Thrillcat: Thrillcat 3, 1992

Thrillcat: Thrillcat 3, 1992

PERSONNEL: Doug Grober: Drums Mike Brayton: Vocals, ? Cam Brennan: ? Bill Rocamora: Vocals, ? Produced performed and recorded by Thrillcat Recorded during January 1992 at the MacColl 8-track studio in Providence, RI TRACK LISTING: 1. Somebody Hold Me 2. Honeyface 3. Will You Be There 4. Give Me The Reason 5. You’re Jaking Me Around 6. Don’t Make Me Blue 7. It’s Only Love “The band doesn’t play much anymore, to my dismay. Billy, one of the lead singers…

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Cessna 21: Noise Ethic, 1995

Cessna 21: Noise Ethic, 1995

PERSONNEL: Shane Baker: Everything TRACK LISTING: Side A 1. Song For Neal 2. Do You Think Of Me? 3. When You Go Home, His Hand Comes Down Again 4. 1st Aria Side B same as A “Cessna 21, a/k/a Shane Baker, is an old friend of Demorandum, having appeared in issues 66, 69, 77 (as Loveseat Glider) and 78. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard from him, though, so I was happy to get these two tapes in…

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Big Monster Fish Hook: 6 songs, 1995

Big Monster Fish Hook: 6 songs, 1995

PERSONNEL: Lisa Blanchard: Voice Mark Massaro: Acoustic and voice Brad Rigney: Electric guitar Engineered by Dave Produced by Brad/Dave TRACK LISTING: 1 – Big Monster Moon 2 – Cloud 3 – Super Ego 4 – Doll Face 5 – Vienme 6 – Discrete “A uniquely original band from Boston, MA. Formed by Mark Massaro around 1995, the group consisted of Mark (acoustic guitar, vocals), Lisa Blanchard (lead vocals, piano, pianosaurus, and acoustic guitar), and featured Brad on electric guitar on…

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Jeff Krebs: Crash Ballads EP, 1995

Jeff Krebs: Crash Ballads EP, 1995

CREDITS: All songs by Krebs except * by Krebs / Taylor / Rohrbach Recorded live to DAT at Black Eyed Pig, SF Engineered by Kyle Statham Cover illustration by Jeff Krebs J-Card graphics by Philip Keppeler TRACK LISTING: 1. Them Beautiful Strangers 2. Tuscaloosa Sam And The Crazy Pit* 3. Magdalena 4. Nothing 5. Another Piece Hailing from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, singer/songwriter Jeff Krebs played in numerous bands and trekked across North and South America in the early ’90s before…

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Alchemysts: Five songs, 1995

Alchemysts: Five songs, 1995

PERSONNEL: Jon Guard, bass guitar, vocals Paul Simmons: Guitar, vocals Mat Love: Drums TRACK LISTING: Side 1 1. Las Vegas Powertrip 2. Shake Side 2: 1. Mess 2. Know 3. Cars & Guns This English psych-stoner-garage-rock cult band emerged out of rural Somerset in 1995 with One Eyed Again, a collection of songs recorded at their home Beehive Studios between November 1991 and April 1993. That was followed by Over And Out in 1998 on the Australian label Camera Obscura….

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System: Clean b/w How Many Times, 1995

System: Clean b/w How Many Times, 1995

stephen gary alan colin would like to thank michael cunningham steve aiken the bands the people who understand what we do this was recorded on eight track at unsafe sound studio’s in september 95 produced by michael and system for information contact 7 glenview park newtownards n ireland bt23 4un When System came roaring out of County Down, east of Belfast, the Good Friday Agreement was yet three years away; the bombing at Roma’s, but two years behind. Nothing like…

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Mystery Friday Number Nine: Stay Away From Whole Grains

Mystery Friday Number Nine: Stay Away From Whole Grains

Sony HF 60, no jewel case. Adhesive tape over both tabs. What’s on here? Let’s find out. S1de A This is my interview with the members of Dread Zeppelin, backstage at The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, circa 1990. It’s among my favorite interviews. A bongtastic concept — Led Zeppelin songs, played reggae style, sung by Vegas-era Elvis Presley — had caught fire (not entirely unsurprisingly, given their virtuosic, hilarious live shows), been signed to IRS and released Un-Led-Ed. I played…

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The Grip Weeds, S/T, three songs, circa 1989

The Grip Weeds, S/T, three songs, circa 1989

PERSONNEL: Rick Reil: Singing, guitars 12+6, organ Jeff Surawski: Singing, bass Kurt Reil: Singing, drums, perc Tim Mesko: Singing, guitar, harmonica TRACK LISTING: 1. I Forgot To Lie 2. Love Me Like Before 3. You Know He Did Active to this day, New Brunswick, New Jersey’s The Gripweeds emerged in 1988 as East Coast counterparts to the then-fading Paisley Underground. Across eight albums, an EP and a pair of singles, they have stuck to a winning formula of flower-power-pop with…

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Phantom Tollbooth: Seven-song demo, 1985

Phantom Tollbooth: Seven-song demo, 1985

PERSONNEL: Jon Coates: Drums Dave Rick: Guitar, vocals Jerry Smith: Bass, vocals TRACK LISTING: 1. Jack Of All Phobias 2. Ohm On The Range 3. Saturday Afternoon 4. More Paranoia 5. More People 6. Good Luck 7. The Fuck Unless I am mistaken, this is the original seven-song demo from which four songs were chosen for re-mastering and 2014 release by PT5Speed as the Demolition EP. Judging from the sound quality, this likely was recorded live in the band’s rehearsal…

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Visible Elroy: Some Kind Of Jamoca? 1995

Visible Elroy: Some Kind Of Jamoca? 1995

PERSONNEL: Brent Fuscaldo: Everything TRACK LISTING: Side A 1. Vaccine 2. Tangelo 3. I Want You To Know 4. The Submarine 5. Far Ends 6. Holiday Spirit Side B 7. To Drift Or Fly By 8. Autumn Kiss 9. Gash In Red 10. Light Beams 11. Kisser 12. Asbestos Visible Elroy charmed me, then and now, with this ragged but honest slice o’ lo-fi psych-pop. More brash and energetic than your average home-taper, Brent clearly had a big sound in…

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