Rodriguez was a rock band active in the mid to late 1990s based in

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, California. The band is notable as an early collaboration between Matt Ward (who later came to prominence as M. Ward) and

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" (Kyle Field interview), dreamgeo.com The band was described by Field as "the band in which I learned how to play music". They completed one full-length album, 2000's ''Swing Like A Metronome'', which was produced by

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and released by independent label Devil in the Woods. The band also released a couple of songs recorded by Adam Selzer from the M. Ward band and

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. Co-dependent Records released the "Weren't a Problem" EP as a 7" in 1996 and a cassette entitled "Cash Crops and Box Plots" in 1995.

Discography

Albums

*2000: ''Swing Like A Metronome''

References

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