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 Alternative Rock
+From the BandCamp re-issue notes by Cliffy:
+"February 17, 1993 (it was a Wednesday) was the first time I went to Mike's house to record some of my songs. That was almost 28 years ago. This 5 volume set covers the period from that Wednesday through the time period that we have, thus far, considered the official starting point of the band.
+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.
+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't a band yet. We were simply two guys recording songs I wrote. It would be almost a year before I asked Mike if he would be interested in doing a proper band. From there, it was quite an adventure finding more guys to round out the team.
+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.
+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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+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).
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 ===== Discography =====
+| 1993 | Home |
+| 1993 | Jim |
+| 1994 | Beans |
+| 1994 | Cricket |
 | 1995 | Joe Christmas Playing on the Stereo |
 | 1995 | One Side Has Covers, The Other Side Doesn’t |
 | 1995 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/07/22/cricket-brown-cow/|Brown Cow]] |
-| 199? | Beans |
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-==== Joe Christmas Playin' On The Stereo ====
+==== Home ====
+Independent
+Cliffy - Vocals, guitars, bass on "Alice & Bill" and "Yugo"\\
+Mike Holt - Drum machine, bass, vocals on "Alice & Bill", additional guitar on "When I Say Goodbye" and "New"\\
+Mike Still - Vocals on "If They Said" and "Kinison"
+  - 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)
+Album tracks recorded August 13-17, 1993\\
+Bonus tracks recorded February 17, 1993
+"It's a mellow album that relies heavily on late 60's singer/songwriter presentations. Guitar solos are right out of the Neil Young/J Mascis school of rock. The bonus material is all from the February 1993 sessions."
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+==== Jim ====
+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's Throw (2:56)
+  - The Coldest One (2:13)
+  - Tied Up (2:37)
+  - Got You Got Me (2:44)
+Recorded July 23-26 & October 3-4, 1993
+"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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+==== Beans ====
+Independent
+Cliffy - Vocals, guitar\\
+Mike Holt - Drum machine, bass, vocals/guitar on "Bizarre Love Triangle"
+  - 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 "Miserable Sometimes" is the song that our long time "man in our corner" Scott Hatch played on his radio show at Drexel University which led to our first record contract ([[Flying Tart Records]])"
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+==== Cricket ====
+Independent
+Cliffy - Vocals, lead/rhythm guitar\\
+Mike Holt - Rhythm guitar, harmony vocals\\
+Mike Kepka - Bass\\
+Mike Pierce - Drums
+Luke Kenenske - Drums on "Another Love Song" and "More #2"
+  - 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)
+Recorded live in one take on July 6, 1994\\
+Except, "One Two", "Another Love Song" and "More #2" which were recorded sometime in May 1994.
+"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, our first attempt at covering Lifesavers' "Jet Plane" is here as well as three songs held over from my Sunshine Junior days."
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+==== Joe Christmas Playin' on the Stereo ====
 Independent
-Cliff Powell: Vocals/guitars\\
+Cliffy - Vocals, lead/rhythm guitar\\
-Mike Holt: Bass\\
+Mike Holt - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals\\
-Mike Pierce: Drums
+Marty Schneider - Bass\\
+Mike Pierce - Drums
-  - Girlie Song #5000
+  - Girlie Song #5000 (Here & There) (1:41)
-  - Dad
+  - Dad (2:16)
-  - Call It Luck
+  - Call It Luck (2:01)
-  - When I Say Goodbye
+  - When I Say Goodbye (3:38)
-  - Minds
+  - Minds (1:30)
-  - Kite
+  - Kite (1:09)
-  - Home
+  - Home (2:57)
-  - Not My Friends
+  - Not My Friends (1:36)
-  - Colour
+  - Colour (1:41)
-  - Wrapped Around You
+  - Wrapped Around You (1:32)
-  - If They Said
+  - If They Said (2:10)
-  - Miserable Some
+  - Miserable Sometimes (3:16)
-  - Times
+  - Jet Plane (3:09)
-  - Jet Plane
+  - Homer (Blood) (1:47)
-  - Homer
+  - Makes Me Wanna Sing / Reason for the Season (2:46)
+  - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) (1:53)
+Recorded live in one take on February 25, 1995
+"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 "Dad" makes an appearance as does a better version of "Jet Plane." Blood gets new lyrics and becomes "Homer" (I don't understand either title), "Colour" gets reworked into something resembling Green Day's "She." "Wrapped Around You" and "If They Said" get similar Green Dayesque treatments as well. Of note, are the bonus tracks... our first ever Ramones cover (complete with slightly incorrect lyrics) and an "oh so punk rock" Stryper cover ("Reason for the Season" sung with the lyrics of "Makes Me Wanna Sing").  This recording is interesting as you can clearly hear that we were heading straight for the punk rock sound that we would soon find ourselves embracing fully. It just took the willingness to truly start over to get there."
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   - Miserable Sometimes
   - Your Style
-  - [untitled]
+  - Mike's Sonic Proof
   - 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 / Suspicious Minds / Skinny Skins (Elvis Presley / Michael Knott covers)
+  - Ghetto Minds Make Skinny Skins (Suspicious Minds / Michael Knott covers)
   - Merry Christmas, I Don't Wanna Fight (Ramones cover)
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-==== Beans ====
-? Independent
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