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Alternative Rock | Alternative Rock | ||
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+ | From the BandCamp re-issue notes by Cliffy: | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | Listening to all this stuff has brought back a ton of memories. Working on it all has been both challenging and rewarding. Much of this material is better than I remembered it being. | ||
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+ | In 1993, I was listening to the Gin Blossoms, Dinosaur Jr, Teenage Fanclub, Soul Asylum, etc. Mike was heavily into the Cure, Sonic Youth and Nirvana. My writing, as well as Mike's contributions at the time, definitely reflects that. | ||
+ | We weren' | ||
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+ | These recordings showcase our development in a major way. They also, surprisingly to me, show the songwriting to be quite good right out of the gate. I remember that thrilling feeling of being able to listen to recorded tapes of songs that I had written. | ||
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+ | Across all 5 volumes in this set, you'll find us searching for our sound...the one that would truly move us. I remember really liking this material at the time, but once we had a full band together and started working through the songs we had recorded, it became clear that the material wasn't what we were looking to be as a band. When Mike brought in "Rock 'N Roll Girl" in late summer 1995, we knew instantly that we had found what we were looking for. So we just threw everything away that we had and started over from scratch." | ||
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+ | ------ | ||
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+ | An older story of the band (from MySpace I think?), with some incorrect details: | ||
[[The Huntingtons]] originally formed under the name Cricket in July of 1993, with Cliff Powell (vocals & guitar), Mike Holt (guitar), Mike Kepka (bass guitar) and Luke Keneske (drums). | [[The Huntingtons]] originally formed under the name Cricket in July of 1993, with Cliff Powell (vocals & guitar), Mike Holt (guitar), Mike Kepka (bass guitar) and Luke Keneske (drums). | ||
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===== Discography ===== | ===== Discography ===== | ||
- | | 1995 | Joe Christmas Playing on the Stereo | | + | | 1993 | [[https:// |
+ | | 1993 | [[https:// | ||
+ | | 1994 | [[https:// | ||
+ | | 1994 | [[https:// | ||
+ | | 1995 | [[https:// | ||
+ | | 1995 | [[https:// | ||
| 1995 | One Side Has Covers, The Other Side Doesn’t | | | 1995 | One Side Has Covers, The Other Side Doesn’t | | ||
- | | 1995 | [[https:// | ||
- | | 199? | Beans | | ||
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- | ==== Joe Christmas Playin' | + | ==== Home ==== |
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+ | 1993 Independent | ||
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+ | Cliffy - Vocals, guitars, bass on "Alice & Bill" and " | ||
+ | Mike Holt - Drum machine, bass, vocals on "Alice & Bill", additional guitar on "When I Say Goodbye" | ||
+ | Mike Still - Vocals on "If They Said" and " | ||
+ | |||
+ | - When I Say Goodbye (3:57) | ||
+ | - Deep End (1:40) | ||
+ | - Colour (2:49) | ||
+ | - New (3:27) | ||
+ | - Yugo (3:36) | ||
+ | - Alice & Bill (3:08) | ||
+ | - I'd Rather (3:18) | ||
+ | - Sad Things (3:22) | ||
+ | - Shag (1:42) | ||
+ | - If They Said (feat. Mike Still) [bonus] (3:13) | ||
+ | - Freedom? [bonus] (3:39) | ||
+ | - Murf [bonus] (0:24) | ||
+ | - Kinison (feat. Mike Still) [bonus] (3:35) | ||
+ | - Doh! [bonus] (0:10) | ||
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+ | Album tracks recorded August 13-17, 1993\\ | ||
+ | Bonus tracks recorded February 17, 1993 | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | ------ | ||
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+ | ==== Jim ==== | ||
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+ | 1993 Independent | ||
+ | |||
+ | Cliffy - Vocals, guitar\\ | ||
+ | Mike Holt - Drum machine, bass | ||
+ | |||
+ | - New Suit (2:14) | ||
+ | - Hold on to Happiness (1:58) | ||
+ | - At All (1:44) | ||
+ | - Hands on a Flashlight (3:06) | ||
+ | - Losin' Ground (2:53) | ||
+ | - Wrapped Around You (2:09) | ||
+ | - Call It Luck (2:45) | ||
+ | - A Stone' | ||
+ | - The Coldest One (2:13) | ||
+ | - Tied Up (2:37) | ||
+ | - Got You Got Me (2:44) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Recorded July 23-26 & October 3-4, 1993 | ||
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+ | "Here I have morphed almost completely into a more melodic version of J Mascis. I'm affecting his voice and even word pronunciation throughout. It's an embarassing element of this album, but still the songs here are really good. " | ||
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+ | ------ | ||
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+ | ==== Beans ==== | ||
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+ | 1994 Independent | ||
+ | |||
+ | Cliffy - Vocals, guitar\\ | ||
+ | Mike Holt - Drum machine, bass, vocals/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | - One Two (2:50) | ||
+ | - I Never Wanna Lose You (2:34) | ||
+ | - Not My Friends (2:10) | ||
+ | - Home (3:41) | ||
+ | - The Ground I Walk On (2:30) | ||
+ | - About You (2:33) | ||
+ | - Happy Today (2:55) | ||
+ | - Kite (1:37) | ||
+ | - Pedestal (2:40) | ||
+ | - Another Love Song (2:38) | ||
+ | - Hideaway (2:44) | ||
+ | - Miserable Sometimes (3:50) | ||
+ | - Jerk (0:50) | ||
+ | - Bizarre Love Triangle (3:33) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Recorded Spring 1994 | ||
+ | |||
+ | "The last of the drum machine two-man band recordings finds us with some of our best material yet. Gone are the J Mascis vocal affectations as I am letting my natural voice fly freely throughout.... Of note is that " | ||
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+ | ------ | ||
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+ | ==== Cricket ==== | ||
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+ | 1994 Independent | ||
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+ | Cliffy - Vocals, lead/rhythm guitar\\ | ||
+ | Mike Holt - Rhythm guitar, harmony vocals\\ | ||
+ | Mike Kepka - Bass\\ | ||
+ | Mike Pierce - Drums | ||
+ | |||
+ | Luke Kenenske - Drums on " | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Here & There (Girlie Song #5000) (2:37) | ||
+ | - At All (1:30) | ||
+ | - I Never Wanna Lose You (2:36) | ||
+ | - Home (3:36) | ||
+ | - Jet Plane (3:36) | ||
+ | - Stop Cryin' (2:04) | ||
+ | - Blood (Homer) (1:33) | ||
+ | - When I Say Goodbye (3:52) | ||
+ | - Deep End (1:25) | ||
+ | - One Two (3:05) | ||
+ | - Ever Wanted (2:31) | ||
+ | - More (2:50) | ||
+ | - Idiot (2:56) | ||
+ | - Minds (2:11) | ||
+ | - Another Love Song (2:59) | ||
+ | - More #2 (2:53) | ||
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+ | Recorded live in one take on July 6, 1994\\ | ||
+ | Except, "One Two", " | ||
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+ | "This was our first attempt at recording on the 4 track with the full band. It's a pretty straight forward live recording, all done on a single day. There are a few songs not previously recorded that make an appearance here. Additionally, | ||
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+ | ==== Joe Christmas Playin' | ||
1995 Independent | 1995 Independent | ||
- | Cliff Powell: | + | Cliffy - Vocals, lead/rhythm guitar\\ |
- | Mike Holt: Bass\\ | + | Mike Holt - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals\\ |
- | Mike Pierce: Drums | + | Marty Schneider - Bass\\ |
+ | Mike Pierce | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Girlie Song #5000 (Here & There) (1:41) | ||
+ | - Dad (2:16) | ||
+ | - Call It Luck (2:01) | ||
+ | - When I Say Goodbye (3:38) | ||
+ | - Minds (1:30) | ||
+ | - Kite (1:09) | ||
+ | - Home (2:57) | ||
+ | - Not My Friends (1:36) | ||
+ | - Colour (1:41) | ||
+ | - Wrapped Around You (1:32) | ||
+ | - If They Said (2:10) | ||
+ | - Miserable Sometimes (3:16) | ||
+ | - Jet Plane (3:09) | ||
+ | - Homer (Blood) (1:47) | ||
+ | - Makes Me Wanna Sing / Reason for the Season (2:46) | ||
+ | - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) (1:53) | ||
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+ | Recorded live in one take on February 25, 1995 | ||
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+ | "2 years and a week after Mike and I first got together to record finds us making another single day live recording on the old faithful 4 track tape machine. Here we are trying to turn our songs into punk rock. We had yet to abandon our material in full, as we are trying to simply make the considerable material we had work in the environment we wanted to be in. The abandonment would take place in just a few more months. One truly new song called " | ||
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+ | ==== Brown Cow ==== | ||
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+ | 1995 Independent | ||
+ | |||
+ | Cliffy - Vocals, lead, guitar, rhythm guitar\\ | ||
+ | Mike Holt - Rhythm guitar, Backing vocals\\ | ||
+ | Marty Schneider - Bass\\ | ||
+ | Mike Pierce - Drums | ||
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+ | Luke Kenenske - Additional vocals on "We Got the Beat" and " | ||
+ | Chris Colbert - Lead guitar on " | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Girlie Song #5000 (Here & There) (1:41) | ||
+ | - At All (1:39) | ||
+ | - Wrapped Around You (1:40) | ||
+ | - Not My Friends (1:33) | ||
+ | - Colour (1:36) | ||
+ | - If They Said (2:11) | ||
+ | - Kite (1:10) | ||
+ | - Home (2:49) | ||
+ | - Minds (1:28) | ||
+ | - Dad (2:37) | ||
+ | - Call It Luck (2:02) | ||
+ | - Stop Cryin' (1:37) | ||
+ | - Jet Plane ([[Lifesavers]] cover) (3:13) | ||
+ | - Deep End (1:26) | ||
+ | - Hideaway (2:25) | ||
+ | - Miserable Sometimes (3:43) | ||
+ | - Homer (Blood) (1:57) | ||
+ | - Mike's Sonic Proof (4:46) | ||
+ | - Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams cover) (2:04) | ||
+ | - Coupleskate ([[Joe Christmas]] cover) (4:14) | ||
+ | - Makes Me Wanna Sing Reason for the Season ([[Stryper]] covers) (2:51) | ||
+ | - We Got the Beat (The Go-Go’s cover) (2:24) | ||
+ | - Ghetto Minds Make Skinny Skins (Suspicious Minds / [[Michael Knott]] covers) (2:35) | ||
+ | - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) (Ramones cover) (1:43) | ||
+ | - Hummer (About You) (2:03) | ||
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+ | Tracks 1-24: | ||
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+ | Recorded, Engineered & Mixed by Chris Colbert\\ | ||
+ | Recorded April 1995 at the Strand Theatre in Marrieta, GA \\ | ||
+ | Mixed June 1995 at Neverland Studios in Nashville, TN | ||
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+ | Track 25: | ||
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+ | Recorded, Engineered & Mixed by Randy Rose\\ | ||
+ | Recorded and Mixed July 1994 at Rose Studios in Riverside, CA | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Two months after our //Joe Christmas Playin' | ||
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+ | Upon arrival, we were notified that we were to play a gig with a two piece rock outfit called [[Velocipede]] and a dance rock band called [[Code of Ethics]]. We made some under our breath comments and proceeded to unpack all our stuff. The gig was the next night and we were told it would be quite the memorable experience. Code of Ethics were the headliners and their stage setup was enormous, like major label rockstar enormous. Their singer sashayed around during soundcheck holding a small dog. It was all very surreal and we felt like we were on some alien planet. The room was large, the stage was large, but the show was very very small. 10 people kind of small. We were the cold openers and were all set to make the most of it. Showtime had arrived, we got on stage and were ready to rock. I heard the crack of Pierce' | ||
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+ | So now the time had come for us to turn our attention to the real reason we had made the 12 hour drive and that was to make our album...at last. | ||
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+ | Chris Colbert was a hilarious taskmaster...shouting epithets at us to hurry up and rock, then taking breaks and going to restaurants, | ||
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+ | All in all, we recorded a whopping 23 songs, as well as a track that was five straight minutes of Mike locked away in the amp room making his guitar feedback...had to have it in full stereo, so he actually did it twice. Mike walked out of the room all smiles and drenched in sweat. He looked like he had taken a shower with his clothes on. "That was fun," he said. | ||
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+ | After a week with Chris, we packed up our stuff and went home with a rough mix of the sessions in hand. Two months later, we made the drive to Nashville for the final mix. Thinking back, I don't really know why we drove down for the mix. I think we just wanted the experience again and it was awfully fun to see and hear everything we had been working on for the past several years coming together. Plus, Chris was awesome to be around. | ||
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+ | The regular album features 18 tracks. We recorded them in the order we wanted them to appear on the album just like we had always done with our home recordings. //Brown Cow// was chosen as the title for our record after hearing Billie Joe from Green Day sing "how now brown cow" during a live rendition of their hit, "When I Come Around." | ||
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+ | //Brown Cow// was to be the culmination of everything we had been working towards as a band. However, a month or so after the album was mixed, Mike brought "Rock N' Roll Girl" to practice and everything we had been working towards as a band was discarded overnight. The next chapter of the band had commenced. Until now, we have looked at that next chapter as the beginning of the band. It has taken us a quarter of a century to give the real beginning of the band its proper due. It was a great time in our lives, filled with good songs and an awful lot of dreams. We count ourselves fortunate to have seen so many of those dreams realized. | ||
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+ | Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, | ||
- | - Girlie Song #5000 | + | Cliffy" |
- | - Dad | + | |
- | - Call It Luck | + | |
- | - When I Say Goodbye | + | |
- | - Minds | + | |
- | - Kite | + | |
- | - Home | + | |
- | - Not My Friends | + | |
- | - Colour | + | |
- | - Wrapped Around You | + | |
- | - If They Said | + | |
- | - Miserable Some | + | |
- | - Times | + | |
- | - Jet Plane | + | |
- | - Homer | + | |
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- Cryin' | - Cryin' | ||
- Couple Skate | - Couple Skate | ||
- | - Makes Me Wanna | + | - Makes Me Wanna Sing Reason for the Season |
- We Got the Beat | - We Got the Beat | ||
- Suspicious Minds | - Suspicious Minds | ||
- | - Merry Christmas, I Don' | + | - Merry Christmas |
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- | ==== Brown Cow ==== | + | ===== Links ===== |
- | 1995 Independent | + | * [[https://huntingtonsusa.bandcamp.com/music|The Huntingtons BandCamp page]] |
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- | - Here, There, Anywhere | + | |
- | - That’s All | + | |
- | - Wrapped Around You | + | |
- | - Not My Friends | + | |
- | - Trust in Me | + | |
- | - If They Said | + | |
- | - Kite/Home | + | |
- | - Minds | + | |
- | - Dad | + | |
- | - Call It Luck | + | |
- | - Cryin', | + | |
- | - Jet Plane (Lifesavers cover) | + | |
- | - (I Can't) Depend on You | + | |
- | - Take It Away | + | |
- | - Miserable Sometimes | + | |
- | - Your Style | + | |
- | - [untitled] | + | |
- | - Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams cover) | + | |
- | - Coupleskate (Joe Christmas cover) | + | |
- | - Makes Me Wanna Sing / Reason for the Season (Stryper covers) | + | |
- | - We Got the Beat (The Go-Go’s cover) | + | |
- | - In the Ghetto | + | |
- | - Merry Christmas, I Don't Wanna Fight (Ramones cover) | + | |
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- | ==== Beans ==== | + | |
- | + | ||
- | 199? Independent | + | |
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