BRAIN BLO: A CASTING COUCH RECORD COMPILATION Various Artists 1992

 

Discogs

 

Garage rock, noise and punk round out this compilation on Casting Couch Records

 

Tracklist

1	American Soul Spiders–	Stink
2	Blue (30)–	Gimme More
3	Blue (30)–	I Need More
4	Burnout–	How Many Days
5	Dog (19)–	Replacement Parts
6	Gamma Men–	Your Blinding Love
7	Gibson Brothers*, Workdogs & Barry Hayden–	Not Fade Away
8	God And Texas–	Soul Man
9	Mosquito (10)–	Lonesome Sound
10	Precious Wax Drippings–	Beat
11	Red Devils (5)–	Three Bad Habits

GIBSON BROS. Memphis Sol Today! 1993

 

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Artist Biography

by John Bush

A crazed psychobilly quartet which later fragmented into the Workdogs and '68 Comeback, the Gibson Bros. formed in Ohio during the mid-'80s, playing barely competent yet totally energetic bluesy roots rock which later became a staple of indie rock through groups like the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mule, and the Delta 72. Vocalist/guitarists Don Howland (formerly with Great Plains) and Jeff Evans were the most stable members of the group, though third guitarist Dan Dow and drummer Ellen Hoover also appeared on the Gibson Bros.' first three albums, the obscure 1986 cassette-only Build a Raft plus the Homestead releases Big Pine Boogie and Dedicated Fool.

For 1990's Punk Rock Drivin' Song of a Gun, Howland and Evans were billed with Workdogs, a rhythm-section-for-hire including bassist Rob Kennedy and drummer Scott Jarvis. The fifth Gibson Bros. LP, 1991's The Man Who Loved Couch Dancing, alternated home recordings and live shots, the latter with indie heavy weights Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez in tow. Spencer also appeared on the last record with both Howland and Evans, 1993's Memphis Sol Today!, recorded at Sun Studios. While Evans formed the similarly inspired -- and possibly even more raucous -- '68 Comeback, Howland worked with the Bassholes on albums released in 1992 and 1994.

Tracklist

1		Memphis Chicken	2:53
2		Barbara	3:51
3		Li'l Hand, Big Gun	3:00
4		Cat Drug In	2:24
5		I Feel Good, Little Girl	3:23
6		I Had A Dream	2:38
7		Coming Up	2:22
8		You Walked In The Room	2:11
9		Let's Work Together	1:55
10		Down In The Alley	2:07
11		I'll Follow Her Blues	3:52
12		My Huckleberry Friend	3:13
13		Naked Party	3:48

 

TARD & FURTHER'D Various Artists 1997

 

Discogs

 

compilation on the Siltbreeze label

Tracklist

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

 

GIBSON BROS. Memphis Sol Today! 1993

Discogs

Artist Biography by John Bush

A crazed psychobilly quartet which later fragmented into the Workdogs and '68 Comeback, the Gibson Bros. formed in Ohio during the mid-'80s, playing barely competent yet totally energetic bluesy roots rock which later became a staple of indie rock through groups like the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mule, and the Delta 72. Vocalist/guitarists Don Howland (formerly with Great Plains) and Jeff Evans were the most stable members of the group, though third guitarist Dan Dow and drummer Ellen Hoover also appeared on the Gibson Bros.' first three albums, the obscure 1986 cassette-only Build a Raft plus the Homestead releases Big Pine Boogie and Dedicated Fool.

For 1990's Punk Rock Drivin' Song of a Gun, Howland and Evans were billed with Workdogs, a rhythm-section-for-hire including bassist Rob Kennedy and drummer Scott Jarvis. The fifth Gibson Bros. LP, 1991's The Man Who Loved Couch Dancing, alternated home recordings and live shots, the latter with indie heavy weights Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez in tow. Spencer also appeared on the last record with both Howland and Evans, 1993's Memphis Sol Today!, recorded at Sun Studios. While Evans formed the similarly inspired -- and possibly even more raucous -- '68 Comeback, Howland worked with the Bassholes on albums released in 1992 and 1994. 

Tracklist

1	Memphis Chicken	2:53
2	Barbara	3:51
3	Li'l Hand, Big Gun	3:00
4	Cat Drug In	2:24
5	I Feel Good, Little Girl	3:23
6	I Had A Dream	2:38
7	Coming Up	2:22
8	You Walked In The Room	2:11
9	Let's Work Together	1:55
10	Down In The Alley	2:07
11	I'll Follow Her Blues	3:52
12	My Huckleberry Friend	3:13
13	Naked Party	3:48

BASSHOLES Deaf Mix Vol. 3 1997

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Artist Biography by Chris Handyside

In the wake of the 1992 demise of the posthumously-fabled Gibson Bros., three bands that were to define the garage rock and blues music underground emerged -- Bassholes, '68 Comeback, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Of these outfits, Bassholes remained closest to the rural isolated vision of traditional American folk-blues while simultaneously taking the sound the furthest from traditional rock & roll. Formed as a duo in Columbus, OH, featuring Gibson Bros. drummer Rich Lillash and songwriter/singer/guitarist Don Howland (taking the lead on everything else), Bassholes have since reinvigorated the blues duo sound that such artists as Lightnin' Hopkins had made so potent, and have added elements of punk, folk, and the "Old Weird America" Greil Marcus described when writing about Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. The band has produced a prodigious amount of singles and full-length records, but it's their albums that mark the high points of their career. Their debut album (as with most subsequent releases) was released on In The Red Records in 1992 and soon after, Lillash left the band and Howland joined up with then-19-year-old drummer Bim Thomas. The pairing proved fruitful as Thomas' enthusiastic, seemingly free-form drumming (which was, of course, always grounded in blues and rock rhythms) provided a launch pad from which Howland could make his guitar and voice wail, weep, shout, and scream. Preferred Bassholes subject matter includes sexual and social frustration as well as the introduction of rock, folk, and blues' fringe underlying strangeness. Howland points to the lyrics and music of such idiosyncratic country blues artists as Skip James, Blind Willie McTell, and Furry Lewis -- as well as the Ramones first album as touchstones ("There's a menacing undertone, something not quite right, but really catchy," said Howland). Bassholes' records are, for the most part, extremely lo-fi affairs recorded on the cheap. But Howland still manages to get the point across. And it wasn't lo-fi for its own sake, either. Bassholes made the best albums with the resources they had at hand, connecting folk's one room microphone ambience with punk rock's DIY ethics. High points in the band's recorded output (both critically and according to Howland himself) include the albums Blue Roots, Long Way Blues, and Deaf Mix. Each of these albums feature Bassholes at their most eclectic, mixing genres, recording fidelity, instrumentation, subject matter, and voice via an expansive musical palette. Other recordings point toward
Bassholes' punk roots and revel in a rock & roll volume, pace, and attitude. Howland calls North Carolina home and Thomas stays in Cleveland, OH, but Bassholes continue making irregular music for misfit fans of misfit music nevertheless. 

Tracklist

1	Ear Candle Boogie	1:07
2	Bowling Ball	2:37
3	Florida Bus	1:56
4	Serena's Song	2:49
5	Swimming Blues	3:33
6	(Gonna) Write Me A Letter	2:19
7	Basshole Luv Theme	2:52
8	Daughter	2:44
9	The Cornfield Again	2:23
10	Wife Blues	2:16
11	Hospital Bus	2:36
12	In The Red Seats	3:00
13	The Ovenbird	2:08