SHUDDER TO THINK 50,000 B.C. 1997

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Shudder To Think are an indie rock band formed in Washington, DC, in 1986 by Craig Wedren (vocals, guitar), Mike Russell (drums), Stuart Hill (bass), and Chris Matthews (guitar). Although usually associated with DC's punk and emo scenes, Shudder To Think blended their punk influences with pop and glam. Also making the band stand out were Werden's theatrical vocals. The group released their first LP on Sammich Records in 1989 and then moved to Dischord Records for 3 LPs. After the release of 1992's "Get Your Goat", Russell and Matthews left the group and were replaced by Adam Wade (ex-Jawbox) and Nathan Larson (ex-Swiz), respectively. This line-up released a single on Dischord before making the jump to a major label, one of only 2 Dischord acts to ever do so. Their major label debut, "Pony Express Record" received critical acclaim and scored a minor hit with the song "X-French Tee Shirt" but the band failed to find big-time success with a mainstream audience and received backlash from hardcore independent rock fans for leaving Dischord. Things were further complicated as Werden spent the next few years battling Hodgkin's Disease. Shudder To Think returned in 1997 with "50,000 BC" (and with Kevin March replacing Adam Wade) and moved into soundtrack work but split by the end of the decade.

Tracklist

  1. Call of The Playground
  2. Red House
  3. Beauty Strike
  4. The Saddest Day of My Life
  5. The Man Who Rolls
  6. All Eyes Are Different
  7. Kissesmack Of Past Action
  8. Resident Wine
  9. She's A Skull
10. Survival
11. You're Gonna Look Fine, Love
12. Hop On One Foot

SEVERIN Acid To Ashes Rust To Dust 1992

 

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Artist Biography by Ron DePasquale

Before fronting the Capitol City Dusters, Alec Bourgeois held the mic for Severin, an early-'90s D.C. indie rock band that featured Gray Matter guitarist Mark Haggerty. Bourgeois founded Superbad Records, which co-released three Severin singles with Dischord Records. The band's textured, anxious sound got some West Coast recording on a single for Sub Pop. One full-length, Acid to Ashes, Dust to Rust, appeared on Dischord. The band, presumably named afer Steve Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees, broke up in 1993. Drummer Alex Daniels reunited with his old bandmates from Swiz to form Sweetbelly Freakdown, and bassist Eugene Bogan moved on to Rummy and Birdshot. 

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1	Fire And Sand
2	Catholic Girl
3	New # 1
4	Stones Throw
5	Unglued
6	Believe
7	Me And You
8	Liquid Thoughts
9	Close
10	Speaking Oyster
11	People Are Wrong

SWEETBELLY FREAKDOWN Sweetbelly Freakdown 1997

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Artist Biography by Mario Mesquita Borges

Releasing new combinations within the foremost brutal and mischievous punk and hardcore styles, Sweetbelly Freakdown sprouted from the ashes of Washington unit Swiz in 1996, constituted by the same lineup of their forerunner band. Shawn Brown (vocals), Alex Daniels (drums), Jason Farrell (guitar), and Dave Stern (bass) continued to bring to life original tunes of boundless aggressive hardcore. All of Freakdown's members were involved with other hardcore-style crews like Severin or Fury, but the energy granted toward the newborn band remained untouched. Deciding to record a disc just after forming their new outfit, Sweetbelly released their first single "The Long Haul." In the following year, the punk crew felt it was time to discharge their debut album, and the self-titled full-length Sweetbelly Freakdown hit record stores through the Jade Tree logo in 1997. Since then, the Washington group has been doing regular appearances at live shows across the U.S.

 

Tracklist

1	Pleas To The Action Figure
2	M.C.R.
3	Sugar High
4	Mudmouth
5	Target A.D.
6	The Long Haul
7	Daydreamin'
8	Victim's Complex
9	Pit Dog

BLUETIP Join Us 1998

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American post-hardcore band from Washington D.C. active between 1995 and 2002. Reformed to play a few shows in 2008. Band members went on to form Retisonic and (later) Red Hare.

 

 

Tracklist 

1		Yellow Light
2		Cheap Rip
3		Join Us
4		Castanet
5		Carbon Copy
6		Salinas

7		F-
8		I Even Drive Like A Jerk
9		Bad Flat
10		Jersey Blessed
11		Cold Start
12		Slovakian

BLUETIP Dischord № 101 1996

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Artist Biography by Steve Huey

Upon their departure from Swiz, guitarist/vocalist Jason Farrell and guitarist Dave Stern formed Bluetip with a rhythm section of bassist Jake Kump and drummer Dave Bryson. The group signed with Dischord in 1995 and issued its debut album, Dischord No. 101, the following year. Farrell and Stern formed a second band, this one called Sweetbelly Freakdown, with whom they released an album in 1997; back with Bluetip, they crafted the sophomore effort Join Us, which appeared in 1998; Polmer followed two years later.

 

 

Tracklist

1	Nickelback	1:40
2	Past Tense	4:11
3	Precious	2:59
4	If I Ever Sleep Again	3:18
5	3x2 Slow	4:00
6	Sacred Heart Of The Highway	6:51
7	Texas 10 West	2:52
8	Sweet Superior	3:27
9	L.M.N.O.P.	3:12
10	Mapped Out	1:58
11	Gainer	3:30
12	Tangle	4:03
13	With The Lord As My Witness	1:43

 

SHUDDER TO THINK Get Your Goat 1992

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Shudder To Think are an indie rock band formed in Washington, DC, in 1986 by Craig Wedren (vocals, guitar), Mike Russell (drums), Stuart Hill (bass), and Chris Matthews (guitar). Although usually associated with DC's punk and emo scenes, Shudder To Think blended their punk influences with pop and glam. Also making the band stand out were Werden's theatrical vocals. The group released their first LP on Sammich Records in 1989 and then moved to Dischord Records for 3 LPs.

Tracklist

1	Love Catastrophe	3:39
2	Shake Your Halo Down	2:36
3	White Page	1:59
4	Goat	2:18
5	Pebbles	4:27
6	Baby Drop	3:35
7	The Hair Pillow	3:02
8	She Wears He-Harem	2:55
9	Rain-Covered Cat	3:11
10	Funny	4:12

SHUDDER TO THINK Funeral At The Movies & Ten Spot 1991

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Shudder To Think are an indie rock band formed in Washington, DC, in 1986 by Craig Wedren (vocals, guitar), Mike Russell (drums), Stuart Hill (bass), and Chris Matthews (guitar). Although usually associated with DC's punk and emo scenes, Shudder To Think blended their punk influences with pop and glam. Also making the band stand out were Werden's theatrical vocals. The group released their first LP on Sammich Records in 1989 and then moved to Dischord Records for 3 LPs

Tracklist 

	Funeral At The Movies
1	Chocolate	3:08
2	Lies About The Sky	3:58
3	Day Ditty	1:55
4	Crosstown Traffic	2:26
5	Red House	3:32
6	Funeral At The Movies	3:14
7	I Blew Away/Ride That Sexy Horse	7:20
	Ten Spot
8	Heaven Here	2:10
9	Jade-Dust Eyes	2:06
10	Rag	3:11
11	About Three Dreams	4:06
12	Speak	4:12
13	Corner Of My Eye	2:44
14	Summertime Train	3:21
15	On The Rain	3:15
16	Vacation Brain	3:47
17	Yes	1:49
18	Tony Told Me	3:00

SHUDDER TO THINK Pony Express Record 1994

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Artist Biography by John Bush

Shudder to Think's hardcore punk background (courtesy of their affiliation with the D.C.-based label Dischord Records, also the home of Fugazi) doesn't give the best indication of their sound, since the group embraced pop influences and a skewed sense of songwriting as well. Formed in 1986, the band's initial lineup -- vocalist/guitarist Craig Wedren, guitarist Chris Matthews, bassist Stuart Hill, and drummer Mike Russell -- released two singles and one 1989 album (Curse, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses) before signing with the Dischord label. Shudder to Think remained with Dischord for three influential albums -- 1990's Ten-Spot, 1991's Funeral at the Movies, and 1992's Get Your Goat -- while touring alongside the likes of Fugazi and the Smashing Pumpkins.

Matthews and Russell had both left the group by 1994, with guitarist Nathan Larson and drummer Adam Wade stepping in to replace them. Additional changes followed as the band inked its first major-label contract. After signing with Epic, Shudder to Think released Pony Express Record in 1994. During the three years that followed, Wedren successfully overcame Hodgkin's Disease, Larson released an album with his side project Mind Science of the Mind, and Wade was replaced with former Dambuilders drummer Kevin March. 50,000 B.C. was released after that period of activity, but it ultimately failed to push the band into the big time. One year later, Shudder to Think focused its attention on soundtrack work for the indie films First Love, Last Rites (which included songs in various musical styles sung by alt-rock notables like Liz Phair, Billy Corgan, and Robin Zander, as well as one of Jeff Buckley's last recorded works) and High Art, the latter featuring Brian Eno-like instrumental soundscapes. Larson left the band that same year, though, and his departure proved to be the final straw. Shudder to Think split up in 1998, with Wedren launching a solo career shortly thereafter.

Wedren played shows in the New York City area and appeared on the soundtrack Down to You. He also supplied backup vocals to the Verve Pipe's 1999 self-titled release and continued his soundtrack work for films. Nearly a decade after Shudder to Think's demise, Wedren joined former bandmates Larson and March for a series of reunion shows, including an event that supported presidential candidate Barack Obama. A fall tour followed in 2008 and was later documented on the concert album Live from Home. 

 

Tracklist 

1	Hit Liquor	4:08
2	Gang Of $	3:45
3	9 Fingers On You	2:41
4	Sweet Year Old	4:52
5	Earthquakes Come Home	3:44
6	Kissi Penny	3:06
7	X-French Tee Shirt	4:06
8	No Rm. 9, Kentucky	5:34
9	Chakka	4:47
10	Own Me	4:48
11	So Into You	3:43
12	Trackstar	6:48
13	Full Body Anchor	1:50

 

 

MORDAM RECORDS In Store Play Sampler 1995

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Mordam Records In Store Play Samplers were sent to radio stations and record stores to promote the bands and labels that were distributed by the Mordam Records Distribution Company in San Francisco. They were housed in cardboard sleeves. The track listing for this sampler is incorrect. The 22nd song is by El Vez "Esta Bien Mamacita" and the 23rd song is Pop Defect "Bob Says No!"
The sampler includes bands on Sympathy For The Record Industry, Estrus Records, Lookout, Kill Rock Stars, Allied Recordings, Alternative Tentacles, Vinyl Communications, Hell Yeah, Flipside Records, Seeland (that's Negativland's own record label), Dr. Strange, Dionysus, Shredder, Kirbdog, Wrong, Jade Tree and Empty. - Blogatrix

 
Tracklist

1. Alice Donut - Magdalene
2. Naked Agression - Out of Control
3. Strawman - Sioux City Debutante
4. Humpers - Hey Shadow
5. Bratmobile - Panic
6. Spitboy - Ultimate Violations
7. Tit Wrench - Rock and Roll, Man
8. Zipgun - Together Dumb
9. Butt Trumpet - I Left My Flannel in Seattle
10. Paper Tulips - We Never Close
11. Show Business Giants - Teeny Weeny Man
12. Tilt - Addiction
13. Buzzoven - Frayed
14. Negativland - The Gun and the Bible
15. Ill Repute - Not That Way
16. Man or Astroman? - Invasion of the Dragon Men
17. Victims Family - Balderdash '93
18. Witchdoctors - I'm So Restless
19. Swiz - Nine
20. One Man Running - Windfall
21. Parasites - I Don't Believe You
22. El Vez - Esta Bien Mamacita
23. Pop Defect - Bob Says No!
24. Crackerbash - Shoe-In
25. Unwound - Rat Bite
26. Mono Men - Wrecker!
27. Screeching Weasel - Goodbye To You