoring 76 magnificently talented, magical, creative, young adults on how NOT to play music or make art the way that WE did. Some of them actually listen.

Tickets on sale at https://rocknrollinstitute.com/

THIS FRIDAY•January•2nd•2026

Show is at the hard rock. It’s for the kids.
ITS ALL AGES!! SO BRING ALL THE LITTLE BUDDIES

Doors 5:00
Show PROMPTLY AT 6:00

We will all be there.
Thank you and we miss you 💋

Lastly,
This screenshot is from someone that brought their troubled teenagers, from a group home, to see our midday one song run thru concert today. This was their text to me….Not gonna lie. This is a remarkable, loving, joyful, accepting life changing program.
Please come join us

Hypothetically speaking of course….but none the less, just entertain me here. What if…Let’s just say, what if we were maybe talking about possibly playing ONE single show in 2026
What song do you want us to relearn from our vast and varied catalogue just to make you fu***ng happy? Hmmm. Which is it? New or old. Some song you never heard us play live that you always wanted to hear us do, but “nooooo” we just never played it, because honestly we think some of our songs really fu***ng suck and we don’t wanna do em Or maybe some song we dropped off the set years ago for like we were dumping an grandma off at the Wesley Willows nursing home.

Basically…help us make a set list

hypothetically of course.

'It feels like magic' | Rock & Roll Institute campers will get to play the Hard Rock Live in Rockford By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — Brody Phillips had only been playing bass guitar for

So we’re clear here. Whatever is left of this band will always be pro immigration, pro LGBTQ, pro human rights, anti fascist, anti authoritarian, and anti Donald Trump. If any of this is counter to your current belief systems feel free to let the door hit you on the way out

True story