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Further was an American
indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
band from
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that evolved from an earlier band, Shadowland. They released several albums during the 1990s.


History

Further evolved from Shadowland, a sixties-influenced band led by brothers Brent and Darren Rademaker, that released two albums for
Geffen Records Geffen Records (formerly The David Geffen Company from 1980 to 1992 and Geffen Records Inc. from 1993 to 2004) is an American record label, founded in late 1980 by David Geffen. Originally a music subsidiary of the company known as Geffen Pi ...
in 1989 and 1990 (''Shadowland'' and ''The Beauty of Escaping'' respectively). Unlike Shadowland, Further were very much an indie rock band, gaining comparisons with the likes of Dinosaur Jr and
Sonic Youth Sonic Youth were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1981. Founding members Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (lead guitar, vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (rhythm guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of ...
( Lee Ranaldo even guesting on their debut album). Their second album, '' Sometimes Chimes'', contained 25 tracks, and drew comparisons to
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, Unrest, Pavement and
Sebadoh Sebadoh () is an American indie rock band formed in 1986 in Northampton, Massachusetts, by Eric Gaffney and Lou Barlow, with multi-instrumentalist Jason Loewenstein completing the line-up in 1989. Barlow co-created Sebadoh as an outlet for his ...
. Fitzgerald left the group before the release of their third album, '' Grimes Golden'', and the three remaining members traded off on the drumming duties in a volleyball rotation a la Sebadoh. The band became sufficiently popular in the
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to have records released on Creation Records (an expanded version of their debut album) and Fierce Panda. In 1995, the band recorded a five-track session for John Peel's
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show. The band's final album, '' Next Time West Coast'', saw the band's sound shift towards the sixties/seventies-rock sound that the brothers would go on to explore in their later groups, The Tyde and Beachwood Sparks.


Discography


Albums

*'' Grip Tape'' (1992) Christmas - '' Super Griptape'' (1993 UK re-issue of the original US Griptape LP with 3 bonus tracks. This re-release omits the original opening track "Overrated".) Ball Product/ Creation *'' Sometimes Chimes'' (1994)
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*'' Grimes Golden'' (1994) Fingerpaint/Runt *'' Next Time West Coast'' (1995) 100 Guitar Mania (Japan)


Singles & EPs

*"Filling Station" (1992) Bong Load *"Over & Out" (1992) Christmas *"Overrated" (1993) No Guff *''In A Lonely Place EP'' (1993) Four Letter Words (split EP with
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, Kevin, and Six Cents & Natalie) *"Hyde Park" (1993) (split 7-inch with Poastal & Diskothiq, came with ''Over The Wall'' fanzine) *''Born Under a Good Sign'' EP (1993) Standard Recordings *"She Lives By The Castle" (1993) First Strike (split single with Fluf) *"Surfing Pointers" (1994) Christmas *''Chimes at Christmas'' EP (1994) Christmas Further w/ the Summer Hits (split EP with O & Judy and Rodchester) *''Distance EP'' (1995) Lissy's (double 7-inch) *''The Further John Peel Sessions'' (1995) Boxing Day *"I Wanna be a Stranger"/"They said it couldn't happen here...and it didn't" (1996) Kirb Dog *"The Fakers and the Takers" (1997) Fierce Panda


Compilation appearances

*"Rich Kids" on ''Jabberjaw, Good to the Last Drop'' (1994)
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*"Pretty Core" on ''My So Called Life (music from the television series)'' (1995)
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*"Insight" on ''A Means to an End, the Music of Joy Division'' (1995)
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*"Juniper" on ''Notes From the Underground Volume 2'' (1995) Priority *"lhs '79 (live)" on ''KXLU, 88.9FM, Los Angeles, Live, Volume 1'' (1995) KXLU *"Day to Day" on '' Pop American Style'' (1996) March *"Quiet Riot Grrl" on ''Modern Day Paintings by Original Musical Artists'' (1997) Fingerpaint *"The Fakers & The Takers" on ''Nings and Roundabouts'' (1999) Fierce Panda *"I Wanna Be a Stranger" on ''Songs for Cassavetes'' (2001) Better Looking


References


External links


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