A long time ago I interviewed Andrew Withycombe about Hydroplane. I did this interview through Bart Cummings, who sent him my questions and then shared with me the answers. So yeah, I’m not really in touch with Andrew. So I don’t know much about The Hanshalf Trio, a band he was involved before being in Hydroplane. I just thought I should look into it now, as it picked my curiosity once again.

I don’t know if the band was actually a trio. I see many names involved in the project. I do think the main driving force was Michael Nichols who would later be in Blairmailer and Crabstick as well as releasing a couple of records on 555 Recordings in the late 90s.

The band mostly released records on the legendary label Toytown. This label was a cassette label from Melbourne that was active from 1988 to 1998. It was run by Wayne Davidson.

The first release by the band was “The Four Elephants” album in 1988. It was on tape and had catalogue number TOY 6. Mike Nichols was on guitar and vocals, Geoff Nees (Cinnamon Boots, Ruff Ruff) on cello and vocals, Kim Lester (The Ampersands)  on drums and vocals, Wayne Davidson (from Toytown label and also from 202 Abercrombies, Horselephant, Stinky Fire Engine, The Wash Daddles, Mary in the Trees, Sooty’s Disco Without Legs, Lolly Plop & The Fatty Egg) on piano and organ and Jo Barter on vocals. From the liner notes the trio was Kim, Geoff and Michael. A Sibil is credited for guitar on “Collage of Love” and a Jamie for his tambourine work.

The songs on this album were 10, 5 on each side: “As Seen Through a Tambourine”, “The Man Who Once Was a Clown”, “And He Wore…”, “Underpants”, “Collage of Love”, “Reany Geia”, “The Ballad of the Man Who Was Once a Clown”, “Shame!”, “Bring Flowers Part III” and “Anybody Here Want to Buy Some Cabbage?”.

In 1989 the band releases their second tape album, “Fashion Colours” TOY4. This is a bit confusing to me. Catalog number is lower than the 1988 release. Maybe the years are wrong on Discogs? Anyone would know?

In any case the band releases 10 songs, 5 on each side: “Andy’s Coat”, “The Story of the Girl…”, “Make Mine Mink”, “Madeleine”, “Patsi Song” (this song written by Ken Leftner), “Beautiful Strangers”, “Guardian Devil”, “Richmond’s Economy”, “Bring Flowers (Part II)”, “(1/2) Hours of Weakness”.

On this record we find some lineup changes. Daryl Conway is now the bassist, vocalist, guitarist. And of course Mike Nichols plays guitar, vocals and drums. They have some special guests too. Michelle Bennet on vocals on the eighth and tenth song as well as percussion throughout the record. Wayne Davidson on keyboards on the second and third. Paul Ghuan on raunchy guitar on the third track. Vic “The Tugboat” Hartfree played on the sixth and eight. Aroha Greenaway plays violin on the sixth as well as vocals on the opening track. Leonie Hutchinson played percussion on the record and Ken Leftner played drums and vocals. Wayne was the producer.

In 1992 the band releases a new tape album, “Serenading Clogs with Daniel”. This was released by Frock Productions (KAT 9). This label was based in Sydney and was run by the great David Nichols (from the Distant Violins fanzine, and tons of bands). On this record the band was Michael Nichols and, remember I mentioned him before, Andrew Withycombe. It is true though that Geoff Nees contributed again, this time with vocals on the song “Bring Flowers”.

The songs are nine on this tape: “Only Missing You” (a cover from Daniel Johnston), “Bring Flowers (Part 5)”, “It’s Funny”, “Swallow”, “Uncrushworthy” (a cover of Courtney Love – Lois Maffeo’s band), “‘The Place’ Revisited”, “End?”, “More Dead than Alive” (another Daniel Johnston cover) and “Clogs”. All the songs had been recorded on February 23, 1992, in Brunswick, by Andrew, but “Bring Flowers” which was recorded in January 1990 in Mentone.

In 1992 the band releases their first bit of plastic, a 7″ vinyl, on Little Teddy Recordings from Germany. “Cilla Black’s Farewell to the Nineties” EP (LiTe705) was the title of the record that again had Mike Nichols on guitar and vocals, Andrew Withycombe on bass and vocals and now Bart Cummings from The Cat’s Miaow on drums and vocals. On this record we find “The Organ Solo Song” and “I’m Sick of Being Burned (Parts I and II)” on the A side and “That’s What I’m For” and “Clogs” on the B side.

The band also contributed some songs to compilations. In 1989 they had the song “Renee Geyer” on the cassette compilation “Jiving in Ljublijana – le hits du Zeeeeen” released by You’re Standing on My Hula Hoop Productions (HOOPLA 13). I am not familiar with this label nor the compilation. I’m very curious as i don’t know most of the bands (the only familiar name is Stinky Fire Engine). Also worth mentioning that Renee Geyer aside from being the song title was an Australian singer that died earlier this year.

In 1993 the band has “Cold Hard World” on the 7″ compilation “A Tribute to Daniel Johnston Vol. 1” released by Little Teddy (LiTe707). They have the fourth and last song on the record after the TVPs, The Bartlebees and Wimp Factor 14.

On Toytown’s cassette comp “Yummy!” (TOY32) the band contributed the song “As Seen Through a Tambourine”. This sampler comp came out in 1994.

Lastly in 2001, Little Teddy includes them on “Woosh! Little Teddy Recordings 1991-2001” a CD compilation featuring the label’s bands. On it The Hanshalf Trio has the song “That’s What I’m For”.

Sadly I can’t find more information about this Australian band. Maybe, some of my friends from down under remember them. Could let me know if they played live often. What years were they active. Are there more releases. Unreleased songs? Any information would be great to have!

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The Hanshalf Trio – Bring Flowers Part III

Let’s head to Ottawa, Canada today. Here’s an 80s band that sounds just like you’d expect a jangly band of the 80s. They were called The Crowd Theory and 8 years ago they uploaded a handful of songs to Soundcloud.

The songs date from 1988 to 1989. There’s a photo of the band which is helpful. It was a trio formed by Chris Robinson, Chantelle Williams and Ahenk Ozakpinar. Two guys, one girl.

“Colour” and “Young-Adult Novel”, are two songs from 1989. Then there are two live recordings from 1988, “Greatest Passion Inside” and “Evergreen with Envy”. And lastly there’s “Beau Tie” which doesn’t have a date.

What else have I found. I know that Ahenk was also in another band called Moral Rage. He has also been playing bass on Comfortably Numb, a Pink Floyd tribute band. From what I understand he is originally from Istanbul, Turkey. I also believe he sometimes works as a soccer referee. Can someone confirm this last info?!

Other than that I couldn’t find more info about the band. I wonder if these songs were part of a demo tape. If they recorded more would be good to know more. No releases I guess.

Anyhow, maybe we get lucky and someone remembers them. You know what to do if you have info, share it in the comments section!

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The Crowd Theory – Colour

2010, Barcelona. That was the first time we heard of a band called ¡Pelea!

¡Pelea! which means “Fight!” was formed by Ignacio “El Ortiga” Estrada-Nora on drums and vocals, Txuso Fernández on bass and vocals, Marçal Forés on guitar and vocals, Xabel Ferreiro on guitar and vocals and Olatz Azcona on vocals and harmonica.

I am not sure when did they form. Was it that 2010? What we do now is that in that year they released a self-titled tape EP, a co-release by the labels the excellent Discos Walden (DW04) founded by Manu Moreno in Madrid and Comissio de Festes Menors.

The songs on the “¡Pelea!” cassette were recorded in February of 2010, in Barcelona, with the help of Jordi González (from Corte Moderno, Cotolengo, Kou Keri Kou, Los Tesoros, Germán Carrascosa y la Alegría del Barrio, Kana Kapoila, Brainf•ck, J.G.G.)  and Pablo Garrido Zújar, also known as Pablo Kapila as he had been in the band Kana Kapila (he was also part of Germán Carrascosa y la Alegría del Barrio and the superb Pacífico). Them two were also the producers.

The songs on this tape were “¡Pelea!”, “El Trabajo”, “Bombona y Farola” on the A side and “Disfraz de Cerdo”, “La Chica Más Guapa de Reus” and “Insoportable” on the B side. The tracks were recorded at the band’s rehearsal space in February of 2010.

Have the members of ¡Pelea! been in other bands? Asking as I’ve listed all the bands the producers were in…. well they have. Txuso was part of Son Bou. El Ortiga was in Corte Moderno, Cotolengo, Anticonceptivas, Germán Carrascosa y la Alegría del Barrio and also in Guay! Marçal was in Foés y Ferreiro but he is also known as a film director, especially thanks to the movies “Through My Window” and “Everlasting Love”. Xabel was on Kana Kapila, Corte Moderno, Germán Carrascosa y la Alegría del Barrio and Kou Keri Kou. Olatz was in Kou Keri Kou and Germán Carrascosa y la Alegría del Barrio. Right, a lot of the same bands. Clearly they’ve continued to being friends.

The song “Insportable” would be included in a CDR compilation called “Autoplacer” in 2010. It came with the Autoplacer fanzine.

2010 also sees the release of a split 7″ with the band Thelemáticos. ¡Pelea! contrributes two songs to the A side, “Bombona y Farola” and “El Trabajo”. Thelemáticos are on the B side with the song “El Hielo del Sur”. The release was put out by La Fonográfica General (LFG.45.0017). The songs were produced by Sergio Pérez García (who had been in tons of bands including Anticonceptivas, Thelemáticos, Pagasvs, Svper, Applied Asturias, and more. This was recorded at Maik Maier studios in Barcelona.

Cofradía de la Pirueta (CP 002), Gramaciones Grabofónicas (GRGR 014), Maravillosos Ruidos – Blizing Noize Records (BZNZ 009), three labels, would put together a self-titled ¡Pelea! 7″ EP in 2010. Four songs on this fine record, “¡Pelea!” and “En Madrid” on the A side and “El Americano” and “Dime Con Quién” on the B side. Again, recorded at Maik Maier.

The band then releases their album “¡Qué Éxito! / ¡Qué Felicidad!” in 2011. It is a co-release between Canada (CND005) and Gramaciones Grabofónicas (GRGR16). It is released as a vinyl only LP and includes 12 songs. “¡Qué Éxito!”, “Mi Disfraz de Cerdo”, “La Chica Más Guapa de Reus”, “Tirando Bombas sin Parar de Bailar”, “El Click-Clack” and “Insportable” on the A side and “¡Qué Felicidad!”, “Voy a Pudrirme en el Infierno”, “Lo Único que Quiero Ser en esta Vida es ser un Mono”, “El Mundo de las Ideas”, “La Cueva” and “¡Baila Con Pelea!” on the B side. The producer was, once again, Sergio Pérez García.

This record was recorded between the 6 and the 8th of March of 2011 at Maik Maier studios in Barcelona. It was mastered by Yves Roussel.

“Bombona y Farola” would also make an appearance on the soundtrack of the movie “Animals”. This soundtrack was released on vinyl (both black and yellow vinyl versions) in 2012 by Discos Walden (DW15), Gramaciones Grabofónicas (GRGR21), Maravillosos Ruidos, Glitter End and Cofradía de la Pirueta (CP09). Many labels! The soundtrack included other favourite bands of mine like Los Claveles, Los Ginkas, Bananas and Los Muebles.

The band has a Bandcamp with all of their recordings. There’s another release, another song. It is called “Cuanto Más Tenga”, and was included in a digital compilation ccalled “Doropaedia 9: Coleccionismo”.  This dates from 2010. The song was also recorded on April of that year in Maik Maier’s studio with Sergio García Pérez as the producer.

Their name is not very Google-friendly. Hard to track more information. But I do find a Flickr account for El Ortiga. There I find photos of the band as well as some flyers. We see that the band played the Sala Sidecar with the Thelemáticos and Diego García on April 9th of 2011 I think!

Another flyer shows that the band was going on a mini-tour with the band Arponera. And then another that mentions that the band had t-shirts for sale. Would have been nice to have one.

At Sala Apolo the band played along Hanoi Janes and Aias on June 19 of 2010. On January 30th of 2010 the band played with Los Claveles and Garrapateces at Heliogàbal.

I also find that they played in Madrid at the Sala Siroco supporting Los Claveles.

That’s what I could find out. I wonder why they stopped playing. I wonder why they didn’t release more records. Are there unreleased tracks? I know with Spanish bands is a bit trickier to get help as I’m writing this blog in English, but maybe, just maybe, someone remembers them?

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¡Pelea! – Mi Disfraz de Cerdo

Here is a superb find, a Bandcamp full of songs by this Chichester, UK, band that was active between 1990 and 1993.

There’s tons of great tracks here, inspired by the sound of The La’s or The Stone Roses. Let’s start in chronological order.

“…Give me the Happy +” is the title for a collection of 18 songs that were recorded between 1990 and 1991. These include “New Direction”, “Nightmare Ride”, “Bucket Bong Ant”, “Ribbons”, “Headstrong”, “Salvation (Version 1)”, “King Come Down”, “Light and Shade”, “Peggy Bottles”, “Blackberries”, “Banana”, “Breakdown”, “Fall”, “Drop of the Hat”, “Lately”, “The Rain (acoustic)”, “Parp Parp!” and “Salvation (Version 2)”. The release date says May 26, 1991.

From the photos available of the band it seems they were a five-piece. There are some names on Bandcamp, Si, Si, Greg & Gaz. They also mention Ted Tedman who passed away. Would these five be the ones behind The Violet Trade? We don’t get last names though. I do find a Twitter account by Peter Wood. That’s a different name. But he says that he was in The Violet Trade after being inspired by Andy Weatherall and Primal Scream.

The other name I find is that of Simon Parker. He must be one of the Si listed in Bandcamp. These days he lives in France and runs Vinyl Revolution, an online store and NAKED record club, the first eco-friendly vinyl record label. We also find that not only he was in The Violet Trade, he was also in the bands Fruit Machine, Colourburst, Lumina, Villareal and Lightning Dept. Even more interesting he released an autobiography in 2014 titled “Road to NowhereL Mishaps of an Indie Musician“. I can’t find a copy of it though, but would be nice to read it! The art for the book is really cool with lots of classic indiepop sleeves!

The 2nd collection encompasses the years 1992 to 1995. It is titled “Sold to the Man with no Ears +” and has 19 tracks: “Twelfth of Never”, “Heavenly Side”, “Shellcatcher”, “Velocity Street”, “Aqua Blur”, “String”, “Salvation (Flat Records Version)”, “Bad Day”, “Going Down the Shops”, “Velvet”, “All I Hear is Music”, “Girl Frenzy”, “Try to See Things My Way”, “Burning the Fields”, “Big Plum Tree”, “Things Will be Better in Summer”, “Undecided”, “Amoureuse (1995)” and “Bad Day (revisited 1995)”. This one has a release date, June 19, 1996. Was a version of this album released then?

Lastly there’s a live recordings album that has tracks from 1990 to 1993. It is titled “Doing the Upside Down” and has the following tracks: “Inspire (1990)”, “King Come Down (1990)”, “New Direction (1990)”, “Take the Skinheads Bowling (1990)”, “Cloud Sandwich (1990)”, “My Single Sock Collection (1992)”, “Meringue (1991)”, “String (1992)”, “Twelfth of Never (1992)”, “Fall (1990)”, “Another Love Song (1990)”, “Rabbit Stew (1990)”, “Ribbons (1990)”, “Breakdown (1990)”, “Bucket Bong Ant (1991)”, “Noah’s Ark (1990)”, “Banana (1992)”, “Something Put Somebody in My Drink (1990)”, “Limbo (1992)”, “…From Liverpool (1992)” and “The 1 I Love (1990)”. Tons of these songs seem to be only available live. Also I wonder why they say this collection is from 1990 to 1993 when none of the songs seems to have been recorded in 1993.

The only release the band has listed on Discogs is an appearance on a cassette compilation called “All Fun and Games” that was released by Asylum (CASS 001) in 1991. The songs the band contributed were “Pseudo” and “Elegy”. I notice I have investigated previously this tape as I’ve meant to write a post about The Losers who also appear on this tape. I wonder why I still haven’t written about them yet.

Would be good to find out if their songs were released in any form. Maybe as tape albums? Who would know?

What about playing live? Did they play many gigs?

I feel this band could have been signed to an indie label, or being a bit more known. Anyone remembers them?

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The Violet Trade – Nightmare Ride

Liam on vocals, Stuart Clarke on guitar, Den Brodie on bass and Dan Moody on drums. That was Genshi in the early 90s.

I actually tracked down Dan Moody’s Youtube account where he has uploaded a bunch of their tracks just a few weeks ago.

The first demo had four songs, “Electricity“, “Inside My Head” and “Left Behind” and “Flying“. The second demo had the songs “Last Day“, “Mouse“, “Choke You” and “Delay“.

The band continued releasing demo tapes. Sadly I can’t find when they were released. The third demo had again four songs, “Wish Away“, “Out of Place“, “Mystery Girl” and “All too Late“.

Demo number four had the songs “Face is the Window“, “Collide“, “Burn” and “Relief“. These are the names of the songs in the description area but “Burn” appears as “Just Pretend” and “Relief” as “Belief”. Liam, the vocalist, was no more at this point, Stuart Clarke doing guitar and vocals now.

A fifth demo also exists. This one had “A Thought of Somewhere“, “A Chance Meeting“, “Soul Frequency” and “Sassy“. At this point I see a lineup change, just Dan Moody on drums and Den Brodie on bass from the original lineup and it mentions they had a female vocalist. No name given.

On demo six we have a female vocalist with a name now, Anna. Stuart Clarke as guitarist is again credited. Five songs: “Headstrong“, “Long Gone“, “Alibi“, “Tide” and “Kick“.

Demo number seven! So many! This one four songs again, “You Don’t Need“, “Blue“, “Branded” and “Wish Away (Acoustic)“.

Then we find some more songs, three untitled tracks by Genshi. Instead these are collaborations, probably from more recent times, between Dan, Den and Stuart.

We also know that the band hailed from Surrey. Whereabouts? Not sure. I think they may have hailed from Epsom as there is a Soundcloud account by Dan Moody saying he is located there (at least now). Sadly there are no songs by this 90s band. Also I am not 100% sure the band was named Down Spin.

I know too that Dan is these days involved with the band Glow. And there in the about section I see that the band actually hailed from Croydon. Great! That’s a win.

Now the big mystery is if they were called Genshi of course. What confuses me is that stoneeyedkiller has uploaded the track “Mystery Girl” and credits the song to a band called Down Spin or Downspin, maybe that was the name of the band came after.

That’s what I found. What else can you guys add to this? Would be good to know a bit more about this mysterious band!

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Genshi – Mystery Girl

I don’t know who Paul Dreczko is. He has a Soundcloud account with a bunch of songs and what caught my attention was that there were a couple that were dated, 1986.

As that’s a year we all are very interested in indiepop I thought I would check them out. The first song I heard was “Taking it All”. I thought it sounded alright, but the one song I really enjoyed was “Magic Man”.

Interestingly enough when you see the little info added for “Taking it All” it actually says it was recorded in 1985, not 1986. It also mentions that the band hailed from Guildford in the UK. Oh yes, and that they were called Kameleon (if you missed the blog post title that is!).

We see a photo of three guys and a girl. All of them are posing with guitars, acoustic and electric.

“Magic Man” was recorded in April 1986, that one is dated correctly. The song was recorded at Catch 42 Studios in Godalming.

Then there are many songs Paul has uploaded. We notice that in the early 90s he was in a folk group 4 What It’s Worth and also in a band Nightshift.

Then I find a song that is also from Kamaleon! A third one. Maybe all three songs were part of a demo? This third song is called “Nice Boys”. Sadly there’s no details here.

But it seems there is a connection with Soundscene. Even though their songs are not on the WokingSoundscene Soundcloud there is an entry on their Facebook!

Here we find that the band was around from 1986 to 1987. That the band was formed by Keith Davies on guitar, Alex Marler on vocals, Paul Dreczko on keyboards and Rob Selway on bass.

They recorded one demo, so maybe I was right! This demo caught the attention of CBS and that gave them 11 hours at Catch 44 Studios (where they recorded “Magic Man”). With that master tape they went to London and met with Lincoln Elias, the A&R guy for CBS, but he didn’t sign them, he wanted something more commercial.

And that’s what I found about Kameleon. Anyone remember them?

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Tableaux Vivants – Don’t Trust the Luck / Born to Love?

Sugarfrost Records is one of the most important indiepop labels from the early 90s. I was so lucky to interview Akiko who ran the label many years ago and learn tons about the label. At the time of the interview I told her that I hadn’t find a copy of Evelyn Tremble’s 7″ and that I hadn’t heard the songs then. That changed a few months after I think, I found a copy and listened to the two songs on it…. and well, I just thought I should recommend this wonderful record to everyone now… many years after.

As I always say, it is better late than never. But let’s start with what Akiko told me that one time. This is what I asked and what she responded.

++ I still haven’t been able to find or listen the Evelyn Tremble 7″. So I’m very curious about this one. Care to tell me a bit about it? Like who were they and how did they sound like?

They are from Hull, England. As I mentioned before, we knew Eddie as a fanzine writer before this band came up. They are like a bunch of boys grew up together, and very funny bunch as well! Musically, kind of like Pale Fountains with a dark side? The booklet sleeve was designed and printed in LA, and just at the time of the big earthquake, too! So it was delayed by some 8 months or so, I seem to remember.

That’s right, Eddie Oxley used to write the Paradiso fanzine with Jon Parker. And that’s how the connection started.

Eddie was one half of the band. He wrote the songs. The other half was Richard Allgood.

The Evenly Tremble 7″ was finally released in 1994 on Sugarfrost (FROSTY 12). It included 2 songs, “Kool-Aid Blue” on the A side and “Catamite” on the B side. I didn’t know what a catamite was before and found out that in ancient Greece and Rome, a catamite was a pubescent boy who was the intimate companion of an older male, usually in a pederastic relationship. It was generally a term of affection and literally means “Ganymede” in Latin, but it was also used as a term of insult when directed toward a grown man.

The A side was engineered by Steve Cowell while the B side was engineered by Gary Burrows. On “Catamite” we also see Peter Moss credited for playing cello. Martha Kim did the design and photography.

The band didn’t appear in any compilations, and as far as I know these two songs are their only songs ever released.

According to the Sugarfrost website, Evelyn Tremble hailed from Hull and they nearly became a Sarah band but Sugarfrost released them first.

But who was Evelyn Tremble?
Evelyn Tremble (also codenamed James Bond 007) is a fictional baccarat master recruited by Vesper Lynd to challenge Le Chiffre at Casino Royale. The character appeared in the non-EON 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale and was portrayed by Peter Sellers.

And that’s where I lose their trace. I can’t believe they only recorded two songs. Two wonderful songs. Maybe there was a demo tape? Did they play live at all? Would be fantastic to find out. Who remembers Evelyn Tremble?

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Evelyn Tremble – Kool-aid Blue

Drive-in Records was a nice label that released a lot of classic 7″ singles in the late 90s mostly. On their catalog, Drive 43, was a 7″ by Marble Index. It was actually a co-release with Saltwater Records (SW-005), a label from Kingston, New Hampshire.

Drive-In on the other hand hailed from Grand Rapids, Michigan.. I remember that behind it was Mike Babb who ended up working in the early 2000s on the Microindie label.

Marble Index’s 7″ is really nice. I don’t know the name of the person behind the songs, but he also released another record on Drive-In under the moniker of Chapter 13. A very nice record too.

It seems he previously had written music under the name Marine Parade. It seems there are no recordings by this band. I read he also considered to be called other names including Anatomies & Universals and A Warm House in Winter.

The 7″ released in 1999 had the songs “Love Talking to Boys” on the A side and “Plan K” on the B side. The engineer was Julian Tardo who also co-produced with the band. Tardo was part of the fantastic band Earwig that released in La-Di-Da Records (I haven’t written about them yet, shame on me). He is based in Hove, United Kingdom, and these days he works as a recording engineer and producer at Church Road Studios. He was also in bands like Insides and Johnson.

Does this means that Marble Index hailed from that area? Brighton? Hove?

The artist behind this project would go on to be Chapter 13 as I mentioned and later on, between 2006 and 2008 as Spectators of Life. I think I should write about Chapter 13. The “Crisco Disco” 7″ is a favourite. I don’t know the other bands.

The last interesting bit was that there was an intention to re-release Marble Index music on CD. I wonder who was going to put it out and what happened?

Anyone remembers them?

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Marble Index – Love Talking to Boys

Who has the wonderful “24 Hours” 7″ by Veronica? If you don’t I would suggest you tracking it down as it is a cracker.

It was recorded and produced in Austin, Texas, in March 1995 by Terri Lord (Butha Mutha Goose and the Brothers Grimm, Girls in the Noise, Sincola, The Mind Splinters and more). And was released by Candy-Ass Records (CAR 014), a label from Portland, Oregon, that was run by Jody Bleyle, Josh and Marty in the 90s. As far as I know it was the only record the band put out.

The band formed by Molly Gove on bass, Lisa Colvin on drums and Sarah Dougher on guitar and vocals, put out 3 songs on this record, “24 Hours” and “Deny It” on the A side and “Ocean 7” on the B side. The record also came with a cool insert that included the lyrics of the songs.

A song called “Rhymes with Bike” is the only other recording known to Veronica. This track appeared on the vinyl LP compilation “Bicycle Ride” that the Texan label Peek-a-Boo Records (BOO 1201LP) released in 1995.

You’ve probably heard of Sarah as she has a well-known solo career as well as being in bands like The Crabs, Cadallaca and The Lookers. She even has a Wikipedia entry where you can learn more about her including her time in different bands as well as learning that she has a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Texas and that she a teacher in women’s studies at Portland State University.

Lisa Colvin also was on a few bands like Floater and Moonbell and these days she is based in San Francisco, California, where she works as a musician, photographer and in computer programming, including work at the streaming site Pandora. I don’t have more info on Molly tough…

Sadly there’s not much written about Veronica. Lots about other bands Sarah was in of course, more well-known bands, but I am curious about this project. How did they meet? Are there more songs? Why only release one 7″? Did they play much live?

Many question that I hope to get answers soon.

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Veronica – 24 Hours