This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb were a folk punk band from Pensacola, Florida, United States. Their first recording was released in 1997 on Ghostmeat Records. Their later releases have been on Plan It X Records and No Idea Records, but now appear on their own label Plan-It X South. This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb initially started as a new wave band, with folk singer David Dondero on drums. They quickly switched to playing country music, but their punk roots were evident enough in their music that they became one of the premiere bands at the forefront of the folk-punk genre. They did several US tours including an Alaska tour 2003(?), played at Geekfest, and toured to Europe. On February 3, 2011, This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb announced that it was ending. Rymodee and Terry still write and play together in Zippers To Nowhere, based in Chattanooga. Much of their music is politically oriented. This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb is staunchly pacifist and concerned with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and racial equality in general. Band members Rymodee - guitar, vocals, harmonica Terry Johnson - bass, vocals Teddy "Ted" Helmick - drums, jokes, vocals Zine author Aaron Cometbus has been known to play drums for the band on occasion. Spot - fidola Discography S/T 7" Ghost Meat Records, 1997 Out Of Print Dance Party With... CD Plan-It-X Records, 1999 Dance Party With... 10" Troy from Vancouver, 2004 Of Chivalry and Romance in a Dumpster 10" Fab Records, 1999 Out Of Print Black Panther Party 7" Arkam Records, 2001 This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb/The Devil Is Electric Split 7" Risk Records, 2001 Out Of Print Front Seat Solidarity LP Plan-It-X Records, 2002 Out Of Print (repressed on No Idea Records in 2007) Front Seat Solidarity CD Plan-It-X Records, 2002 Songs Of Our Soil CD and zine (self-released), 2002 This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb/Carrie Nations Split 7" Shake/Plan-It-X Records, 2004 Out Of Print Three Way Tie for a Fifth CD Plan-It-X Records, 2004 Three Way Tie for a Fifth LP No Idea Records, 2005 Convertible CD Plan-It-X Records, 2008 Convertible LP No Idea Records, 2009 Radon/This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb/Vaginasore Jr./King Friday Split Fast Crowd Records, 2008 (contributed the song "Bright One") Controversy over name On March 2, 2006, at 5:30 am an Ohio University police officer spotted a bicycle attached to the Oasis