Showing posts with label clay simmons. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Tem Eyos Ki/ Hundred Years War-- split 7" (FCH017)


Tem Eyos Ki/ Hundred Years War-- split 7" (Harlan Records #17)

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3 songs.
TEK side recorded January 2000, and HYW side recorded late 1999, by Dwight Chalmers at Listen Laboratory in Fayetteville, AR.
First pressing: 500 copies, August 2000.
Second pressing: 300 copies, February 2002.
Third pressing: 200 copies, 2004.

Credits:

Tem Eyos Ki--
Maralie Armstrong-Rial-- voice
Mike Lierly-- guitar, voice
Jay Lytle-- bass, backing voice
Eli Milholland-- guitar, backing voice
Kevin Rains-- drums, backing voice
Chip King-- backing voice on "Purge"
Nate Powell-- lyrics for most of "Kids Kill Kids"

Hundred Years War--
Chip King-- guitar, voice
Clay Simmons-- guitar
Adam Smith-- bass
Jason-- drums

Track Listing:

TEK side: Kids Kill Kids/ Purge
HYW side: The Flesh Eating Disorder

Notes:

* The HYW track was one of the final two recorded before the creation of The Body.

* Members of TEK also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Bloodhuff, Universe, Holy Angell, Them Of Delphi, Ridin Dudes, Shitfire, Sickshine, Zucura, Tom Sweet, Divorce Chord, Soophie Nun Squad, Boomfancy, Gioteens, and K. Members of HYW also in The Body, Siege Engine, League Of The Last Days, Full Service Quartet, Generation Of Vipers, Crown Of Glory, Unfixers, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, and Modular.

TEK at Squaresville. Atlanta GA, June 2000. Photo by Natalja Kent.
HYW at MacArthur Park. Little Rock AR, May 1998. Photo by Nate Powell.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

William Martyr 17-- The Celebration Of Forever CD (FCH013)



William Martyr 17-- The Celebration Of Forever discography CD (Harlan Records #13)

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11 songs.
1-4 recorded November 1994 by Chris Atwood at Jonathan Thompson's house in Cammack Village, AR. 5-7 recorded January 1994 at Maness Studio in Little Rock, AR. 8-9 recorded spring 1994 at Clay Simmons' house. 10 recorded from Stewart Isbell's Little Rock Update VHS comp at 800 State Street, March 1995. 11 recorded fall 1995 at Second Story Studio.
1043 copies pressed, May 1999.

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- guitar (tracks 1-4, 10-11), voice (track 10)
Chris Horne-- drums (tracks 1-9)
Jonathan Lovett-- guitar
Clay Simmons-- bass (tracks 1-9, 11), drums (track 10)
Matthew Werth-- voice, bass (track 10), drums (track 11)

Track Listing:

William Martyr 17 songs--
1. Summer
2. Four Years Long
3. Kenya
4. Professional Beggar
5. Swallow This Pride
6. Jejune
7. Blame It Red
8. Nothing
9. Never Was Too Much Of A Man

Inherit The Sun songs--
10. Nameless But Not Faceless
11. Spilling Light


Notes:

* "Swallow This Pride" is from the William Martyr 17/ Crown Of Glory split 7" (File 13/Almut Records, 1994)
* "Four Years Long" is from the William Martyr 17/ Plunger split 7" (Spearfinger/ File 13 Records, 1995)
* "Professional Beggar" and "Kenya" are from "The Celebration Of Love" 7" (File 13/ Bloodlink Records, 1995)
* "Nameless But Not Faceless" is from The Little Rock Update comp VHS (Stewart Isbell, 1995)

* William Martyr 17 ended abruptly with the tragic death of drummer Chris Horne on December 3, 1994 after a late night drive back from a WM17 show in Fayetteville, AR. He was only 16.

* Inherit The Sun was a short-lived postscript to WM17, with surviving members jogging their instrument duties. They played two shows in March 1995. Afterwards, Clay and Matthew played together briefly in Basil, and Clay and Dustin played together in Shake Ray Turbine for several years. 

* Sadly, Jonathan Lovett passed away in early 2007 after a battle with cancer.

* Members also in Favourite Sons, Aspera, The Divine Hook-Up, No City No State, Revolver Red, Ricochet Rocket, Sand City, Soophie Nun Squad, The Insides, Shake Ray Turbine, Heads Are Heavy, Hundred Years War, Unfixers, Basil, Generation Of Vipers, and Crown Of Glory.



Chris Horne with William Martyr 17 @ The Belvedere. Little Rock AR, November 1994. Photo by Ben Mistak.

William Martyr 17 @ The Belvedere. Little Rock AR, November 1994. Photo by Ben Mistak.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Shake Ray Turbine-- The Sauce Of Solution CD (FCH010)



Shake Ray Turbine-- The Sauce Of Solution CD (Harlan Records #10/ File Thirteen #23)

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13 songs.
Recorded December 1996 by Barry Poynter in Little Rock, AR.
1000 copies pressed, November 1997.
(Harlan Records was a joint venture between Noah Young and I for this release, and this album was a split release with File 13 Records, which had recently returned to Matt Werth's hands shortly after moving to Philadelphia.)

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- bass
Ben Dickey-- guitar, voice
Clay Simmons-- guitar, voice
Chris Wilson-- drums
John Pugh & Jim Hunnicutt-- backing voices
Catherine McRae-- violin

Track Listing:

1. The Sauce Of Solution
2. The First Equation
3. Which Way To Georgia
4. Murder In An Aquarium
5. Sketch Of An Optical Factory
6. White Wine
7. The Gig Is Up
8. Rosetta
9. Surprise Surprise
10. To Kill Birds With Stones
11. This Machine Will Kill You
12. Our Last Days On Mars
13. Silver Suited

Notes:

* As I remember, this album was supposed to be called Our Last Days On Mars, but somewhere some wires got crossed while the cover was being designed, and now we're all stuck with the damn Sauce Of Solution.

* Members also in Blood Feathers, Unfixers, Amen Booze Rooster, Ted Leo & Pharmacists, Aspera, The Lapse, Sean Na Na, Soophie Nun Squad, Sand City, The Insides, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, Heads Are Heavy, and Hundred Years War.

Shake Ray Turbine @ The Outpost. Little Rock AR, December 1995. Photo by Eli Milholland.

Shake Ray Turbine @ 800 State St., Little Rock AR, March 1996. Photo by Eli Milholland.