GREGG SWANN Fever Dream 1996

 

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A talented songwriter and energetic performer, Gregg Swann left a legacy of music appreciated by pop music fans in the U.S. and around the world when his career was cut short by cancer on February 1, 2011. A Missouri native, he began performing in college; after graduation, he pursued a music career in New York.
Building on years of solo performances in clubs and on college campuses, Gregg began recording and performing with fellow musicians in New York, competing on the syndicated television program “Star Search” and playing a series of shows in Europe.  

Tracklist

1	April Fools	3:02
2	Wake Up Love	4:15
3	Present From The Past	2:46
4	Wait Here	3:06
5	Snap Shot	2:37
6	Going Through The Motions	3:05
7	Last Time	3:18
8	Honey	3:54
9	Begin	3:18
10	Pure	3:02
11	Enough	4:53
12	One The Outside	4:28
13	More Than Ever	2:52
14	Holiday	3:14
15	Bored To Tears	3:36

 

LIQUIDO Liquido 1999

 

 

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Allmusic Review

Simone Appolloni

We had to do it.

Liquido were a strange case of one-hit wonders. Founded by two Pyogenesis members (who left the band after Mono), they released an eponymous debut with a commercial acclaim like no other band in Germany, not even Rammstein: their song “Narcotic” was so successful in Europe that it was defined the “second best song ever” by a German radio list. After the drunk phase of regurgitation due by that tormenting hit (the band disbanded in 2009), we can freely say the song wasn’t the masterpiece it was supposed to be: excluding the initial organ intro and carnivalesque keyboard hook, it’s a simple syncope-led simple rocker in C# major. The rest of the album contains mainly catchy, dreaming but clean-, sheen-produced stadium Post-Grunge with cooing vocals, inoffensive grooves, marching paces and distorted The Smashing Pumpkins-like guitar riffs in Drop C# tuning. The songwriting is so repetitive and based over a few power-chord chord changes for single songs that it appears almost minimalistic: besides, the songs range from tentative, insufficient pseudo-singles in the vein of the said “Narcotic” or are vomit-inducing late-afternoon whispered pseudo-intimal filler (“I Will Have It All Today”), not to count the horribly strained vocals. All in all, the band’s mainstream recognition not only was undeserved, but more like the result of luck than anything else. 

 

Tracklist

1	I Won't Try	3:30
2	Swing It	3:15
3	Doubledecker	2:56
4	Clicklesley	4:27
5	Wake Me Up	4:00
6	I'll Have It All Today	2:25
7	Narcotic	4:41
8	What You Keep Inside	3:22
9	Clown	4:18
10	Ticket To Anywhere	3:32
11	Saturday Rocks	5:43

 

WHIPPERSNAPPER America's Favorite Pastime 1998

 

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Artist Biography by Stacia Proefrock

 Forming in the suburbs of Atlanta while they were still in high school, Whippersnapper was originally called Corpus Spin. The band's five members, guitarists Mike and Jason, drummer Pat, vocalist Andy, and bassist Andy B., decided to adopt the current name fairly soon after the band's founding. Their first recording was a split 7" with Ronin -- soon they were hitting the ground running and touring with punk giants like Green Day, 88 Fingers Louie, and blink-182. Lobster Records issued their first two albums, America's Favorite Pastime (which was released in 1998 when the bandmembers were all 19) and 1999's The Long Walk. The first album featured pretty standard East Bay-influenced hardcore played with youthful energy -- but by the time The Long Walk was issued, the band had moved to L.A. and soaked up enough new influences to produce a more adventurous album that played with rhythm and lyrics, resulting in a more creative product. Appearances Wear Thin, Whippersnapper's first for Fueled by Ramen, appeared three years later. 

 

Tracklist 

1	Two Of A Kind	3:34
2	Swing Shift	2:11
3	Stand Your Ground	3:37
4	Wrong Or Right	3:30
5	Bottom Line	2:50
6	Tragic Flaw	3:28
7	Alt.guitar.com	3:12
8	Perfect World	2:41
9	The System	3:11
10	Silent Crime	3:00
11	Tuesday Morning	3:12
12	Perceptions	2:56

 

MCRACKINS What Came First? 1995

 

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The McRackins are a Canadian pop punk band that was formed in 1994. Their song and album titles revolve around egg puns (i.e. "Bat Out of Shell") They have had approximately 70 releases from over 30 different record labels.
The McRackins nearly always play live in full costume and made up to look like two eggs and a dog. The band claims that they were transformed from men to two eggs and a dog and given super pop-punk powers as the result of a freak nuclear accident. The band consists of twin eggs Bil (guitar, vocals), Fil (bass) and dog Spot (drums). Their original drummer Tommy (The Chicken) Thacker played on a few of the earlier releases and is now a member of famous Canadian band Gob and is also the touring guitarist for Sum 41. Theo Goutinakis from Gob also played bass on the bands 1999 release "Comic Books And Bubblegum".
With sporadic touring throughout their native Canada and the US up until that point, 1996 saw the band take their live show to Europe. Dubbed the European Eggvasion, the McRackins toured seven countries as well as recording some live electric and acoustic sessions for the BBC. The band has made several music videos, which have received light to medium rotation on music channels in Canada, the US, and Europe. Further media exposure includes an appearance in a Molson Canadian beer television commercial, a cameo role in an independently produced motion picture titled Downhill Willy, and various television and radio features.
The band came out of hiatus to finish their album Bat Out of Shell. Their twelfth full-length album was released worldwide in 2006 by Wynona Records, Italy and contained twelve new tracks. A full European tour followed in Jan/Feb 2007 in support, visiting over 30 cities in 12 countries over a 6 week span.
In early 2007, they released MCRACKINS VS JOKERS with Italy's JOKERS on San Martin Records, Italy. The band is currently completing their latest CD "Eggzit" which will be released in North America and Europe by New York based label "Cheapskate Records" in summer of 2008. The CD will also be released in Japan (with 5 bonus tracks) by new label "Suggoi Records" in December 2008 with their first ever tour of Japan in the spring of 2009.
In November 2009 Finland based punk label "Killer Records" released a new MCRACKINS live cd "Live From Thunderbird Radio Hell" which features a 1995 CITR radio session hosted by Nardwuar The Human Serviette. The band has also finished recording their 14th studio album "It Ain't Over Easy" which will be released in early 2010 and will support it with a 3-week European tour in April.

 

Tracklist

1	Bittergreen
2	Look Who's Laughin' Now
3	Slapshot
4	Crank It Up
5	Robbed
6	Slap The Monkey
7	Forget Me Not
8	Stranglehold
9	Dyin' To Love You
10	The Last Of His Kind
11	1-900-5437
12	100 Rifles
13	What Came First?
14	Weird Dan
15	Willy Killigan

BUGLITE Love And Other Sorrows 1996

 

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Pop punk band from Brookhaven, Pennsylvania.

 

Tracklist

1	The Grand Chaunky
2	Woodchuck
3	Myself
4	Leaves
5	Watch
6	Anymore
7	Once Again
8	Glance
9	Just A Dream
10	There I Go Again
11	Shooting Star
12	Sarah And Me
13	I Remember

 

SIDECAR Three Wheel Heroes 1997

 

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

Cleveland pop-punk quartet Sidecar -- singer/drummer Brandon, guitarists Billy and Brett, and bassist Steve -- debuted in 1995 with the 7" Swingset, followed a year later by the full-length Three Wheel Heroes. At some point, Pete replaced Billy on guitar; guitarist Phil also joined on along the way. The Take a Loss EP appeared in 1998, and in mid-1999 Sidecar returned with All Those Opposed on Fast Music. Working in the studio with Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, You're Killing Me appeared in early 2003, and though a split release with Samiam was also worked on, it was ultimately shelved by the label without being released. Having built a solid local and Midwest following -- but remaining rather unknown elsewhere -- Sidecar last played together in mid-2003, as the bandmembers then went on to play with other projects.

 

Tracklist

1	Disappointed
2	1000 Times
3	Edge
4	Hetrophobe
5	Let It Go
6	He Makes Me Hard
7	Outside
8	Hours Away
9	Feel Stupid
10	Crack
11	Really
12	Miss Jones
13	Thinger Two
14	You're To Blame
15	Token Cheesey Cover Song
16	Not So Serious

57 Shifty Fight The Bear 1998

 

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No information available for this band. Pop punk from ?

Tracklist

1. Inside My Mind
2. Fall
3. Thank You
4. My Side
5. Device
6. Endless Pain
7. Three
8. Seasons
9. Kung Fu
10. Instrumental Dub

THE LOUD FAMILY The Tape of Only Linda

 

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Tracklist 

1	Soul Drain	4:12
2	My Superior	4:49
3	Marcia And Etrusca	7:14
4	Hyde Street Virgins	4:02
5	Baby Hard-To-Be-Around	3:32
6	It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas	4:38
7	Better Nature	3:25
8	Still Its Own Reward	4:12
9	For Beginners Only	2:41
10	Ballet Hetero	7:27

 

SIX GOING ON SEVEN Self-Made Mess 1997

 

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Artist Biography by Andy Kellman

During their eight-year existence from 1994 to 2001, the emo/indie rock band Six Going on Seven released three full-lengths and a number of stray singles and compilation appearances. Referencing bands from Fugazi to Jawbreaker to Buffalo Tom, the band consisted of singer/bassist Josh English, drummer Will Bartlett, and guitarist James Bransford. After a debut single for Hydra Head, the band fell in with the Some label and recorded 1997's Self-Made Mess at Dave "The Snake" Sabo's (Skid Row) New Jersey studio. Heartbreak's Got Backbeat followed two years later, and the band's final record, American't (Or Won't), was released in 2001 on Big Wheel Recreation. As Six Going on Seven progressed, their sound slickened and softened and English's vocals became less throaty.

 

Tracklist

1	Sexy Like The Titanic	2:44
2	Endurance	3:17
3	Getaway Car	3:50
4	Flu Season	3:36
5	Sincerely	4:10
6	Deadpan Cool	3:16
7	Lampwick	3:31
8	New Faith In Loss	2:52
9	Method Actor	3:59
10	Everybody's Got A Hobby	3:25

 

MILTOWN Miltown 1997

 

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Post-Hardcore band from Boston, MA, USA.  

Tracklist 

1	No Matter	2:53
2	Pop Culture Consequence	3:17
3	Delicate Fiction	3:47
4	Jumping Someone Else's Train	2:56
5	Predatory Male	5:23
6	Tales Of Never Letting Go	2:45

 

GUTFIDDLE Kung Foolery 1998

 

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Gutfiddle was a Melodic-Punk band from Lake Havasu City, Arizona active in the mid to late-90s. Probably, Lake Havasu's first gig-playing punk rock band, first band to have shirts and merch, and first (if not still the only) to have a bonafide release on an underground label. Often played The Cinema Theater and The Shakespeare venues alongside other local Havasu bands Blindside and Post Toasties. The name was a variation on slang name for a guitar, the "gitfiddle."  

Tracklist

1	Not Enough Time
2	Pulled Away
3	Over You
4	Falling Foward
5	This Time
6	Undecided
7	For The Best
8	Yesterday
9	Running On Empty
10	Tomorrow In The Eye
11	Shitty Love Song
12	Drunk Sluts
13	Times Have Changed
14	Last Up
15	Pretend
16	Drinking With The Boys

 

FAMILY OF GOD Family of God 1998

 

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

Ambient pop duo Family of God comprised Echo & the Bunnymen keyboardist Adam Peters and Chris Brick, owner of New York City's underground store Center for the Dull. Their debut LP We Are the World appeared on the Sugar Free label in 1998; Exiter followed two years later. 

 

Tracklist

1-1	Goodnight Piccadilly	3:07
1-2	Moog Over Easy	1:59
1-3	Moog River	3:52
1-4	Teenage Beach Musical	3:23
1-5	Sabrina	7:18
1-6	2nd Touch	2:05
1-7	Family Of God	7:39
1-8	Tynynyny Raindrops	2:57
1-9	You Miserable English Creep	3:13
1-10	Black And White Universe	3:14
1-11	Duck Style	3:02
1-12	Nirvana	3:55
2-1	Why Gogo Up There?	4:26
2-2	Dr. Breeze	5:06
2-3	Babble	6:35
2-4	Watch With Mother	3:25
2-5	Ark Angelika	3:47
2-6	Archie Pow	4:37
2-7	America	3:31
2-8	Playing In The Dark	4:02
2-9	All Atoms Are Engaged To Get Married	5:26
2-10	Everything Is Fixed	4:31

 

IN-FLIGHT PROGRAM - REVELATION RECORDS COLLECTION '97 Various Artists 1996

 

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Tracklist

1	–Sense Field	Building	1:34
2	–Texas Is The Reason	Back And To The Left	3:54
3	–Farside	Audience	3:37
4	–The Iceburn Collective	Sphinx	4:36
5	–Shades Apart	Fearless	2:58
6	–Chain Of Strength	True Till Death	2:20
7	–Whirlpool (2)	Wasteland	2:35
8	–Chinchilla (4)	Decoder	4:25
9	–Bodyjar	Glossy Books	3:51
10	–Ignite	Embrace	2:21
11	–Sparkmarker	Chrysanthemum	3:13
12	–Youth Of Today	Break Down The Walls	2:03
13	–No Fun At All	Master Celebrator	2:34
14	–Gorilla Biscuits	New Direction	2:25
15	–State Of The Nation	A Piece	2:45
16	–Beta Minus Mechanic	Sandcastles	3:25
17	–Quicksand (3)	Omission	2:26
18	–Underdog (2)	Say It To My Face	2:13
19	–Judge	Bringin' It Down	1:49
20	–Supertouch	Vendor	2:52
21	–Inside Out (2)	No Spiritual Surrender	2:58
22	–Shelter (2)	Enough	1:52
23	–Burn (2)	Shall Be Judged	2:17
24	–Into Another	To Be Free	3:15
25	–Bold (2)	Looking Back	2:13
26	–Engine Kid	Windshield	3:22