Creedle is an American rock band based in

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. They are most known for their three full length albums released on

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in the 1990s, along with numerous 7-inch singles. The band was primarily composed of Devon E. Levins a.k.a. Devon Goldberg (guitar/vocals), PieBoy a.k.a. Tim Blankenship (bass/vocals), Dr. Gein a.k.a. Dion Thurman (drums), Stretch a.k.a. Robert Walter (keyboards and samples) and Cheme a.k.a. Cochemea Gastelum (saxophone). Creedle was formed after the nearly simultaneous break ups of San Diego bands The Pull Toys, Daddy Long Legs, Holy Love Snakes and If Tomorrow. Half Man Half Pie, Creedle's first album, was recorded and mixed by Donnell Cameron at Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood, California. The artwork was created by Fip Buchanan. The second album, ''Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars'', was a

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pertaining to

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, the

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and related

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which was also recorded and mixed at Westbeach Recorders but instead by Bill Jackson, who worked with Prince, Danny Elfman and Elvis Costello. The album features the Skinbus Horns, composed of Pete Kellers on alto saxophone and

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on trumpet. The final album entitled When The Wind Blows added alto saxophonist Cochemea Gastelum. The album was recorded and mixed by

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at Big Fish Studios in Olivenhain, California and included the vocals of

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and

on various tracks and liner notes by music writer David R. Stampone. All three albums were released on

. Members of the band continue to record and perform with

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, Robert Walter's 20th Congress,

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. Creedle, joined by

on vocals, keyboards and samples, played a reunion show on December 30, 2007, at the

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in San Diego which is where the band played its first show in 1991. The band has since played sporadic shows in California and Nevada and commenced working on a new album in May 2010 tentatively entitled The San Diego Music Awards. Rob Crow and Gabriel Sundy have respectively replaced Robert Walter and Cochemea Gastelum on some live dates. On March 29, 2011, the band performed an album's worth of new material at the Casbah under the name "The San Diego Music Awards" to some controversy based on the similarity in name to the

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local music awards show held annually in San Diego, California. In January 2014, Robert Walter played live with the band for the first time in nearly twenty years for the Casbah's 25th anniversary show. The band was featured as a subject in Bill Perrine's documentary "It's Gonna Blow!!! - San Diego's Music Underground 1986-1996".

Musical style and influences

Creedle's musical style encompasses

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, punk rock,

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and

jazz rock Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and key ...

. The band's style has been classified as

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and

punk jazz Punk jazz is a genre of music that combines elements of jazz, especially improvisation, with the instrumentation and performance style of punk rock. The term was first used to describe James Chance and the Contortions' 1979 album ''Buy''. Punk ...

Discography

Albums

*'' Half Man Half Pie'' -

1992 *''

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1994 *'' When the Wind Blows'' -

1996 *'' The San Diego Music Awards'' - To Be Released 2013

EPs

*''

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*'' Trip 3'' split 7-inch with

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"Bicycle Moto Cross" - Trademark Records *'' It's Not Cool To Like Green Day Anymore'' - Rhetoric Records

Compilations

*'' 91X Mas'' "Wake Up Baby Jesus" *'' Musica Del Diablo'' "Maiden (SD Version Live)" -

/1993 *'' Saint Doug'' "Takin' Dick to the Bridge" *''

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'' *'' Kills Majors Dead'' "Otto the Tentmaker" -

*'' The Thing From Another World Vol. 4: Super Phonic Machine'' "La Chanson De L'Espion Detectif" - The Thing/THR 005 1997 Greece *'' What A Wonderful Compilation!'' "Georgia X" -

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/Wool 1 1996 France *'' Audio-CD'' "Fisher Price" -

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References

External links

Creedle.com
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