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 …
Album #: 15 Recording Dates: 1996-1997 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SMR11 ScratchNotes: I was getting straight A’s at my joke of a school, but my musical productivity was lacking. A band formed with Joe G., his comrade Kirk K., and a singing lawyer named Tony. We were off to a fairly good start, when some …
Album #: 14 Recording Date: 03/23/1999 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: The communal hippie vibe of the Sheep Fiends had them plugged into a few different scenes – one of which led to this last minute gig at the Morseland. An eight member ensemble performed on a cold Winter night in Chicago, and played …
Album #: 13 Recording Dates: 1998-1999 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: In 1998 former Hidden frontman Brian M. got married, and at his wedding I met up with Sheep Fiend guru Brian C. – who I had met in the early 90’s when the Brians shared an apartment. He told me about the whirling …
Album #: 12 Recording Dates: 1995 – 1996 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SMR10 ScratchNotes: I signed up at ITT Tech, but had eight months to kill. Working by night, I slaved away at unconventional pop music while the sun glistened. An experiment with the future Ms. Skroch was recorded. “The Monstrosity” was born. Former Hidden …
Album #: 11 Recording Dates: 1994 – 1995 Release Date: 1999 Catalog: SMR09 ScratchNotes: Climbing aboard a shit-brown truck dubbed the “Urban Assault Vehicle Turdcutter”, the Hidden began a two week U.S. tour. Colorado, Texas, New Mexico…the band played six shows in fourteen days for around $300 in payment. A video tour documentary was created …
