Adickdid (1991-1995)

Kaia Wilson - Guitar/Vocals
Sara Shelton Bellum - Bass
 Nalini Deedee Cheriel - Drums

I first heard of Adickdid when I was talking to Robert Christie about the Pollen Count comp. I asked him if he'd heard it and he said "only the Adickdid track, I just play that one over and over" The band would later appear on my own cassette comp. Slaughter on 13th St. I never got to see them play, living outside of Eugene for most of the group's existence but the recordings certainly made an impression. Kaia would go on to release solo albums and play in Team Dresch and The Butchies. Deedee also played in Juned, The Teenangels and The Hindi Guns. Sara later played in Bella Low. Someone really should write in with a full history of the band or I guess I could stop being so lazy and just email them some questions. Anyway...

All-American Girl b/w Columbus (Imp Records, 1993)

The first single was released in 1993. The band had recorded a few tracks, I think with Mike Lastra at Smegma in Portland. Two of those tracks became this single, another one ended up on the Slaughter on 13th cassette-only comp, all the others are unreleased until now. Thank you to the band for allowing me to post them here. All tracks sourced from a cassette Sara gave me 22 years ago, man time flies!

Adickdid - The Imp Demos & More

1. All-American Girl (originally appeared on Imp single)
2. Columbus (originally appeared on Imp single)
3. Jenny Said
4. I Will Not Take That
5. I Can Only Dream
6. Straight White Christian Boy
7. Falling (originally appeared on Slaughter on 13th cassette comp.)
8. All-American Girl (demo) - (originally appeared on Pollen Count cassette comp)
9. Ask Nicely (Live) (originally appeared on The Sound Guy is Deaf & Drunk cassette comp)

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Adickdid - Live at the McKenzie Theater - No on 9 Benefit

Download of video coming soon

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Adickdid (1994)

I think this came out in '94 although it might've been '93. I remember the cd came in a paper sleeve, the picture above is the LP cover. Not much to say here, this one is a Eugene classic.

Adickdid (Imp Records & G Records)

1.She's Dangerous
2. Eye Level
3. Telephone
4. Song No. 2
5. Hey Sister
6. Mailbox
7. Ask Nicely
8. Stare Right Past You
9. Bugs in Nevada
10. All-American Girl
11. A Dick Did

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DOWNLOAD A BUNCH OF ADICKDID FLYERS HERE

Oswald Five-O (1989-1996)

Robert Christie (RIP) - Guitar & Vocals

Diane Beck (now Rios) - Bass & Vocals

Gary Schartz - Guitar

Joe Brooks (RIP) - Drums

The original lineup of Oswald Five-O only released one 7" ("A Love Supreme") but they recorded much, much more than that. A few tracks surfaced in 2006 on the excellent Jealous Butcher Records release "Nothing to Prove" which you should all immediately order if you don't already own. Diane and Robert gave me tapes of these recordings 22 years ago and, being familiar with Robert's inability to ever hold onto a Snakepit tape, I figured I'd better hold onto everything just in case nobody else did. Big thanks to Diane for permitting me to post these long lost recordings.

Rest in peace Joe and Robert, you are both deeply missed.

A Love Supreme 7", Unreleased Demos & Live (Imp Records, 1990)

1. A Love Supreme (A Love Supreme 7")

2. Crushproof (A Love Supreme 7")

3. Our Secret

4. Signed D.C.

5. My Head Hurts

6. Iron Mike

7. Seattle

8. Christmas

9. Waiting

10. Carnival of Frustration

11. Dog

12. Gimmie Gimmie

13. Poison

14. Heartpunch
15. Poison
16. Heartpunch
17. Live at the WOW Hall 1989 Pt. 1
18. Live at the WOW Hall 1989 Pt. 2

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Oswald Five-O Live at the WOW Hall, 1989

Footage shot by Adam Glogauer, downloads are quicktimes

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PART 1 ON YOU TUBE

PART 2 ON YOU TUBE

Robert Christie (RIP) - Drums/Vocals
Diane Beck (now Rios) - Bass/Vocals
Nick Tucker - Guitar/Vocals

The later lineup that people are probably more familiar with. Gary & Joe decided to leave the band, Diane and Robert decided to forge ahead. Not sure how they met Nick but I'm glad they did!

Singles, Comp. Tracks & Unreleased Demos

1. Eraser (Eraser 7")
2. Felony Flats (Eraser 7")
3. Heavy Shoes (Heavy Shoes 7")
4. Lovers Understand (Heavy Shoes 7")
5. Blue T.V. (Blue T.V. 7")
6. 10 Days Off (Blue T.V. 7")
7. Bred In the Bone (Bred In the Bone 7")
8. Punishment Farm/Our Secret/World I Never Made (Bred In the Bone 7")
9. Aloha Steve and Dan-O (From the "I-5 Killers V3" comp)
10. No Name (From "Fieldburn" comp.)
11. My Way (From "Fieldburn" comp.)
12. Preyed Upon (From "Pollen Count" comp)
13. I'm an Asshole (Unreleased)
14. Alfie (Unreleased)
15. When I Was Hot (Unreleased)

Download includes scans of all artwork and inserts from the singles

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Oswald Five-O Live at the McKenzie Theater No on 9 Benefit, 1992

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The first cd, released by Grinning Idiot in 1993, download includes all artwork.

For Losers Only (1993, Grinning Idiot)

1. On the Table
2. Marie Celeste
3. Conviction
4. The Reach
5. My Head Hurts
6. They
7. Unfair
8. Alfie
9. Premium
10. Preyed Upon
11. Poison
12. Idiot
13. Perfect World

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The second cd, released by Grinning Idiot in 1996 after Oswald Five-O had disbanded. All artwork included in the download.

Serenade (1996, Grinning Idiot)

1. Lost and Found
2. Switchblade
3. My Novel
4. All Night Takeout
5. Punk as an Ulterior Motive
6. Waiting For Vengeance
7. Tallboy
8. Eraser
9. No. 6
10. Fruit Salad Says
11. Night and Day

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Released WAY after the band had split up by the good people at Jealous Butcher Records, this compilation came out in 2006. There are several tracks that are exclusive to this release and the tracks that aren't will sound better here than on the downloads I've posted. Bottom line is you should be cool and go to the Jealous Butcher site and order this thing proper! Link to purchase below the track list.

Nothing to Prove (2006, Jealous Butcher)

1. A Love Supreme
2. Crush Proof
3. Waiting
4. Christmas
5. Heart Punch
6. Eraser
7. Felony Flats
8. Song For Bob Forrest
9. Understanding
10. Heavy Shoes
11. Lovers Understand
12. Tony Gets Wasted In San Pedro
13. No Name
14. My Way
15. Bred In the Bone
16. Punishment Farm/Our Secret/World I Never Made
17. Aloha Steve & Dan-O
18. Blue T.V.
19. 10 Days Off
20. Eraser '95

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Oswald Five-O's Last Show, John Henry's '96

Download is a quicktime

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SEE IT ON YOU TUBE HERE

DOWNLOAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF OSWALD FIVE-O PICTURES HERE

DOWNLOAD A BUNCH OF OSWALD FIVE-O FLYERS HERE

Kpants (1992-1995)

Cory Hamilton - Vocals
Mike Healy - Bass
Jeremy Hainline - Guitar
Austin Swartout - Drums

I think Kpants started as a result of the Pollen Count comp. cassette that Mike Healy put out back in 1992. Pinebox, Cory & Jer's band prior to Kpants appeared on the tape. Pinebox broke up not too long after that and Mike became the bassist and I don't know how they met Austin.  Anyway, the stuff posted below is the complete Kpants discography, everything they ever recorded, at least in a studio, never occurred to me to ask Mike if they ever 4-tracked anything. Still some research to do here.

SINGLES, COMP TRACKS, UNRELEASED & LIVE

1. Not Kind (from 1st 7" of the same name)

2. At the Urinal (from 1st 7" Not Kind)

3. Crash (Long Version, Previously Unreleased)

4. Erie (Previously Unreleased)

5. Crash (originally appeared on I-5 Killers Vol. 3)

6. Love (from 2nd and last single of the same name)

7. Hospital (from 2nd and last single Love)

8. Bookworm (Live, originally appeared on one of the "Night at the X-Ray" cassette comps)

9. My Strong Back Legs (originally appeared on the Jealous Butcher comp. Nailed to the Stars)

10. Vampire Girl (originally appeared on the Jealous Butcher comp. Nailed to the Stars)

Adam Glogauer plays drums on #9 & #10

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Cory Hamilton - Vocals

Mike Healy - Bass

Jeremy Hainline - Guitar

Austin - Drums

The first cd came to us courtesy of Grinning Idiot Records back in 1994. This release followed the first single "Not Kind" from 1993.  

CHARMLESS

1. Light Sprinkle

2. Bookworm

3. Forehead

4. She's Got You

5. Sonic Ripoff

6. Lunchpale

7. Pie Song

8. Stare Off

9. Ants

10. Should We Cut It?

11. Best Kissers

12. Love Theme From Kpants

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Cory Hamilton - Vocals

Mike Healy - Bass

Jeremy Hainline - Guitar

Jivan Valpey - Drums

Austin had left the band by this point and Kpants were never really able to permanently settle on another drummer. Jivan was in the band at this point, not sure how long he was around for. Adam Glogauer played a few shows with them and I know there was one other drummer who quit the band citing Cory's lack of professionalism for eating a plate of spaghetti on stage during the set. If the guy had a problem with behavior like that he was clearly in the wrong band. I recall Cory being late to the band's last show because he was cleaning his bathroom. 

SMILE AND NOD ACCORDINGLY (UNRELEASED ALBUM)

1.  Ask Any Moron

2. Friendly Approach

3. The Lights Turned Down Low

4. Succor's Gesture

5. The Charmer

6. Just Play Along

7. Don't Do the Spider (originally released on the Crave Dog Records "Can't Stand the Smell cd comp.)

8. I'm In Your Shirt

9. Against Me

10. Wrist Rocket

11. Hooray For Everything

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I'll add additional photos and possibly some video and live material too depending on what I can get the band to cough up.

Crawdads of Pure Love (1990?)

Chip Cohen - Bass, Fiddle, Vocals
Dave Hicks - Guitar, Vocals
Ken Sokolov - Drums, Percussion
Chuck White - Guitar, Vocals

Never saw these guys although I do recall seeing their posters around town. This is another one that comes to us courtesy of Erich Boekelheide. Don't know too much about them, anyone? Not sure whether or not this was their only release. Anyone have any flyers?

Electric (1990, Cassette Only)

1. Trouble
2. The Bus Song
3. Slow Suicide
4. 5 O'Clock Cat in 6
5. Long Overdue Goodbye

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Snakepit (1984-1990)

Al Larson - Guitar/Vocals

Mike Johnson - Guitar/Vocals

Robert Christie (RIP) - Drums/Vocals

Joe Argast - Bass/Vocals

Laura McDougall - Bass on "Tonight's the Night"

Barely know where to start with this one. Snakepit were one of Eugene's finest bands. John O'Neil talked me into forking over $3.00 to purchase this back in '85 never having heard the band. This tape, along with the first two Johnson Unit tapes and the lone Moose Lodge cassette began my obsession with obtaining every Eugene demo possible. To this day, I don't understand how Snakepit failed to become absolutely huge. The music speaks for itself and I'm eternally grateful to Mike Johnson for allowing me to share this with you.

Snakepit - Soul Like a Goat (1985)

1. Wedding Train

2. Rachel

3. You Tell Me

4. A Short Narrative

5. Me & Mine

6. Sunrise

7. All Nerves

8. Still Haunts Me

9. Wishing Well

10. Waiting For You

11. Tonight's the Night (Live)

12. Art Song (bonus track)

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Mike Johnson - Guitar/Vocals

Laura McDougall - Bass

Robert Christie - Drums/Vocals

This second cassette only release came out in '87 and was engineered by Ron Synovitz who was also kind enough to re-master it! This is the first time the recording has been available here and it's long overdue. Billy Karren was on the verge of joining the band and actually played on some of the live material that filled out the side but the studio tracks are just Mike, Robert & Laura. Hopefully I can get Ron to share some stories about this recording, will update accordingly.

Snakepit - From Vegas to Memphis (1987)

1. Party
2. Turn Around
3. From the Start
4. Sagetown
5. Important
6. A Smile
7. TV Eye (Live)

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Mike Johnson - Guitar/Vocals

Billy Karren - Guitar/Vocals

Laura McDougall - Bass

Robert Christie - Drums/Vocals

At long last, here is the first Snakepit single! The band had previously released two cassettes (Soul Like a Goat, already posted on this blog and From Vegas to Memphis, coming soon) but his was the first time the band had committed anything to vinyl. The tracks were recorded in '88 at Smegma in Portland with Mike Lastra. I heard many years ago that they recorded 7 tracks at the session but the 4 posted here are all I have. If anyone can confirm that additional tracks were recorded please email me, especially if you have the songs! Don't feel like I need to type much about this record, it speaks for itself and you should have already clicked the download link before you even read this far.

Snakepit - Wait ('88)

1. Wait

2. Disease

3. Susanville

4. Decay (bonus track originally appeared on Positively 13th St. compilation cassette)

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Mike Johnson - Guitar/Bass/Vocals
Laura McDougall - Bass
Robert Christie - Drums/Vocals

This was the final release by Snakepit although it was not the last material they recorded. Released in 1990 by Dunghill I can't even remember if the band was still playing live at the time with Joe Preston on bass. The front cover is an ominous photo of Robert walking in his burned down apartment at 951 Patterson. The night the place burned Snakepit was supposed to be playing a show at the EMU Dining Hall, it would have been the first time they'd played Eugene in months. The tracks on this post were all recorded at Gung Ho and it's strange to hear the band in the kind of clarity that Gung Ho provides. I wish they'd recorded many many albums but after this there was only the unreleased Eeyore.

 Snakepit - Waste 7" + Bonus Tracks (1990)


1. Waste
2. Million
3. Say It's So (Originally appeared on 13th St. Revisited cassette comp)
4. Rot (Unreleased)
5. Searching For a Five (Unreleased)
6. Finger In Judgement (Unreleased)
7. Lovers Understand (Unreleased, Robert Sings!)

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Mike Johnson - Vocals, Guitar, Bass (?)
Robert Christie - Drums, Vocals

This unreleased album was the last studio stuff Snakepit recorded. I believe this was all done at Gung-Ho Studios in 1989 and I'm not sure if Laura was still around to play bass on these tracks, I think it was just Mike and Robert by this point. Not much to say, this should have come out over 20 years ago but for a variety of reasons, that never happened. When I asked Mike's permission to post this, he said sure although he couldn't "imagine that anyone would want to hear it." Please let him know he was wrong about that in the comments. Many of these songs later appeared in different form on Mike's solo albums, I guess that makes this sort of like Snakepit's V.U. or Another View?

Snakepit - Eeyore (Unreleased '89)

1. Home Ground
2. Impatient & Unwilling
3. You're Alive
4. Separation
5. Giving Up on Time
6. Passed By
7. F.M.D.
8. Another Time
9. Slipping Away
10. A Reason
11. Obvious
12. Victim

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