THE TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE Supreme Radial 1998

 

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Terrifying Experience Biography

by Mike DaRonco

After parting ways with the seminal Guided By Voices in 1996, guitarist Mitch Mitchell wanted to take the opportunity of writing and recording his own music. So without any assistance from additional musicians, Mitchell went into the studio, recorded all the instrumental tracks by himself, layered the vocals and released it as a split EP with Illyah Kuryahkin in 1996 -with a little help from Arena Rock Records; hence, Terrifying Experience was born. Not to long after the record sold out, Mitchell wanted to take things a step further by recruiting an actual band; resulting in the 1997 line up of guitarist Duane Hart, bassist Geoff Ortlip and drummer Mark Craigo, Terrifying Experience quickly followed with their second seven inch (first release as a band), "I'm Invisible" b/w "Legacy of Conquest" and the Search for Omega Minus EP -both courtesy of AAJ Records. With a local following developed in their home quarters of Dayton, Ohio, Terrifying Experience felt the confidence for a 1998 US tour, after the release of their first full-length Supreme Radial that same year.

 

Tracklist

1		Two Day Mini-War
2		Snakes Are Arrows The Moon
3		Cocktail Party Effect
4		Dynasty Of The Last Star Children Have Come To An End
5		Attacking Of The Padded Assailant
6		Genesis Flood
7		Get Out Of My World
8		Everytime I Turn Around
9		Exhilarating Ether Jags
10		Cash Money Runaway
11		You Don't Recognize "Sweet Leaf"
12		Critics Assert Influence Once In Office

SUPERCLIMA Various Artists 1996

                                        

 

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Spanish (from Spain) comp released on Caroline Records for Rockdelux magazine

 

Tracklist

1	Prodigy*–	Firestarter
2	Girls Against Boys–	Super-Fire
3	Steve Wynn–	Shelley's Blues, Pt. 2
4	Throwing Muses–	Shark
5	Lush–	I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
6	China Drum–	Last Chance
7	June (8)–	Stripteaser
8	Peter Perrett In The One*–	Falling
9	Papas Fritas–	Afterall
10	Guided By Voices–	The Official Ironmen Rally Song
11	El Inquilino Comunista–	Colored View
12	Holy Barbarians–	Space Junkie
13	Cool Jerks–	Beautiful Sad Face
14	Scheer–	Wish You Were Dead
15	Lisa Germano–	A Beautiful Schizophrenic
16	Spoon–	Dismember
17	Vancouvers–	Reach Out
18	Gorky's Zygotic Mynci–	If Fingers Were Xylophones
19	Tommy Keene–	On The Runway
20	Jack Logan–	When It All Comes Down
21	Dover–	She Will
22	Spain–	Untitled 1 (Radio Edit)

 

SUMMER HIT! Various Artists 1995

 

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Compilation on the Spanish record label Running Circle

Tracklist

  1. Smog - Bathysphere
  2. Guided By Voices - Motor Away
  3. Archers of Loaf - Fabricoh
  4. The Minus 5 - The Emperor of the Bathroom
  5. Cheralee Dillon - Little Yellow Lemon
  6. Walter Salas-Humara - Be Honest With Me
  7. DM3 - 1 Time, 2 Times Devastated
  8. Smudge - It's Over
  9. Sebadoh - Skull
10. Lambchop - Soaky In The Pooper
11. Picasso Trigger - Club Joiner
12. Edsel Auctioneer - Summer Hit
13. The Pastels - Guiding Star
14. Palace - New Partner
15. Butch Hancock - To Each His Own
16. Dubrovniks - Holy Town
17. The Dickies - Golden Boys
18. Lunachicks - Drop Dead
19. 24-7-Spyz - Outta Mind, Outta Time
20. Gutterball - Transparency
21. Kim Salmon - Suzanne

TARD & FURTHER'D Various Artists 1997

 

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compilation on the Siltbreeze label

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1	Halo Of Flies–	Richie's Dog	2:59
2	Gibson Bros.*–	Brokedown Engine	3:33
3	Monkey 101–	French Feelings	2:11
4	Monkey 101–	Now That You Have Left Me	3:13
5	V-3–	Inside Outpost	5:32
6	Dead C*–	Hell Is Now Love	3:52
7	Dead C*–	Bone	2:38
8	Alastair Galbraith–	As In A Blender	2:20
9	Sebadoh–	Cheapshot	1:13
10	Sebadoh–	Delicious Cakes	1:39
11	Queen Meanie Puss–	Lily Heart	2:28
12	Mike Rep & The Quotas*–	Village Idiot	2:54
13	Terminals*–	Black Creek	6:00
14	Guided By Voices–	Melted Pat	1:38
15	Guided By Voices–	Dusty Bushworms	2:29
16	Thomas Jefferson Slave Apts.*–	Baboon's Liver	2:48
17	Shadow Ring*–	Tiny Creatures	4:20

 

THE LOUNGE AX DEFENSE & RELOCATION COMPACT DISC Various Artists 1996

 

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Tracklist  

1	–The Jesus Lizard	Uncommonly Good	2:47
2	–Shellac	Killers	1:26
3	–Sebadoh	Whole Hog	1:54
4	–June Of '44*	Rivers And Plains	4:55
5	–The Coctails	Wood Bee	2:09
6	–Guided By Voices	Beneath A Festering Moon	3:04
7	–Archers Of Loaf	Mark Price P.I.	2:03
8	–Bad Livers	Wild Bill Jones	3:07
9	–Yo La Tengo	Attack On Love	2:14
10	–Mekons*	Axcerpt	2:57
11	–Superchunk	Fader Rules	5:52
12	–Seam	The Prizefighters	3:15
13	–Tortoise	Restless Waters	3:44
14	–Rachel's	Those Pearls ...	6:14

ROBERT POLLARD WITH DOUG GILLARD Speak Kindly Of Your Volunteer Fire Department 1999

by request

 

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Tracklist

1	Frequent Weaver Who Burns	2:48
2	Soul Train College Policeman	1:38
3	Pop Zeus	2:27
4	Slick As Snails	4:19
5	Do Something Real	2:55
6	Port Authority	4:05
7	Soft Smoke	0:44
8	Same Things	1:18
9	And I Don't (So Now I Do)	2:10
10	Tight Globes	3:07
11	I Get Rid Of You	2:49
12	Life Is Beautiful	2:27
13	Messiahs	2:25
14	Larger Massachusetts	2:52
15	And My Unit Moves	1:41

GEM Hexed 1995

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Artist Biography by Erik Hage

Gem is a guitar-driven pop-rock band with explicit connections to Cobra Verde and Guided By Voices. After launching Cobra Verde (out of the ashes of the Cleveland group Death of Samantha) with singer/guitarist John Petkovic and Dave Swanson in the early '90s, guitarist Doug Gillard formed the side project Gem with Prisonshake drummer Scott Pickering and Four Coyotes guitarist Tim Tobias. The group debuted with the album Hexed in 1995. In 1997, Gillard and the rest of Cobra Verde backed up Robert Pollard as a de facto Guided By Voices lineup for the Mag Earwig album. Gillard would remain with Guided By Voices in subsequent years, with Gem member Tim Tobias joining up with Pollard as well (on bass). The two Gem members were important components of the relatively stable GBV lineup that existed from the late '90s and on into the new millenium (and that played on the landmark Isolation Drills album). In 2001, Tobias and Gillard once again turned their attentions to Gem with the album Sunglare Serenades. 

Tracklist 

1	Sheep
2	Your Heroes Hate You
3	Only A Loan
4	Failed To See
5	Suburban Girl
6	Little Star
7	I Hate It
8	Any Trepidation
9	Like This
10	Many Moons Break
11	Yeahya
12	2 Me Now

SWEARING AT MOTORISTS

Tuesday's Pretzel Night

1996 

 

self titled

1997

 

by request

 

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

Dayton, OH-based lo-fi pop duo Swearing at Motorists teamed singer/guitarist Dave Doughman and drummer Don Thrasher, the latter a member of local heroes Guided by Voices at their Bee Thousand-era peak. Debuting in 1995 with a self-released, self-titled cassette, Swearing at Motorists returned the following year with an EP, Tuesday's Pretzel Night. The full-length Fear of Low Flying Clouds appeared in 1997, with More Songs from the Mellow Struggle (the band's debut effort for the Secretly Canadian label) and Number Seven Uptown both following two years later. By 2000, founding member Don Thrasher left the band. The Trouble with Sweeney's Joseph Siwinski was brought in to play drums. The Along the Incline Plane EP and the This Flag Signals Goodbye album both followed in 2002. A tour with the Hold Steady as well as an appearance at the annual SXSW conference coincided the release of Last Night Becomes This Morning in 2006. After an 8 year gap, the band returned with a full-length, While Laughing, The Joker Tells the Truth, in 2014. 

 

I HATE THE 90S Volume 8

And as always, like in the 90's, this mix fits on a CD.

1. BEATNIK FILMSTARS Bigot Sponger Haircut Policy
2. THE FLUID Our Love Will Still Be There
3. PJ HARVEY Sheela-na-gig
4. IDAHO One Sunday
5. POND Grinned
6. CLEM SNIDE Uglier Than  You
7. ROBYN HITCHCOCK Madonna of the Wasps
8. THE TELESCOPES And Let Me Drift Away
9. MIKE WATT Chinese Firedrill
10. SVELT Not My Type
11. THE WRENS Pretty O.K.
12. SHRIMP BOAT Back to the Ukraine
13. GUIDED BY VOICES No Sky
14. DRUNKEN BOAT Tragic Hands
15. FONDA One of a Kind
16. TEXAS Dream Hotel
17. LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS She's a Girl and I'm a Man
18. THE DEVLINS I Knew That
19. SUPER DELUXE Your Pleasure's Mine
20. MELTING HOPEFULS Coming
21. OUTHOUSE Genius Boy
22. AUGUST SONS Weeds
23. THE BLACK VELVET BAND As You Go Down
24. GASTR DEL SOL Black Horse
25. COWBOY JUNKIES Lay It Down

TOBIN SPROUT

Carnival Boy

1996

Moonflower Plastic (Welcome to My Wigwam)

1997

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Artist Biography by Nathan Bush

Despite his own solo successes, Tobin Sprout will probably always be known as the one-time four-track wizard and songwriting side kick to Robert Pollard in Ohio's lo-fi pop kings Guided By Voices. Though less prolific than his boss, fans of the group were quick to take note of Sprout's irresistible song craft. Relegated to a handful of appearances on each release, the singer/guitarist penned GBV favorites like "Awful Bliss," "Atom Eyes," and "It's Like Soul Man." Sprout left the GBV camp in 1997, pursuing the solo career he launched a year earlier with Carnival Boy. Born in 1955, Tobin Sprout began playing guitar at age eight, teaching himself on the Silvertone his parents purchased for 25 dollars. In his late twenties, Sprout began making his first appearances on a Dayton, OH, scene dominated by metal acts, cover bands, and the occasional coalition of fiery punk youth, with his band Fig.4. Formed in 1983 with bassist Dan Toohey and drummer Jon Peterson, the group only released one 7" during its existence, breaking up before completing their full-length debut. After the split, Sprout enlisted the help of Dayton resident Robert Pollard to finish the album. A frequent attendee at Fig.4 shows, Pollard's early offer to join the group was (rather ironically) rejected. Needing an outlet for his own growing backlog of compositions, Pollard formed Guided By Voices shortly after. The band's Forever Since Breakfast EP was released in 1986, followed by the full-length Devil Between My Toes a year later. Sprout continued to stay in touch, adding his guitar to a couple of tracks on Devil, but eventually moved to Florida, taking a job as a designer and illustrator for See magazine. 

 

Carnival Boy

Tracklist

1. Natural Alarm
2. Cooler Jocks
3. E's Navy Blue
4. The Bone Yard
5. Carnival Boy
6. Martin's Mounted Head
7. Gas Daddy Gas
8. To My Beloved Martha
9. White Flyer
10. I Didn't Know
11. Gallant Men
12. It's Like Soul Man
13. Hermit Stew
14. The Last Man Well Known To Kingpin


Moonflower Plastic (Welcome To My Wigwam)


Tracklist

1. Get Out of My Throat
2. Moonflower Plastic (You're Here)
3. Paper Cut
4. Beast of Souls
5. A Little Odd
6. Angels Hang Their Socks On The Moon
7. All Used Up
8. Since I....
9. Back Chorus
10. Curious Things
11. Exit Planes
12. Little Bit of Dread
13. Hit Junky Dives
14. Water On The Boater's Back

GUIDED BY VOICES / COBRA VERDE split 7 inch 1997

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Guided By Voices –	Aim Correctly
Guided By Voices –	Orange Jacket
Cobra Verde –	Terrorist

3 DREAM BAG The Fertile Octagenarian 2001

By request

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Tracklist 

A1		Farmer Says
A2		Daisy
A3		Chaos Killed The Dinosaur
A4		Pot Luck And The Insanity Mile
A5		War Orphan
A6		Saline Man
A7		Moon Beam
A8		Electric Billboards Trampoline
B1		Freak Pony
B2		Perfect Friday
B3		Invitation To The Beheading
B4		Unborn Widow
B5		Honeymoon Babies
B6		Bad Rice Stew / Chase And Sandborn
B7		Mr. O'Malley

COBRA VERDE Vintage Crime EP 1995

By request