From Bloomington to the Fox reality show "The Next Great American Band" to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Dot Dot Dot is taking its glam-drenched sound all over the country. \nSubsequently, rumors about Dot Dot Dot have been flying rampant: The Chicago-based quintet's founder and guitarist/lead singer Adam Blair may or may not possess both sexes' sets of reproductive organs, drummer Stephan Konkhe was allegedly in the band Menudo while guitarist Rose was purchased by the band. Michael, the keyboardist, might have 12 fingers, and bassist Little Lisa could be the world lightweight kickboxing champion. \nBlair embraces the rumors; he made them up himself. Leaking disinformation to the media has become somewhat of a pastime for him and the band, a hobby that started when they told a reporter a little fib about a big fake lawsuit that resulted in the name Dot Dot Dot. \n"When they (the rumors) stop, that's when I am going to be worried," Blair said, seemingly providing commentary on what it takes to stay relevant in the media nowadays.\nDot Dot Dot has not been an official band for more than 10 months, but in that short time, it has put out an eight-song self-titled album, played countless gigs around the country and spent two-and-a-half months on the Fox reality show "The Next Great American Band." \nNow, eight weeks after finishing fifth on the show, Dot Dot Dot is playing two back-to-back shows in Bloomington, the city where the idea to audition for "The Next Great American Band" was hatched. \nWhen Dot Dot Dot was in Bloomington last April, it shot an audition tape in its Motel 6 hotel room between shows at the Bluebird and Jake's.\n"We were totally improvising," Blair said. "Everything (from the tape) they show on TV is just us messing around."
The Show\n"The Next Great American Band" was formatted much like Fox's "American Idol." \nBands performed snippets of songs (in Dot Dot Dot's case, usually one cover followed by an original) in front of a panel of three judges that included Johnny Reznick of the Goo Goo Dolls.\nThe band took all the judges' criticisms to heart and worked hard to appease them and get better every performance. Appeasing the judges was not ideal but necessary, Blair said.\n"Like our keyboardist Michael said, 'Just do whatever they want for the next seven times you play and you won't have to do it for the rest of your life.' And he's right," Blair said. \nThe band's strategy paid off. Dot Dot Dot had a great showing on "The Next Great American Band." It was featured in all the episodes except one, finished fifth and was the last rock band remaining. That strong showing has opened up many doors for the band that plays both covers and originals. The band was invited to perform at this year's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
The Future\nBlair said the band has aspirations of world domination in the next five years. Coming from a guy who may or may not be "looking for a partner with both sexual organs," it's hard to tell if he is serious or not. But one long-term goal he has for the band seems to be pretty earnest.\n"It's still the main goal ... to make people giggle and smile and have the best time they possibly can," Blair said. "But I think at the end of the day, for us, we want to make this something that can last forever and have our songs be covered by somebody else"
