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In the late 1980s, Haywood Jablomi and Thomas “Fingers” Chelsea met on the set of an adult film in the San Fernando Valley to discuss music for the film. Together, they have been funkin’ their way through the pornos for over 20 years. With Haywood on bass and Tom on guitar, the band was joined by keyboardist Sid Getzoff and drummer Richard “Dick” Long. They called the first incarnation of their group “The Sex-O-Rama Band.” “At first” says Haywood, “we were only in it for the money…well…the money and the sex…but mostly the money. But later we realized that this is the greatest music ever made and we were born to play it!” After the band was sued for illegally covering music from classic 1970s pornos in their first album (now out of print), they released a second album of original music from their own film scores in 1998, which included the hit “Love Muscle.” The album was a critical disaster. Dick famously ranted “The critics are all gay!” which didn’t help their case. Soon the band found themselves doing what they do best, writing “film scores” for the Adult Entertainment Industry again. In 2003, Dick died suddenly, while snorting cocaine off a pornstar’s…well…you get the picture. The official report said he died of a heart attack… “but we all knew it was from a broken heart” says Haywood. “He was the one most devastated by the negative reviews of Sex-O-Rama 2.” The next year, the band was joined by drummer Ivan Ardon from San Diego, who got his start drumming for live