Album #: 83 Recording Dates: 1995 Release Date: 2013 Catalog: SMR32 ScratchNotes: We got together just a few times in late 1995 – drinking, jamming, and recording. Some of this is MX Skroch accompanying Redneck originals. Some of this is just pure improvisation. In early 1996 I joined Redneck onstage at the Double Door in Chicago to play “Space …
Album #: 82 Recording Dates: 1999 Release Date: 2013 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: Brian Cameron lent me seven tapes recorded between 5/4/1999 and 8/15/1999. Brian moved to San Francisco right around this time, and these tapes never really got much attention. From these tapes I edited, produced and named ten brand new Sheep Fiends tracks, as well as recapturing alternate …
Album #: 70 Recording Dates: 8/10/1999 Release Date: 2008 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: Another entry in Brian’s series of musical unearthings. His cassette extraction execution. I only play on one track from 1999 here, and the recording is a bit rough to post here. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ No Track Sampler …
Album #: 69 Recording Dates: 1994-1997 Release Date: 2008 Catalog: SMR29 ScratchNotes: Here is the final release from the “InSkroMental”, “Loophole”, and “Ugly Music for Pretty Girls” trilogy. This collection was created when I decided to digitally remaster & EQ some of my best original material to optimize fidelity. “Ugly Music for Pretty Girls” is a collection of songs written, performed, …
Album #: 65 Recording Dates: 1992-2000 Release Date: 2007 Catalog: SMR25 ScratchNotes: Here is the middle release from the “InSkroMental”, “Loophole”, and “Ugly Music for Pretty Girls” trilogy. This collection was created when I decided to digitally remaster & EQ some of my best original material to optimize fidelity. “Loophole” is primarily focused on experimentation. This is the only album of …
Album #: 62 Recording Dates: 1990-2000 Release Date: 2007 Catalog: SMR24 ScratchNotes: My computer in 2005 was certainly laughable by today’s standards, but at the time it seemed so powerful that I decided to sort through all my recordings and digitally remaster & EQ some of my best original material. Remasters of the Raging Bellybuttons, IMF, and the Hidden …
Album #: 54 Recording Dates: 11/15/1998 & 10/16/2005 Release Date: 2005 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: The Rumpus Room became our new home base around this time. This was Brian M’s posh basement gathering spot with wood as far as the eye could see. While this space would see dramatic change a few years later; during this era we only had …
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Album #: 46 Recording Dates: 08/10/1999 Release Date: 2002 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: Another compilation arising from Brian C’s deep dive into unreleased Sheep Fiends material. This album puts together some very different sounds from several eras but I’m only featured on a few tracks of dark melodrama and one about dinner. The best of these …
Album #: 42 Recording Dates: 1998-1999 Release Date: 2001 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: As should be obvious, this Sheep Fiend release from the “genre six pack” features more rock oriented tracks – including a freshly unearthed recording from my very first Sheep Fiend jam. __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Two Track Sampler Track 02 – Fifth Birthday (Sheep …
Album #: 41 Recording Dates: 1999 Release Date: 2001 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: In 2001 Brian C. put together a nice six disc compilation of the Sheep Fiends first eight years or so of recordings; delineated by breaking the songs into specific genres. In addition to utilizing songs from previous Sheep Fiend albums these CDs also …
Album #: 32 Recording Dates: 1999 – 2000 Release Date: 2001 Catalog: SMR18 ScratchNotes: Recording with the Sheep Fiends increasingly made up the bulk of my musical output as my free time turned to other endeavours. A sick fascination with the stock market ensued, and an emotional obsession was fostered by way of the rise …
Album #: 23 Recording Dates: 1987-1997 Release Date: 2000 Catalog: SMR15 ScratchNotes: My pal Joe G. was the first musician I ever wrote music with. This is a compilation I put together featuring all four configurations in which he and I played as well as most of the solo material Joe recorded over a ten …
Album #: 21 Recording Dates: 11/14/1999 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: The lineup from 10/17/99 returns for an encore – tackling Mancini and Pink Floyd when not laying down the mellow jazz licks. Two Track Sampler Track 02 – Let’s Get Into it Love [edit] (Sheep Fiends) – Light some candles, pour a glass …
Album #: 20 Recording Dates: 10/17/1999 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: This CD from late 1999 takes a more free form approach than former discs and reveals full ten minute jams as they happened. A mixed result in my opinion, but a odd outing by a unique lineup is always welcome. One Track Sampler …
Album #: 19 Recording Dates: 1999 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: Over the past several years Sheep Fiend jams have become a special event that happens a few times a year. But back in 1999 the band was very active as illustrated by the four jams from a single nine week period that are …
Album #: 18 Recording Dates: 05/18/1999 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: While it is now common for the Sheep Fiends to put together and distribute a CD representing the sounds of a single jam; this recording of May 18, 1999 is the earliest example of such a CD. The Sheep Fiends had released a …
Album #: 17 Recording Dates: 1998-1999 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SMR13 ScratchNotes: I graduated from school, got married, landed a decent job and moved back to the dirty city. Our landlord spent every night for two months in our apartment installing a furnace. I ran into Brian C. at former Hidden voiceman Brian M.’s wedding. …
Album #: 16 Recording Dates: 1998 – 1999 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SMR12 ScratchNotes: I met Suneel at ITT Tech, and before long we began collaborating on music. Suneel’s industrial-tinged electronic music was a new genre to play with and I got busy slicing and dicing samples to layer on top of drum machine and …
