Sesamoid was once described by a Twin Cities music writer as a "nuisance" band. Perhaps this was not so much due to our music but rather our guerilla marketing techniques. For example, since Personal ads were free in the City Pages, Sesamoid would fax in several phony ads every week with cryptic (and sometimes not so cryptic) references to the band's name. Soon Minneapolis singles were buzzing about Sesamoid. If an ad depicted a sexy woman, as many as eighty guys would respond to which they were given the message "I'm out of town so I can't respond to your message. I'll meet you at the Sesamoid show." Needless to say we had a big lonely male following.

We once made a poster claiming a famous stripper would be giving a lecture about "the exploitation of women and the media's influence on young minds" before one of our concerts. A number of people arrived early with notebooks actually expecting a lecture but received little more than a girl with balloons stuffed in her shirt performing a dude dance to Sesamoid's version of "Tush" by ZZ Top.

We even started a fictitious right wing religious organization called the "Sacred Truth Action Foundation" for the purpose of conducting an organized boycott of ourselves. We got lots of great letters from the Christian right at our post office box.

Though praised by critics, Minneapolis club audiences were often left scratching their heads at Sesamoid's live concerts. "The Findell Years" CD chronicles Sesamoid's best material from 1993-94. The record is weird at times and annoyingly pop at others but it seems to have aged rather well. Listeners enjoy it much more NOW than they ever did while the band was active. Check out these MP3's by one of the "quirkiest" guitar bands you'll never hear.