Now William - Unreleased Demos ('90-'91?)

Charlie McClain - Bass/Vocals

John Kluff - Guitar on #1-#9

David Krueger - Violin/Vocals

Max ??? - Guitar on #10-#19

Adam Glogauer - Drums #3-#19

Now William was around from '89 to '92 or so, my memory is a little fuzzy. Can't remember anyone else ever sounding like these guys and the first time I met Charlie and David I think they were wearing overalls which helped sell it even more. Below is a collection of unreleased 4-track and live demos, I believe it's everything they recorded prior to their cd. If anyone knows a detailed history of the band, please write it in the comments below. Enjoy!

Now William - Demos (Unreleased)

1. Soaring (1st Demo)

2. Blue (1st Demo)

3. Home (4-track recording)

4. Hold On (4-track recording)

5. Flying By (4-track recording)

6. Blue (4-track recording)

7. Soaring (4-track recording)

8. Auction Song (4-track recording)

9. Brian's Song (4-track recording)

10. Unknown Title (WOW Hall board demo)

11. Mother (WOW Hall board demo)

12. Irish Song (WOW Hall board demo)

13. Untitled (WOW Hall board demo)

14. Gypsy Song (WOW Hall board demo)

15. Can't Say That (WOW Hall board demo)

16. Flying By (WOW Hall board demo)

17. Auction Song (WOW Hall board demo)

18. Metal Song (WOW Hall board demo)

19. E (WOW Hall board demo)

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Undertakers, The - Time Machine 7" + bonus tracks ('92 Tombstone Records)

Kevin Shapen - Guitar

Jason Hill - Vocals

Pat Yonally - Organ

Brett Morse - Bass

Todd Kinner - Drums

The Undertakers were around for a year or two in the early 90's. I saw them a few times, always a fun show even if I was nearly deaf for 2 days after standing too close while watching them at Max's once. I remember thinking they must have super glued Pat's fingers to his keyboard as almost every other part of his body was in motion while the band played. The Undertakers recorded way more than they ever released some of which is included here. They recorded a still unreleased full-length that may eventually appear on this blog once Brett gets me the DAT and I find a way to bump it to CD-R. Enjoy!

The Undertakers - Time Machine 7" + bonus tracks ('92 Tombstone)

1. Time Machine (Mono from 7")

2. Lookout (Mono from 7")

3. I Tried (bonus track)

4. Lookout (bonus track)

5. Shelia (bonus track)

6. Time Machine (bonus track)

7. Surf Stomp (bonus track)

8. One Step Closer (bonus track)

9. Re-Explore Your Mind (bonus track)

10. Mine All Mine (bonus track)

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Uncle Charlie (1988-1990)

John O'Neil - Guitar/Vocals

Steve Nordby - Bass

Adam Glogauer - Drums

The first Uncle Charlie cassette, released in 1988 by Dunghill. This is a Eugene classic with a whole bunch of should-have-been-hits. After Johnson Unit split up, John and Steve took some time then recruited youngster Adam to play drums in their new band. This was a really fun time in Eugene with Snakepit, Uncle Charlie, Rawhead Rex and Some Velvet Sidewalk all playing basement shows every month or two if you were paying attention. Enjoy!

Uncle Charlie - Your Friend ('88, Dunghill)

1. Stuck

2. Addiction

3. Just Like a Man

4. Postcard

5. Sense

6. Gently

7. Everything

8. Curtains

9. Kenneth

10. Closed Circuit

11. Direct Action

12. Decency

13. Secondary Importance (bonus track from "Positively 13th" cassette comp.)

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John O'Neil - Guitar/Vocals

Steve Nordby - Bass

Adam Glogauer - Drums

Mike Stinett - Sax

The second and final cassette by Uncle Charlie was released by Dunghill in '89 shortly after the band had split up. Mike had joined the band on sax by the time these recordings were made. I think by this point John was pretty sick of Eugene and he moved to Boise not too long after this came out. Having moved out of Eugene myself some 16 years ago I get it but I still missed the yearly release by some band fronted by John. The last band I knew about that he was in was El Dopamine, not sure if they're still playing or not. John?

Steve NordbyMarch 31, 2012 at 4:39 PM

"Not Any More" was a rush job because John was getting married and heading to Boise. We had a huge backlog of material. The previous Uncle Charlie release, "Your Friend," was recorded over about six months, but this was done in a couple of weeks. It's a fine set of songs.

I told John he needed to redo the "Poison Mountain" vocals right after he finished, but Mike told me I was wrong. He was right.

When I started mixing, I noticed problems in my engineering (distortion in the cymbals is the biggest thing that bugs me) and would have re-recorded if John was still in town.

I outsourced tape duplication and they did a terrible job. It bugged me to have to explain the reason for reference tones. The second time, the levels were OK but their machines were off-speed, so original cassettes play about 1/2 step sharp on a machine running at the correct speed.

My fav track is Skydiver. There is a video of this edited from stolen clips in the middle of the night at a local TV station...

"March Ninth" was a musical exploration that I was unsure of when coming up with the bass part. While mixing, John mailed me (pre email) to make the mix as expansive as possible.

"Stupid Town" is about Sutherlin, Oregon. A fav JPO song.

"Nostalgia" is an outtake from the "Your Friend" sessions (note how the drums sound so much better). We just were goofing around and liked it.

"Wedding Train" - the fantastic Snakepit song redone by us. I did the guitar solo. Damn I couldn't get it right. Sorry Al.

"Capital Gains" - I loved playing this.

"Facing Up" - A Johnson Unit song with too much behind it to explain here. An acoustic version to make sure we got it out.

Uncle Charlie - Not Anymore ('89, Dunghill)

1. Skydiver

2. Strong White Male

3. Poison Mountain

4. People Believe

5. Meat Prices

6. March Ninth

7. Stupid Town

8. Hired Hand

9. Rearranged

10. Martyr Returns

11. Nostalgia

12. Secret Society

13. Wedding Train

14. Capital Gains

15. Facing Up

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Christopher Cook (1987-1990)

I think this is the first of the Christopher Cook solo tapes and I believe it was released in 1987. Most of you are probably most familiar with Christopher from his work in St. Huck and with The Flatlanders. Not sure if Chris played solo shows or not, I don't remember any but he did release a total of four cassettes. Last I knew, Chris was the owner of a store on Willamette between 5th & 6th St. Anyone know the name of it? Same building Green Noise used to be in.

The Sugar of Carquinez ('87)

1. Listen, Listen

2. Sue Ellen

3. The Walk-Up

4. Benicia Moon

5. Bone Legend II

6. The Sugar of Carquinez

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Blood Stories (1988, with Monica Casagrande)

01. What Makes the Kettle Boil
02. Out of the Blue
03. The Second Hand
04. Guitarras Sangres
05. It's In the Blood
06. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight

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The Elephant's Graveyard (1989)

01. The Bridge
02. Instrumental
03. A Blow to the Head
04. If I Did Not Sleep
05. The Dreamer
06. Postcard
07. Born Blind
08. Turn Away
09. A Windy Street
10. Climbing Up
11. The Elephant's Graveyard
12. It's a Dirty World
13. A Lucky Strike
14. The Corners of the Mouth
15. From the Start
16. The Banshees of Texas

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Silent Corona (1990)

01. The Straw Man.....
02. When the Smoke Clears
03. The Golden Dagger
04. If I Could Rave
05. Silent Corona
06. The Minstrel Boy
07. The Big Backyard (with Tim Arnold & Ed Hutton, The Flatlanders!)
08. The Straw Man

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bunny summer - 7" & Cassette (1991 & 1996)

Rachel Blumberg - drums, vocals

Adam Glogauer - guitar, bass, vocals

Sean Reid - guitar, vocals

Jeff Cellers - vocals

My band's only 7", recorded in 1991 and released by spinArt in 1994. We started this band during the height of the Nirvana hype thinking it'd be funny to play acoustic pop songs while opening for garage/grunge bands. Nobody agreed with us as we only managed to play live three times in the band's history and never with the same personnel. Liking Jonathan Richman too much was another reason this band came to be. Years later I would meet Jonathan with a girl I was dating at the time and spoke to him for a couple of hours. As we left, Jonathan told me it was nice to meet me, then gave his home phone number to my girlfriend and told her to call him if she was ever in the Bay Area which forever cured me of any romantic illusions I had about Jonathan and his material. Yep, fuck you Mr. Richman! I included our horrible version of the evil twin brother song "eppin'" as a bonus track. Apologies to Bryan for massacring his song.

bunny summer - the one about las vegas (7" EP, 1994)

1. the one about las vegas

2. the one about holly

3. black and white

4. crush

5. eppin' (bonus track)

bunny summer EP - DOWNLOAD HERE

We recorded the "Failure... An Instructional Tape" demo on 4-track during 1994 & '95. Never managed to reform an entire band again after Rachel moved to Portland but for some reason decided to continue recording. This tape was released in 1996 and I think we sold about 10 copies.

bunny summer - Failure... An Instructional Tape (Cassette Only, Disgraceland 1996)

1. tomorrow

2. I really don't care but tell me again anyway

3. cereal

4. Yeah, I've Heard That One Before Too

5. Old Shirt

6. Patterns

7. Borderline (bonus track)

8. Waking Up Drunk (bonus track)

9. You'll Do (bonus track)

bunny summer cassette - DOWNLOAD HERE

Guardians of American Morality - (1987-1993?)

Molly Belle - Vocals

Stacey Belle - Bass

Jerome Berryhill - Guitar

Mark O. Howerton - Vocals

Randy "Red" Longneck - Drums and backing vocals

Johnny Mustang (aka Barley) - Guitar and vocals

The Guardians of American Morality seemed to be the Max's house band in the late 80's. I think they played at the Vet's Club a lot too. I remember seeing their posters all over town - "The Guardians of American Morality, putting the Count back in Country!" which I thought was pretty funny especially in light of the overall conservative nature of Eugene. I think this was the band's only release, anyone know for sure?

The Guardians of American Morality - God's Country (7" EP, 1989)

1. Las Vegas Neon

2. My Boy Elvis

3. Polaroid Spread Shots

4. Rope 'N' Ride

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Mark O. Howerton - Vocals
Molly Belle - Vocals
John Barley - Lead Guitar
Jerome Berryhill - Guitar
Larry Blum - Steel Guitar
Pete Christie - Bass (Lead Vocal on Cold Blue Steel)
Michael Miller - Drums

I think most of us who would have an interest in this blog are well aware of who the Guardians were and also how hilarious. Jerome was kind enough to send me this two track cassette which contains no live material despite the title. Not sure if these were ever actually released or if it was just a tape passed amongst friends but the tracks are well recorded and this would have been a fine follow-up to the debut e.p. Jerome also sent along the poster above which just about anyone who was around at the time ought to remember. My Guardians posts truly would never have been complete without the poster so I'd like to send a huge THANK YOU to Jerome for that and the cassette. Be sure to drink heavily while you listen to these tracks!

The Guardians of American Morality - Live at the Oregon State Prison (1997)

1. Cold Blue Steel (against my head)
2. Rope and Ride

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The Crows - S/T (Cassette Only, 1988)

Derek Potts - Vocals, Percussion

Tod White - Guitar

Sean Smith - Guitar, Vocals

Bill Palmer - Bass

Julian Porter - Vocals, Percussion

The Crows existed in one form or another from '85 - '89 or so. That entire period produced just this single cassette-only release. I remember the Crows being controversial amongst other bands, mostly due to their tendency to staple their flyers right over the top of other bands' on telephone poles all over Eugene. Not sure how much truth there really was to that story, the Crows rarely played live although I heard they practiced everyday. Always liked this tape, never knew any of the band members well although I do know that Sean Smith later ended up playing in Superchrist with Doug Wilkerson from Mind Garage. Anyone who knows more about the band and it's history, please comment!

The Crows - Self-Titled (Cassette Only, 1988)

1. Boots

2. Tambourine

3. It's Your Life

4. Bombshelter Baby

5. Who She Does

6. Magnificent Air

7. Home

8. Criticism

9. So Red

10. Bleeding Hearts

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