bass guitar
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Athens, Georgia
Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the sta ...
University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
, establ ...
art school. He and his roommate
Randy Bewley
Randall Eugene Bewley (July 25, 1955 – February 25, 2009) was the guitarist for the Athens, Georgia, band Pylon. Born in Bradenton, Florida, United States. He lived in Sarasota, Florida, Washington, DC and near Atlanta, Georgia while growi ...
formed Pylon, recruiting Curtis Crowe as a drummer, and
Vanessa Briscoe Hay
Vanessa Briscoe Hay (born October 18, 1955) is an American singer for the Athens, Georgia bands Pylon, Supercluster and Pylon Reenactment Society.
Biography
Born to a textile worker and a housewife in Atlanta, Georgia, Hay attended elementar ...
, a fellow student at the University of Georgia. They recorded the single " Cool/Dub", an album '' Gyrate'', an EP, another album ''
Chomp
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'', and two singles. Pylon toured the
United States
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,
Canada
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and the
United Kingdom
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before breaking up in 1983. They returned to tour again in 1988, and recorded another album, ''Chain'', in 1990, before breaking up again in 1991. Pylon reformed in 2005 and occasionally performed until 2009, when Bewley died.
Their first album, '' Gyrate Plus'', was reissued on October 16, 2007, by
DFA Records
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,
New York City
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DFA Records
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.
Lachowski has had a graphic design firm in Athens called Candy and a magazine called '' Young, Foxy and Free''. He also works on occasion as a
disc jockey
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and has been involved as a participant in the
Bicycle Ride Across Georgia The Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) is an annual road-cycling tour across the US state of Georgia. It began in 1980 as an offshoot of RAGBRAI. Between 1,000 and 2,000 riders participate in this great ride every year.
The route covers approxima ...
for years. He has worked in public relations at the
Georgia Museum of Art
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Caution Records
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* A police caution, an alternative to prosecution for a criminal offence in some countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia
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DB Records
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, Armageddon 1980)
* ''
Pylon !!
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* Pylon (architecture), the gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple or Christian cathedral
* Pylon, a support tower structure for suspension bridges or highways
* Pylon, an orange ma ...
'' EP (DB Records, Armageddon 1980)
* '' Crazy/M-Train'' 7" single (DB Records 1981)
* '' Beep/Altitude'' 7" single (DB Records 1982)
* ''
Four Minutes/Beep/Altitude
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In mathematics
Four is the smallest c ...
Chomp
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'' LP (DB Records 1983)
* '' Hits'' CD/cassette (DB Records 1988)
* '' Chain'' LP/CD (
Sky Records
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DFA Records
DFA Records is an American independent record label founded in 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. They previously had a production team called The DFA, consisting of Goldsworthy and ...
DFA Records
DFA Records is an American independent record label founded in 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. They previously had a production team called The DFA, consisting of Goldsworthy and ...
Double LP
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DFA Records
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, October 2011) (Cover of "Cool" by Deerhunter, Remix of Yo-Yo by Calvinist)
Beep
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'' (1990), Pylon, from CD: ''Hits, a compilation'', DB Records
* ''Look Alive'' (1992), Pylon, from album :Chain, Sky Records
References
* Reynolds, Simon: ''Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984'',
Penguin Books
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Canongate Books
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It is named after the Canongate area of the city. It is most recognised for publishing the Booker Prizewinner '' Life of Pi''. Canongate wa ...
, October 2003, p. 282.
* Christgau,Robert: ''Christgau's Consumer Guide-the 80's'', Pantheon Books, 1990, pp. 329, 498, 506.