Origin of the Underwater Welders

The Underwater Welders began as a polka band, the Underwater Weldinskis, in the late early 90's. The money was steady, but they had difficulty garnering acceptance for their original material, such as the Fishing Discards Polka and the Non-Refundable Polka. The guitarist, Clem Whatsis, was quoted in a Lifetime interview as saying "well, every title had to end in 'Polka.' We found it limiting."

But they found new life as the Underwater Wedders, soon becoming the hippest wedding band in the entire Cleveland outer metropolitan area, at least until the ruinous publicity of a divorce between bass guitarist Taps McGee and drummer Mimi McGee. They might have weathered it if one of them actually quit the band, but both refused.

Finally giving up all hope of financial success, they changed their name to its current incarnation and decided to give it a go as an underground pop music sensation. They've been clawing the dirt ever since.