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Warm Slime
''Warm Slime'' is the tenth studio album by American psychedelic rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on May 11, 2010. The album is the fourth to be released under the name Thee Oh Sees, and is the band's tenth studio album, overall. Background The album's liner notes state that the album was "recorded live at 60 6th street in San Francisco in one day, one week after the gay pride parade 2009 on a tascam 388". 60 6th Street in San Francisco was, at the time, the location of Club Six, a hip hop club where John Dwyer worked. Dwyer described Club Six as "A big, airy room with a nice wooden stage, hardwood floors and really high ceilings. I gave them $500 to record in the room for 12 hours." The whole album was recorded "live" with no overdubs in an attempt to recreate the feeling of the band's live performances. Mike Donovan, the leader of Sic Alps, was the only guest musician on the album. Donovan was a past collaborator that had appeared on OCS' 2005 album ''3&4'', on which he prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osees
Osees is an American rock music, rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1997, now based in Los Angeles, California. Originally the solo recording project of John Dwyer (musician), John Dwyer, the band has evolved through numerous line-up and name changes since its founding, with Dwyer serving as the band leader and primary songwriter throughout. Alongside Dwyer, the band's current line-up includes longtime members, Tim Hellman (bass), Butch Sunset (bongos), Paul Quattrone (drums) and Tomas Dolas (keyboards). The group's sound draws from a wide variety of influences, including garage rock, krautrock, psychedelic music, psychedelia, and folk music. Osees are noted for their prolific recording output, energetic live shows, and whimsical visual aesthetic. The group has released twenty-eight studio albums, to date, alongside various EPs, singles and compilations. Initially a solo freak folk recording project, Dwyer evolved the project into a full garage rock band, featurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Doo Right
"Yoo Doo Right" is the closing track on Can's 1969 debut album, ''Monster Movie'', edited down from a six-hour improvisation to a twenty-minute song. "Yoo Doo Right" features a pounding, tribal drums, along with a "colossal, grinding riff, subjected to endless variation and intensification", while Malcolm Mooney chants excerpts from a love letter in a mantra-like manner. Legacy Can continued to play the song after Mooney's departure, as heard on '' Can Live Music''. It has been covered in abbreviated form by the Geraldine Fibbers, Thin White Rope, Masaki Batoh, Susheela Raman, Jonathan Segel, The Wendys, and others. In 2001, shortly after the death of Can guitarist Michael Karoli, a group of musicians associated with Austrian composer Karlheinz Essl performed this song in several hour-long concerts in his memory. The song was remixed by 3p for the double remix compilation ''Sacrilege'' in 1997, reduced to a three-minute, verse-chorus-bridge pop piece. "Movin' on Up" by Prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Woodhouse
Chris Woodhouse is an American recording engineer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his work with the San Francisco-based garage rock acts, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, The Intelligence, Sic Alps and Fuzz. Alongside his recording duties, Woodhouse is a former member of both The Intelligence and Mayyors, and often contributes musically to Thee Oh Sees. He was listed as a full contributing band member on the band's studio albums, '' Drop'' (2014) and '' Mutilator Defeated At Last'' (2015). Career Woodhouse's former "home base" studio was The Dock in Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ..., California. Discography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodhouse, Chris Living people Record producers from California American audio en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Donovan (musician)
Mike Donovan (born October 6, 1971) is an American, San Francisco, California based musician, best known as the guitarist and singer of Sic Alps (2004-2013). He has also released music by other San Francisco musicians with his Dial Records and Folding Cassettes labels. Donovan is a veteran of several other bands. He was a member of The Ropers, The Church Steps with Chris Douglas, NAM, Big Techno Werewolves, Sounds of the Barbary Coast and Yikes. In October 2013, he released his solo debut ''Wot'' on Drag City. In May 2015, Donovan formed the San Francisco lo-fi supergroup The Peacers, releasing a self-titled debut on July 17, 2015. The self-titled album was co-produced and co-performed by Ty Segall Ty Garrett Segall (born June 8, 1987) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his solo career, during which he has released seventeen studio albums alongside various EPs, singles, and col .... The current lineup of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petey Dammit
Petey Dammit, often stylized as Petey Dammit!, is an American guitarist and bass guitarist. He is best known as a former member of the garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, with whom he recorded six studio albums. From 2014 to 2015 he performed with the post-punk band The Intelligence. Other work Dammit is the subject of the documentary film, ''Petey & Ginger - A Testament to the Awesomeness of Mankind'', directed by Ada Bligaard Søby. Discography with Thee Oh Sees *'' Sucks Blood'' (2007) *''The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night In'' (2008) *''Help'' (2009) *''Warm Slime'' (2010) *'' Carrion Crawler/The Dream'' (2011) *''Floating Coffin ''Floating Coffin'' is the fourteenth studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on April 16, 2013, on Castle Face Records. The album is the band's eighth to be released under the name Thee Oh Sees, and their fourteenth ...'' (2013) Other appearances *'' Vintage Future'' - The Intelligence (2015) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Dawson
Brigid Dawson is a musician who sings and plays keyboard and tambourine for Thee Oh Sees. She is noted for her "whimsical" harmonies and is credited with helping front man John Dwyer write melodies. Reviewing a show they played in New York, Impose Magazine wrote, "Brigid Dawson's backing vocals are the band's silver lining". Soundscapes noted in an album review, "Once again, Dwyer’s secret weapon is Brigid Dawson, whose vocal interplay gives them a leg-up in the male-dominated garage rock scene." Her voice has been compared to Kim Deal and Exene Cervenka, among others. Brigid occasionally performed as "Mix Tapes" with Meric Long of The Dodos. She is a UK native by way of San Marin Discography ;''with Thee Oh Sees'' *''The Cool Death of Island Raiders'' (2006) *'' Sucks Blood'' (2007) *''The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In'' (2008) *''Help'' (2009) *'' Dog Poison'' (2009) *''Warm Slime'' (2010) *'' Castlemania'' (2011) *'' Carrion Crawler/The Dream'' (2011) *''Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dwyer (musician)
John Dwyer is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, visual artist, and record label owner. He is best known as the founding member and primary songwriter of the garage rock band Osees, with whom he has released 28 studio albums. In addition to his work with Osees, Dwyer records solo material under the name "Damaged Bug". From 2020-2021, Dwyer released several improvisation-based records with a rotating collective of different artists, including "Bent Arcana", "Witch Egg", "Endless Garbage", "Moon Drenched" and "Gong Splat". He is also a former member of the garage rock acts Coachwhips, Pink and Brown and The Hospitals. Dwyer is currently based in Los Angeles, California, although for much of his career he was based in San Francisco, California. Dwyer is originally from Providence, Rhode Island, where he first began playing. He has been in and fronted several underground American bands since 1997. In 2003, John Dwyer met Brian Lee Hughes while he was film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burger Records
Burger Records was an American independent record label and record store in Fullerton, California, United States. The label was founded in 2007 by Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard, members of the power pop band Thee Makeout Party. The record/video store, co-owned by Bohrman and Brian Flores, was opened in 2009. The label ceased operations in July 2020, following sexual assault allegations leveled at many of their artists and staff members. The label was notable for releasing most of its material on cassette. Among the hundreds of artists released on the label were The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Devon Williams, Hunx and His Punx, Bell Gardens, Enjoy, and The Go. According to '' OC Weekly'', the label was known for "its growing catalog of sugary, eccentric power pop and audacious garage rock, extolling a carefree message of love, music and DIY attitude." History Founding Founders Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard became friends in the late 1990s while attending high school in Anah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putrifiers II
''Putrifiers II'' is the thirteenth studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees (and the seventh released under the full Thee Oh Sees name), released on September 11, 2012, on In The Red Records. Background John Dwyer's previous band Yikes recorded a song called "Putrifiers" for their 2006 album ''Secrets to Superflipping''. This song also influenced on the Thee Oh Sees' "Ghost In The Trees" from 2008's '' The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In''. Similar to '' Dog Poison'' and '' Castlemania'', the recording was primarily undertaken by John Dwyer. Brigid Dawson was the only other member of the band to appear on the album. Dawson noted the album's expanded palette of sounds: "It seems to me that ohn Dwyergot to stretch out his wings, be a bit of a composer with a wider and richer array of sounds to play around with." Guest musicians on the album included Heidi Alexander from The Sandwitches, who recorded additional vocals and trumpets, and Mikal Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (derived from "In the Garden of Eden") is a song recorded by Iron Butterfly, written by band member Doug Ingle and released on their 1968 album of the same name. At slightly over 17 minutes, it occupies the entire second side of the album. The middle of the song features a two-and-a-half-minute Ron Bushy drum solo. A 2-minute-52-second 45-rpm version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was Iron Butterfly's only song to reach the top 40, reaching number 30, while the album itself reached number four on the album chart and has sold over 30 million copies. An 8-minute-20-second edit of the song was included in the soundtrack to the 1986 film '' Manhunter''. In 2009, it was named the 24th-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. It is also often regarded as an influence on heavy metal music and one of the firsts of the genre. Background Though it was not recorded until their second album, ''In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'' was written during Iron Butterfly's early days. Acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly was an American rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1966. They are best known for the 1968 hit " In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", providing a dramatic sound that led the way towards the development of hard rock and heavy metal music. Although their heyday was the late 1960s, the band has been reformed with various members with varying levels of success with no new recordings since 1975. Their second album, '' In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'' (1968), remains a best-seller, and Iron Butterfly was the first group to receive an in-house platinum album award from Atlantic Records. According to music critic Manish Agarwal of '' Time Out'', "Iron Butterfly blended hard rock with ordinate, acid-friendly textures." Mark Deming of ''AllMusic'' stated that they were one of the first musical groups to fuse the two styles in this way, and described their sound as a "blend of trippy musical exploration and open-ended jams with a hard, distorted attack". History Formation and ''Heavy'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Music's Over
"When the Music's Over" is an epic song by the American rock band the Doors, which appears on their second album '' Strange Days'', released in 1967. It is among the band's longer pieces, lasting 11 minutes. Origin Like several other tracks from their second album ''Strange Days'', the song was composed before the group had a record contract, being performed and elaborated in the middle of 1966 at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles. One such gig was captured on the 2012 re-release of the record and film '' Live at the Hollywood Bowl''. A performance from 1970 was released in 2018 on the '' Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970'' album. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine quoted Doors member John Densmore as saying, "playing that song was ''intense''. I had to take a deep breath before playing it, because it’s not a little three-minute pop ditty." The final album version was recorded in 1967. Jim Morrison wanted the song to be recorded live in the studio without overdubs. However, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
