The Complete History of C.C. Banana

With so much happening in Bananaland it can often be difficult to keep track of C.C. Banana's whereabouts! Therefore, collected here is the most comprehensive C.C. Banana chronology known to man. A full history (and even a little prehistory) of everybody's favorite fruit! Click on the pictures to read the full stories. 2004 and beyond coming soon!

6/22/01	-	C.C. DeVille is spotted charging fans money for autographs and photos at a Poison concert in Green Bay, WI!
7/01/01	-	The Metal Sludge website gives C.C. DeVille the FU Award for his bizarre sandwich board antics!
7/06/01	-	C.C. Banana makes his debut at Jones Beach on Long Island! The rock & roll world will never be the same.
7/07/01	-	C.C. Banana makes his first online appearance... at RonAlbanese.com! The first of many to come!
7/08/01	-	C.C. Banana makes his second live appearance, at the PNC Bank Arts Center in NJ! More mayhem ensues.
7/10/01	-	C.C. Banana's secret origin is at last brought to the awaiting masses via the fine folks at Metal Sludge!
7/10/01	-	C.C. Banana's debut is confirmed in this eyewitness account at Carolyn's Poison Page!
7/10/01	-	C.C. Banana's second live appearance is confirmed in this eyewitness account at Carolyn's Poison Page!
7/10/01	-	Another eyewitness account of C.C. Banana appears at the Spouzic sports & music site!
7/13/01	-	Rikki Rockett thanks C.C. Banana in his Poison tour diary for making the evening such a treat!
7/15/01	-	The story of C.C. Banana is picked up by PaulKatcher.com! Word is traveling fast!
7/20/01	-	The story of C.C. Banana is picked up by MisterPants.com! News continues to spread like wildfire!
7/24/01	-	C.C. Banana is again featured on PaulKatcher.com! Demand for the fabulous fruit is unprecedented!
8/06/01	-	C.C. Banana is rumored to fill in for the injured Bobby Dall on the remaining dates of the Poison tour!
9/05/01	-	C.C. Banana's debut is featured in the Metal Sludge 3rd Year in Review! Says Sludge: "Well worth reading again and again."
9/08/01	-	C.C. Banana appears in the Metal Sludge Bret Michaels Top Ten list, checking in at number 6!
11/22/01	-	C.C. Banana appears in the Metal Sludge rock star Thanksgiving post!
11/27/01	-	C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ captures Dean Davidson of Britny Fox and Love Saves The Day in Hoboken, NJ!
11/28/01	-	C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ crews the NY Steel concert, captures Dee Snider and even meets Sebastian Bach!
12/05/01	-	C.C. Banana attempts to capture Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley at Tower Records, without much luck!
12/12/01	-	C.C. Banana again attempts to capture Gene Simmons, yet instead gets smacked around by Sebastian Bach!
1/01/02	-	C.C. Banana vs. C.C. DeVille is nominated for the Metal Sludge "Feud of the Year!"
2/08/02	-	C.C. Banana vs. C.C. DeVille comes in fifth (out of 10) in the Metal Sludge "Feud of the Year" contest!
2/08/02	-	C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ captures Gene Simmons of Kiss at his Virgin Megastore book signing in NYC! Finally!
3/15/02	-	Sebastian Bach is arrested for making terroristic threats, coincidentally on C.C. Banana's birthday!
4/03/02	-	Metal Sludge runs the story of C.C. Banana's showdown with Sebastian Bach, coincidentally on Sebastian's birthday!
4/03/02	-	The story of C.C. Banana's showdown with Sebastian Bach is picked up by Rock Dirt!
4/28/02	-	C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ captures Gary Cherone and Ron Leejack at the NY/NJ Kiss Expo!
5/08/02	-	Metal Sludge posts captures of Gary Cherone and Ron Leejack by C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ!
5/??/02	-	C.C. Banana is mentioned by Rikki Rockett in an interview with the Dallas Music Guide!
5/28/02	-	C.C. Banana makes the Metal Sludge "You Know You're a Sludgeaholic" list!
6/05/02	-	C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ attends the NYC Tongue magazine party and interviews Gene Simmons!
6/26/02	-	The original C.C. Banana video footage is included in the first-ever Metal Sludge auction!
7/03/02	-	A compilation tape featuring the original C.C. Banana video footage sells for $71.00 on eBay!
7/09/02	-	C.C. Banana returns to Jones Beach to shoot the amazing Backstage Banana home video!
7/14/02	-	C.C. Banana is banned from shooting his video (or even appearing) at the PNC Bank Arts Center in NJ! Go figure!
9/01/02	-	C.C. Banana's Sebastian Bach showdown is featured in the Metal Sludge 4th Year in Review!
10/08/02	-	C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ captures a bunch of porn chicks! Actually, he just takes their pictures.
10/21/02	-	Rikki Rockett mentions C.C. Banana in his Metal Sludge 3-Wind! Thanks, Rikki!
12/03/02	-	C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ captures Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley at their Virgin Megastore appearance!
12/16/02	-	Metal Sludge posts captures of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and a bunch of porn chicks by C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ!
1/21/03	-	C.C. Banana posts a temporary homepage to announce the Backstage Banana video!
2/20/03	-	C.C. Banana gives Brent Muscat a copy of the Backstage Banana video at an LA Guns concert in NJ!
3/07/03	-	C.C. Banana becomes Sludgeaholic of the Month! America's love affair with the yellow fellow continues!
3/12/03	-	C.C. Banana sends the first batch of Backstage Banana screeners to the Poison camp! Says they: "It rocks!"
3/20/03	-	C.C. Banana is mentioned on J.J. Wilder's website! Check her out, she's the Backstage Banana covergirl!
4/15/03	-	C.C. Banana is mentioned by Steve Brown in his Metal Sludge 20 Questions!
4/27/03	-	C.C. Banana crews the "secret" Twisted Sister reunion gig at Tuxedo Junction in CT and introduces himself to the band!
4/29/03	-	C.C. Banana crews the Twisted Sister reunion press conference on the USS Intrepid and gives them all copies of his video!
5/03/03	-	C.C. Banana attends the NY/NJ Kiss Expo, gives his video to former Kiss manager Bill Aucoin and Michael Kelly Smith!
5/04/03	-	C.C. Banana attends the second day of the NY/NJ Kiss Expo, gives a copy of his video to VH1's Eddie Trunk!
5/08/03	-	C.C. Banana is announced as a host of the Metal Sludge Extravaganza Tour!
5/10/03	-	The first true C.C. Banana website is launched! The worldwide web finally loses its innocence.
5/19/03	-	C.C. Banana appears during the live Fuse-A-Thon telecast, in which Much Music USA is relaunched as Fuse!
6/10/03	-	An unknown C.C. Banana impersonator is shown on the premiere episode of NBC's "Last Comic Standing!"
6/14/03	-	C.C. Banana makes a cameo at the PNC Bank Arts Center, gives his video to Rikki Rockett and Bobby Dall's father!
6/20/03	-	C.C. Banana hears his name broadcast during an MSX Tour radio promo, emits a girly squeal of delight!
6/30/03	-	C.C. Banana is again mentioned on J.J. Wilder's website! This time she's hyping the upcoming MSX shows!
7/01/03	-	C.C. Banana hosts the New Jersey MSX show, where he is tackled onstage then attacked by an angry mob!
7/02/03	-	News of the C.C. Banana attack is posted on Metal Sludge! The original post is soon changed to include a hasty reply.
7/02/03	-	C.C. Banana is referenced in a Metal Sludge article about the Bret Michaels / Stevie Rachelle feud!
7/02/03	-	C.C. Banana's assault is the talk of the Baltimore MSX show! C.C. DeVille is informed of the incident, sends his regards!
7/04/03	-	C.C. Banana hosts the Independence Day MSX event on Long Island! This time he is neither tackled nor beaten.
7/04/03	-	C.C. Banana's performance is written up in the July 4th MSX reviews! Apparently, he is quite the hit!
7/05/03	-	The C.C. Banana photo page goes up at the MB Imaging website! Nice work, Mike!
7/05/03	-	C.C. Banana tags along with Twisted Sister to Great Adventure in NJ and shoots video of the band on all the rides!
7/06/03	-	C.C. Banana is included in the MSX Tour review at Valeria Angela Rock!
7/08/03	-	C.C. Banana hosts the New York City MSX show! After previously being tackled and beaten, tonight he rises from the dead!
7/10/03	-	Video of the C.C. Banana beating is broadcast on NY's FOX-5 TV news, after a similar attack on a human sausage!
7/11/03	-	The FOX-5 TV broadcast of the C.C. Banana beating is reported by Metal Sludge! Dan Dryden gives the Banana props!
7/15/03	-	C.C. Banana is featured in David Weave Roth's Sludgeaholic of the Month profile! Good going, Weave!
7/15/03	-	C.C. Banana is featured in Brent Muscat's awesome MSX Tour Diary! Thanks for the support, Brent!
7/16/03	-	The C.C. Banana beating incident finally garners a Metal Sludge FU Award!
7/24/03	-	C.C. Banana captures Kiss in NYC! Alter ego Ace Peeley the Psycho Citrus is born. Bananimalize!
7/27/03	-	The C.C. Banana MSX Tour Diary #1 goes online! Just a little bit late...
7/29/03	-	The Long Island MSX show hosted by C.C. Banana is reviewed in the "Good Times" entertainment paper!
8/05/03	-	The C.C. Banana tackle is addressed by perpetrator John Monaco in his Metal Sludge 20 Questions!
8/12/03	-	C.C. Banana is mentioned in Brent Muscat's Metal Sludge Super Balls Award!
8/??/03	-	The official C.C. Banana website is added to the Metal Sludge links page!
8/19/03	-	The C.C. Banana MSX Tour Diary #2 & #3 go online, though the effort of finishing them nearly kills him.
8/19/03	-	The C.C. Banana MSX Tour Diary is added to the MSX Tour Archive!
8/19/03	-	The C.C. Banana MSX Tour Diary is added to the Metal Sludge Tour Diary Archive!
9/01/03	-	C.C. Banana's assault is featured in the Metal Sludge 5th Year in Review, complete with a less-than-flattering photo!
9/02/03	-	C.C. Banana is featured in Jeff Shock's Sludgeaholic of the Month profile! Congratulations, Jeff!
9/06/03	-	C.C. Banana makes a surprise appearance at the Dr. Evil CD release party in NJ!
9/20/03	-	C.C. Banana shoots the climactic scene of Silent But Deadly 3! Bananakin Skywalker is born!
9/23/04	-	Photos of C.C. Banana at the Silent But Deadly 3 shoot are posted at ImageEvent.com!
9/??/03	-	Photos of C.C. Banana at the Silent But Deadly 3 shoot are posted at CraigeMorsels.com!
9/??/03	-	C.C. Banana's J.Rad concert review is added to the press section of their website!
9/29/03	-	The Backstage Banana press release is carried on MelodicRock.com! CCBanana.com gets huge amounts of traffic!
9/29/03	-	A group photo featuring the handsome C.C. Banana is posted at the Silent But Deadly website!
9/30/03	-	Metal Sludge runs the C.C. Banana Kiss capture along with an article about Gene Simmons losing his mind!
9/30/03	-	The Backstage Banana press release is carried on Glam-Metal.com!
10/01/03	-	The Backstage Banana press release is carried on the Poison Mexico website! Who knew one even existed?
10/03/03	-	C.C. Banana is interviewed by Marie Braden for Electric Basement!
10/04/03	-	C.C. Banana is featured in Mark Gray's Sludgeaholic of the Month profile! Enjoy the MSX drum kit, Mark!
10/15/03	-	Marie Braden's interview with C.C. Banana is posted at Electric Basement!
10/16/03	-	C.C. Banana introduces Bret Michaels, American Anthem & Drag Citizen at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in NYC!
10/17/03	-	The Backstage Banana press release is carried at Music Mayhem!
10/23/03	-	C.C. Banana wins one of only 50 satin jackets awarded in the "Kiss Symphony" contest! The official winner for the state of NJ!
10/27/03	-	C.C. Banana crews the Alice Cooper / Twisted Sister / Sebastian Bach concert and even gives Alice a copy of his video!
10/28/03	-	The Backstage Banana video is reviewed at Electric Basement!
10/30/03	-	C.C. Banana shoots some pick-up shots for Silent But Deadly 3!
11/02/03	-	C.C. Banana is written up in Britain's "Classic Rock" magazine! Color photo and everything!
11/07/03	-	New C.C. Banana photos are featured on the Silent But Deadly website!
11/07/03	-	C.C. Banana is by mentioned by Howard Stern on the radio, in a tease for his Craig Gass comedy gig!
11/07/03	-	C.C. Banana performs comedy with Craig Gass in Doylestown, PA! Crowd is left bewildered.
11/08/03	-	C.C. Banana again performs comedy with Craig Gass in Doylestown, PA! Crowd still bewildered.
11/14/03	-	Metal Sludge posts a capture of Alice Cooper by C.C. Banana's alter ego AJ!
12/08/03	-	The Backstage Banana video is reviewed at Metal Exiles!

As is the space-time continuum, so too is the Banana Timeline in a state of perpetual flux. As C.C. Banana confronts new challenges and conquers new frontiers, additional dates and events will be added to the list. That is, if and when we can find the time for it. And what's a timeline without time?

Also, if you know of any events missing from the timeline or spot any inaccuracies herein, please let us know. One of these days we'll probably get around to fixing it.

You know, when we have the time.