CHOCOLATE USA All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today 1992

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Artist Biography by Mike DaRonco

Going under their original moniker Miss America when the got together in 1989, the members Julian Koster (vocals/ guitar/ accordion), Liza Wakeman (violin), Alan Edwards (guitars), Keith Block (drums) and Paul Wells (bass) wanted to create more of a phonouneum in their hometown of Tampa Bay, Florida rather than just another run of the mill indie rock band. This resulted in not only their "Chocolaty Good Smash Hit of the Month Club" - a fan club which members received a monthly newsletter and a new song through the mail - but also their own a radio show and an annual indie-fest which they helped organized. With their eventual name change to Chocolate U.S.A. in 1992, instigated by a lawsuit, Bar/None Records took notice of their antics and re-released their first demo All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today that same year. Two years later, their second album Smoke Machine followed. 

Tracklist

1	Test	0:40
2	All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today	3:14
3	Doogie Love Theme/Wysotsky's Tea	2:25
4	My Little Two Eyes	3:04
5	100 Feet Tall	2:36
6	The Feelies Show	3:02
7	Skyphilis/Air Raid	3:46
8	The Shower Song	3:57
9	Wash My Face	4:32
10	Two Dogs	1:58
11	Vocal Exercise No. 1	0:32
12	The Crashing Song	2:33
13	Luniks Furniture	2:39
14	Kriss Ford	2:43
15	Kathy	1:38
16	Nervous Aged Catalunian	3:07
17	Loud	4:22
18	Smile	3:27
19	She's An Aeroplane	4:21

THREE O'CLOCK HEROES Cynical Bite 1992

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 punk rock

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1	An Introduction	0:38
2	The Boxer	2:58
3	The Hunter Is Dead	3:22
4	Days Go By	3:25
5	The Dying Farm	3:00
6	Beautiful People Walk Into Beautiful Houses	2:40
7	Better Way	3:43
8	Girl With The Love Machine	2:55
9	The Acid Dance	3:40
10	Damn The Day	3:49
11	Chrippled City	3:41
12	Pay-Day	3:21
13	The Question	2:55
14	Down In The Tube Station At Midnight	3:33
15	Germans Don´t Like Water	4:19
16	Fuck The Hooligans	2:07

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Radiator 1997

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Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Super Furry Animals were one of the first post-alternative bands, fusing together a number of disparate musical genres -- including power pop, punk rock, techno, and progressive rock -- creating a shimmering, melodic, irreverent, and willfully artsy rock & roll. As one of the leading bands of the mid-'90s Welsh movement, they were already tagged as outsiders by their tendency to sing entire songs in their native tongue, but their very approach was unique, full of both whimsy and left-wing political activism. What set them apart from their fellow Welsh bands were their infectious melodic sensibilities and their wildly irreverent attitude, which peers like Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, 60 Ft. Dolls, and Catatonia lacked.

Formed in Cardiff, Wales, in 1993, Super Furry Animals were comprised of Gruff Rhys (lead vocals, guitar), Huw "Bunf" Bunford (guitar, vocals), Guto Pryce (bass), Cian Ciárán (keyboards, electronics), and Dafydd Ieuan (drums). All five members had played in bands throughout their teens prior to forming the group, most notably Rhys, who had previously played in a jangle pop band named Emily that was briefly signed to Creation, as well as a Welsh noise rock band called Ffa Coffi Pawb. Following the dissolution of Ffa Coffi Pawb, Rhys played in a trio with Pryce and Ieuan, which eventually evolved into Super Furry Animals. Initially, the group was a techno outfit, yet they quickly evolved into a neo-psychedelic and progressive pop outfit. After two years or writing and touring, the band signed with the Cardiff-based independent label Ankst and released their debut EP, Lianfairpwllgywgyllgoger Chwymdrobwlltysiliogoygoyocynygofod (In Space), which was sung entirely in Welsh. It was followed within a few months by another EP, Moog Droog, which was also sung in Welsh. Both EPs were produced by Gorwel Owen.

By the end of 1995, Super Furry Animals had gained a strong, cross-generational fan base in Wales while gathering a strong cult following in Britain, which led to a six-album record contract with Creation Records. Prior to signing with Creation, the band had decided to sing the majority of their songs in English, in order to reach a wider audience. Super Furry Animals and Owen produced the group's debut album, which was preceded by two singles in the spring of 1996 -- "Hometown Unicorn" and "God! Show Me Magic" -- which became moderate hits. Fuzzy Logic, the band's debut album, was released in the U.K. in June 1996 to uniformly excellent reviews and a place in the Top 40. Within a few months, SFA had become one of the hippest bands in British independent music, with several of the group's lyrical touchstones -- most notably the notorious Welsh dope smuggler Howard Marks, who appeared on the cover of Fuzzy Logic -- having become pop culture references. Super Furry Animals also became infamous during the summer of 1996 for attending all of the pop music festivals in a gigantic tank. "Something 4 the Weekend" and "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" became hit singles in the summer and fall of 1996. The latter single was scheduled to have a B-side called "The Man Don't Give a Fuck," which was built on a sample of Steely Dan's "Showbiz Kids," but Donald Fagen refused to give the group permission to use the recording. By November, he relented and "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" was released as a limited-edition single in early December; it reached number 22 on the U.K. charts, and became the group's default set closer. Fuzzy Logic also placed in the Top Ten of many critics' year-end polls.

Super Furry Animals entered the studios in January 1997 to record their second album, Radiator, which was released in August 1997. Guerrilla followed two years later, and in mid-2000 the band resurfaced with Mwng. Cameos by John Cale and Paul McCartney were featured on the ambitious 2001 album Rings Around the World, while 2003's Phantom Power was a looser affair. The compilation Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 and the new album Love Kraft were both released in 2005. The group signed with the Rough Trade label in 2006 and released the addictive pop album Hey Venus! in 2007. Two years later, the group released Dark Days/Light Years and then went on hiatus. Over the next five years, indvidual members pursued solo projects, finally returning to action in 2015 to play concerts promoting the reissue of Mwng. A biography called Rise of the Super Furry Animals saw publication by the end of the year. In 2016, they played several festival dates in the U.S., along with releasing "BING BONG," an anthem for Euro 2016.

Tracklist

1	Furryvision™	1:25
2	The Placid Casual	2:49
3	The International Language Of Screaming	2:14
4	Demons	5:11
5	Short Painkiller	0:38
6	She's Got Spies	4:43
7	Play It Cool	3:15
8	Hermann Loves Pauline	4:43
9	Chupacabras	1:26
10	Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir	1:54
11	Bass Tuned To D.E.A.D.	3:20
12	Down A Different River	5:37
13	Download	3:19
14	Mountain People	6:14

THE WENDYS Gobbledygook 1991

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Artist Biography by Michael Sutton

If timing is truly everything, then the Wendys had the misfortune of releasing their debut album shortly before the collapse of their record label, U.K. indie powerhouse Factory. Comprised of John Renton (vocals), Ian White (guitar), Johnny MacArthur (drums), and Arthur Renton (bass), the Wendys rode on a wave of critical acclaim -- and the usual hype from Factory's Tony Wilson -- when they emerged from Edinburgh, Scotland, in the early '90s. As the hysteria created by the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays began to dwindle, the Wendys were voted into "next big thing" status. Superstar producer Ian Broudie produced the group's 1991 debut, Gobbledygook, and while it was lauded by critics, the LP was overlooked by the public. When Factory hit the skids, it dragged the band with them; as grunge took command of the airwaves, there was no room for the Wendys' Madchester-inspired guitar pop. In 1999, Starshaped released the band's long-awaited second album, Sixfootwingspan.

Tracklist

1	Something's Wrong Somewhere
2	Pulling My Fingers Off
3	Half Blind
4	Suckling
5	Removal
6	Gobbledygook
7	I Want You And I Want Your Friend
8	Soon Is Fine
9	Half Pie
10	I Feel Lovely
11	The Sun's Going To Shine For Me Soon

THE QUADRAJETS Pay The Deuce 1998

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1	Punkinheaded Motherfucker	2:30
2	61 Blues	2:35
3	Ain't Red No More	2:17
4	Too Much Evil	1:43
5	Pay The Deuce	4:03
6	Red And Rosie	2:46
7	I Wanna Be Yer Zombie	3:32
8	Old Lady's Pissed Again	2:31
9	Rich Man's War	2:34
10	Get Yerself Something Nice	3:10
11	Going Down	3:04
12	Ten High	3:49

THE FLASHING LIGHTS Where The Change Is 1999

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Artist Biography by Gina Boldman

The Flashing Lights first started as a '60s cover band that played around Halifax when guitarist/vocalist Matt Murphy wasn't busy with his primary band, the Super Friendz. After the Friendz disbanded in 1997, Murphy moved to Toronto with longtime friend and bassist Henri Sangalang, and the two soon added keyboardist Gaven Dianda and drummer Steve Pitkin to the Lights' lineup. The group focused on the '60s sound and influences like the Kinks, Game Theory, and the Who. The band played locally, building a solid fan base, while recording their first album. Rather than hassling with a label, the band released the full-length Where the Change Is independently. In fall 1999, the Lights toured with the Local Rabbits and Thrush Hermit; Where the Change Is was released in the U.S. in the spring of 2000.

 Tracklist 
 

1	Where The Change Is	3:05
2	Highschool	2:22
3	Half The Time	3:02
4	Heart Like Mine	3:50
5	Rotary Hotel	4:25
6	Summertime Climb	2:50
7	Where Do The Days Go?	4:07
8	Talk To The Hand	2:58
9	The Unattached	4:31
10	The Patient You Forgot To See	2:31
11	Elevature	3:36
12	Day Like That	2:49
13	Gone Are The Good Times	4:39

FRENZAL RHOMB Coughing Up A Storm 1995

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Artist Biography by John Bush

The irreverent Australian punk unit Frenzal Rhomb formed in 1993; their lineup includes vocalist Jason Whalley, guitarist Lindsay McDougal (a replacement for original guitarist Benjamin Costello), bassist Lex Feltham, and drummer Gordy Foreman (the third in a succession including Karl and Nat). After touring as the support act while American punk bands Offspring, Bad Religion, and blink-182 were down under, the group released its first album, 1995's Coughing Up a Storm. Retitled Once a Jolly Swagman Always a Jolly Swagman, the album was issued on America's Liberation label two years later.

Hyped by NOFX's Fat Mike, Frenzal Rhomb became one of the biggest independent Australian bands with the release of their second album, Not So Tough Now. After headlining the Australian leg of the 1998 Vans Warped Tour (and being recruited for the American edition as well), the group released its third album, Meet the Family. A Man's Not a Camel followed in 1999 and Shut Your Mouth appeared two years later. Sans Souci came out on Fat Wreck in June 2003 and featured new bassist Tom Crease. A subsequent worldwide tour brought Frenzal Rhomb to all corners of the globe, including stops in Taiwan, South Africa, Israel, the U.K., and Japan. 

Tracklist

1	Genius	3:01
2	Fraud	2:34
3	Run	3:11
4	Get Off	2:41
5	Hate	0:58
6	Suburban Male	2:37
7	Don't Speak	2:08
8	Sick And Tired	2:10
9	Infotainment	2:38
10	Dugadugabowbow	2:31
11	No Thought	2:17
12	4 Litres	2:16
13	Big Paranoia	2:00
14	Cones	2:53
15	Kaan Kaant	2:16
16	Untitled Track 16	0:54
17	Untitled Track 17	0:48
18	Untitled Track 18	6:41