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discography
Vic Bondi: The Ghost Dances (1986, LP) This record was probably the first acoustic record to come out of the hardcore scene, and the most difficult record I ever recorded. Most of it was written during a very hard winter, 1985-86. I never intended to release it, but bootlegs of the sessions managed to get around and eventually Wishing Well Records approached me and asked to put it out. In 1986 I let them. My blues record. Rereleased in 1994 by Bitzcore. Click on the cover by Wes Kimmler to hear Don't Turn Away.
Apology: Pass You By (1989, LP) Apology was the one stab Boston punk stalwart Mike Gitter made at playing. He recruited some great players from the Berkeley School of Music (including Jeff Goddard, soon to join Jones Very), but it was a good thing they only made this one record--Gitter is better behind a typewriter than behind a mike. Still, Pass You By isn't a bad song. Gitter went on to work in the rock industry; the guitar player in this band, Nils Mackenzie, drank himself to death. I produced the record and tried to get Mike to sing on key.
Eidolon: Sanctuary (1992, LP) Todd Ransick was a long-time Jones Very fan who asked me to produce this record. He came in with some riffs and a few completed songs. We cobbled together a band and I overdubbed the guitar tracks. The record sounds thrown together, but it has its moments. Todd moved to New York and got married; I moved to Seattle and got married. Click on the cover to hear Note:. I'm on lead guitar.
NRA: Don't Know (1992, 7") One of the best things to come out of my tours of Europe was meeting Aziz Badrane and the NRA Amsterdam crew. Absolutely marvelous people, with a terrific, generous spirit. And a damn good punk band. I produced a single for them in 1992, in Amsterdam. Click on the cover to hear the single. Their fine website is here.
NRA: Surf City Amsterdam (1994, CD) At the end of Alloy's 1993 tour I spent a month in Utrecht and Amsterdam working with NRA and Menno Bakker producing this album. It was one of the best experiences I've had in the studio. Most of the their songs were unfinished, and we had a great time experimenting with songs and styles during recording. They even brought in the Gwynn's father to lay guitar tracks. Great fun. Surf City Amsterdam has been repressed by Bitzcore. You can buy it there.
One More for My Baby (1994) Alloy recorded this for a Frank Sinatra tribute record, the profits of which went to NOW. Not really an Alloy song, more like my nightmare karoake. Basically Pat and I up really late in the studio, with me stumbling around the piano, a full bottle of Jack Daniels sloshing around in my brainpan. I had a vision of myself dying in an auto wreck that night. Terrifying or hilarious, depending on your perspective.
Rant: Revenge b/w Whoremonger (1995, unreleased) Side project, with Pat Mahoney. Biafra liked this song, but wanted me to record it with a real drummer. I never did -- too lazy. Click on the cover to hear the machine version.
Vic Bondi: In Hope and Fear (1995, unreleased) Follow-up acoustic record to the Ghost Dances. Jurgen didn't want to put it out at the time, and I didn't bother to search for another label. This track, Chain of Graves, was released in Germany as part of a compliation single for the fanzine, OX.
Weatherman: Demos (1995, unreleased) In August of 1995 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine called me and asked me if I wanted to work on a Rage side project with him. Tenatively entitled Weatherman, (Matt Johnson, bass, Abe Van Eyck, drums) we recorded demos in September. I wrote all the lyrics; Tom wrote all the music. Check out this track, Drop.
Weatherman: Ted Niceley sessions (1996, unreleased) In February of 1996 Weatherman went into the studio to formally track a record for Sony. This track, Action Man, came out of that session. The record was never released.
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