GOD AND TEXAS History Volume One 1992

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Noise rock band, based in Athens/Columbus, Ohio area from 1989 to 1992 then Chicago, Illinois form 1992 to 1994.

 

Tracklist

1	Bread And Circuses	5:26
2	Seas Of	3:45
3	Amalgamator	3:51
4	Hell On Earth	3:22
5	Mask And Glove	2:31
6	Join Or Die	4:18
7	Bastille	3:10
8	Trip To The Negative	3:23
9	Black Death	4:23
10	1979 Under God	4:31
11	1066	3:15
12	Then And Now	2:38
13	Mood For Self	3:13
14	Indulgence	1:45
15	Hope For You And I	3:13
16	Tear Ourselves Apart	3:09
17	Grist For The Mill	2:50
18	Shithouse	0:18
19	Purge	4:12
20	Metalcide	3:22
21	Colossus	1:30
22	Slowburn	5:34
23	Beneath The Wings	2:52
24	At My End	3:27

LICK Breech 1995

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TEEN HEROES Audio Satellite 1998

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ZIPGUN Baltimore 1993

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Punk rock band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1991 by former Derelicts guitarist Neil Rodgers and former Obituaries drummer Dan Cunneen. Blake Edwards of Empty Records saw one of Zipguns rehearsals and immediately asked the band to do a single.

In 1993, Mark Wooten quit the band and was replaced by bassist Andy Sheen. In late 1993 Sheen quit the band and was replaced by former Derelicts bassist Ian Dunsmore.

ZIPGUN broke up in 1994 and then reunited in 1996 for a single show at The Breakroom in Seattle with original bassist, Mark Wooten.

Zipgun released three singles and two full-length albums on Pacific Northwest independent record label, Empty Records and several other singles on various labels. The band toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada and appeared in the Doug Pray film Hype!, a documentary chronicling the 1990s Seattle Grunge music scene.

Currently, Rogers plays in Communist Eyes and The Derelicts (reformed in 2017). Clarke continues to play and record with the Seattle punk band The Burnz. Cunneen plays drums for Roxbury Saints and the Perkins Coie Band.  

 

Tracklist

1		Long Hot Kiss	3:18
2		Home At Last	1:58
3		Just The Way It Sounds	2:43
4		Highball	2:28
5		Through The Roof	2:27
6		Shadey	4:04
7		4th Prize	2:39
8		I Can't Wait	2:32
9		Missionary Miracle	2:05
10		In The Wire	2:49
11		Holiday	4:39
12		Hades	4:10

 

SNUG Caroline EP 1997

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THIRD STONE Hack 1995

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grunge

(thank you, Reb!)


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1		Worms
2		Last Words
3		Mortal Coil
4		Soft Spot
5		Nothing
6		Mosh Pit Riot
7		I.O.W.A.
8		Sixteenfive
9		Tomorrow
10		Smeg
11		The Sting

SWEET WATER self titled 1993

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Biography

by Chris True

A Seattle, WA based band that got rolling just as that city's musical revolution of the early 1990s was taking hold -- their first show happened to be with a band (also making its first live appearance) named Mookie Blaylock, who would go on to find a bit of success as Pearl Jam -- Sweet Water managed to ply their trade through the waning years of the alt rock movement before being felled by the dreaded "hiatus" in 1999. Originally known as S.G.M., Sweet Water rode the wave of interest in the Pacific Northwest's musical offerings, and landed a major-label deal with Atlantic in 1992. The self-titled offering (not their first, however. The band put forth an independent release called Ter in 1990.) was a moderate success, but nowhere near that of other acts from the scene, i.e., » Read more

Tracklist

1	Crawl	4:23
2	Everything Will Be All Right	4:14
3	Head Down	3:43
4	Sleep	4:00
5	Stripped Down	4:47
6	Where Has The Day Gone	7:03
7	King Of '79	3:49
8	Losing	3:44
9	Can't Say No	5:12
10	Feel Good	3:25
11	Like A Child	4:44
12	[Untitled]	1:24

SMACK DAB Majestic Root 1994

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SMACK DAB
This quirky Brooklyn combo was formed at the urging of Wm. Berger (here playing drums), who recognized creative sparkle in modern dancer Linda Hagood and encouraged her to take up guitar and songwriting. The duo was joined by bassist Alec Stephens on Queen Crab, a wonderful collection of light, idiosyncratic material like "Big Planet," "Lucky" and "Dancing Uvula." With a cartoony Southern voice so high-pitched that many reckoned it to be contrived (it's not), Hagood fits in with the love rock of Beat Happening and the Mad Scene but shows more musical ambition. Contributions to tribute albums for the Fall and Love around this time showed Smack Dab's versatility and humor.

After Berger left to concentrate on Uncle Wiggly, newcomer J. Z. Barrell (ex-Alter Boys) brought his studio engineering prowess and add instrumental versatility to the fuller, more mature Majestic Root. Where Queen Crab was a fanciful one-woman show with excellent support, Majestic Root shows Hagood's positive reflections on love and life in a more adult light, with subdued tones and more intricate arrangements. The agile band covers a great deal of sultry, arty and troubled ground under her indelible stylistic stamp. Stephens exited Smack Dab in 1994 for a career slinging guitar with Railroad Jerk and was suitably replaced by Kansas City's Jeffrey J. Jensen, a Jonathan Richman fanatic.

Confusingly, there is an eponymous 2007 album by a second group called Smack Dab, this one an unrelated trio containing Spanish musician Paco Loco, Steve Wynn and his wife and drummer, Linda Pitmon.

[Ian Christe]

LALALAND Nude 1998

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MAN WILL SURRENDER self titled 1997

 hardcore out of California

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Tracklist

1	Tim
2	Climbing Out
3	Repressed
4	Darkroom
5	Lullaby
6	Hate In Gold
7	Castrato
8	Change
9	Open Up
10	Free Lesson
11	Let It Slide

ROADS TO SPACE TRAVEL Ballad Jazz Waltz 1999

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THE HOT MONKEY More Than Lazy 1996

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Tracklist

1	Favors
2	That Certain Thing
3	4 Eyes
4	Steam
5	Wheel
6	Sometimes
7	Monty Carlo
8	Hide-N-Seek
9	Wait Up
10	Dandy Lion
11	Other Ideas
12	The Strap
13	Sooner
14	I Won't Tell
15	Meat Truck
16	Hours
17	Think I Love You
18	Dinosaur Angel
19	Sain

 

CIAO BELLA 1 1997

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Biography

by Jason Ankeny

Alameda, CA-based indie-pop duo Ciao Bella teamed singers/songwriters Mario Hernandez and Jamie McCormick, longtime friends who first joined forces under the name Teeny Hi-Fi for a 1992 single, "Weekend Go." Appearing live on only the rarest of occasions, the duo spent the next several years collaborating in their home studio, finally releasing their first material as Ciao Bella on a 1996 EP on the Winnipeg-based Endearing label. The full-length 1 followed on March Records in 1997, earning the band a worshipful following among indie-pop fanatics, but after a handful of subsequent compilation tracks Ciao Bella went on hiatus; McCormick went on to produce sessions for acts including the Aislers Set and the Fairways, while Hernandez recorded under the alias From Bubblegum to Sky. 

Tracklist 

1	In	2:13
2	How Low	2:50
3	Old School Digital Watch	2:43
4	Dropped Once	2:55
5	Meet The Great LIfe	2:03
6	Another Pill	2:13
7	Astronauts In Love	3:37
8	Details From The Deep End	1:51
9	We Were Always Too Young	2:07
10	Sink	2:50
11	I've Should !?	1:51
12	Brown Make-Up	3:58
13	Party Song	1:49
14	Feeling Low	4:12

 

SUPER 8 self titled 1996

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Tracklist

1	Pain
2	Nothing
3	King Of The World
4	Pills
5	April 19th
6	Going Nowhere
7	Mountain
8	Heavens Don't Cry
9	Fire
10	Natural
11	Railroad
12	Washed Away
13	Here We Go Again
14	Fly Away

U.S. SAUCER Hell Yes! 1997

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Biography

by Greg Prato

U.S. Saucer's sleepy brand of rock is a mix of Red Red Meat's raw production and slurred vocals, with Morphine's sense of the experimental and the unconventional. Whereas Morphine is a trio without a guitarist, U.S. Saucer is a trio without a drummer.

The San Francisco-based band (which consists of singer/bassist David Tholfsen, singer/guitarist Margaret Murray, and Brian Hageman on guitar, vocals, and viola) produces an original take on blues/country/folk. Although Tholfsen's vocals certainly are an acquired taste (a mix of moaning and yodeling), music fans searching for the cutting edge and the uncommon will be in for a pleasant surprise. The band has released a total of three full-length albums for Amarillo Records -- 1992's My Company Is Misery, 1994's Tender Places Come from Nothing, and 1997's Hell, Yes! -- and have also appeared on a handful of compilations for small labels in countries such as Germany and Canada.

TOENUT

Information
1995

Danger! Humans Approach!
7 inch
1997 

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Artist Biography by Erik Hage

Toenut play a unique brand of rhythmically complex, experimental alternative rock topped off by the unearthly vocals Katie Walters. Atlanta natives Skipper Hartley and Richie Edelson sowed the seeds of the group back in 1991. Toenut recorded their debut single, Heyward/Information, for Half Baked Records in 1993. The track drew the interest of famed indie producer Kramer, who allowed the band to use his Noise New Jersey studio to record a demo. Through Kramer, the group met producer Steve Watson, who would become an important collaborator. Mute Records signed Toenut in 1994. The group's lineup was still in flux, however, particularly in the drummer position. Jeff Sullivan (Drivin' n' Cryin') had played frequently with the group, but Toenut, needing a more steady member, enlisted Colin English, who would become the band's sixth drummer. The demo recorded at Kramer's studio was tweaked and released as the group's debut LP, Information, in 1995. The group's sophomore effort, Two in the Pinata, came out in 1997. That same year, Toenut suffered a tragedy: on April 5, bassist Chris Collins was on his way to a show in Athens, GA, when he was killed in an automobile accident.

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Tracklist

1	Prologue	1:06
2	Seizure	4:50
3	Information/32nd Theme Song	3:25
4	Humbie Holdings	3:36
5	Song #1	4:26
6	3 Days Dirt	2:45
7	Opus	5:03
8	Trilogy	1:01
9	Heyward	3:53
10	Mouthful Of Pennies	2:53
11	Hookworm	2:37
12	Leviathan	3:20
13	Dinner Bell	0:42
14	Jesus Finger	3:34

Danger! Humans Approach

Tracklist

A	Danger! Humans Approach...
B	Dream A Little Dream Of Me