Stationary Odyssey was an American

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band from

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, United States, composed of Aaron Tanner and Brett Siler. Their debut EP, Komondor, was named one of the top 15 Most Important Releases of 2004 in Japan (Duotone Records). In December 2006, Stationary Odyssey released a free, downloadable EP that contained a remix by Kramer ( Ween,

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). After touring with

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in early 2007, Mike Farmer (aka Kentucky Prophet) supplied vocals on two Stationary Odyssey songs for a split EP with

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( Suburban Sprawl Music). In early 2007, the band had features in both ''Verbicide'' magazine and ''Modern Fix''. Tanner produced a

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tribute album, ''Confuse Yr Idols'' (

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). The tribute debuted at No. 44 on the Canadian college charts (

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) and No. 109 on the US college charts (

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). It featured a track from Stationary Odyssey as well as

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Members

*Brett Siler - guitar, additional instrumentation * Aaron Tanner - bass, additional instrumentation

Additional contributors

*Jeff Acker *Luke Bickers *Nathan Brown *Damon Dawson *Aaron Distler *Mike Farmer *Jesse Gallamore *Josh Hood *Shawn Knight *Mike Langlie *Dave Melkonian *Casey Paquet *Brint Powell *Kraig Sagan *

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*Scott Siler *Jesse Southerland *Jackson Tanner *Aaron Vukovich

Discography

LPs

*''More or Less Is More'' (2005) *''Komondor LP'' (2006) *''Head! Foot! And The Pink Axe'' (2006) *''Sons of Boy'' (2009) *''Live Voodoo Hex'' (2010)

EPs

*''Komondor (EP)'' (2003) *''Perpetual of The Retired Evermore'' (2004) *''This Is As Good As It Gets'' (2005) *''Terror On The Hell Loop'' (2006) *''Physical Education'' Split EP with

(2007) *''Johnfriend'' (2009)

Singles

*"Demon Oar" b/w "The Everybody" (2012) *"Spongelike Wonderland" b/w "El Boxeo" (2004)

Imports

*''Perpetual of The Retired Evermore'' (Japan) (2004)

References

External links

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Joyful Noise Recordings
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