At the turn of the century there existed, for about a hot second, Lincoln band The Trendies (2000-2001). Their single lasting legacy: the 2001 release 7 Songs. Seven songs that bear a wall of sound — a brew of soft-alt and guitar reverb.
The Trendies included Matt Silcock (Opium Taylor guitarist), Greg Peterson and Peter Wilson on guitars and vocals with Malcom Miles on bass and Dze Bayles (formerly Ryan Krumel) on drums.
If there’s another lasting legacy from The Trendies, it’s the Post-Trendies (2001-2003). The band was fronted by Peterson who was joined by Miles and Bayles as well as Eric Aspengren on guitar. The reformed Trendies went on to release Get Yr Wings in 2002 and saw their last hurrah with the Lincoln rock compilation album A Situation Presents Itself in 2004, featuring the songs “Why’s The Beef” and “Aluminum Man.” The compilation’s 10 tracks also include songs from Ideal Cleaners, Junior Mighty, Suzy Dreamer & Her Nightmares and Crush the Clown.
The compilation was the first in a series of five, with A Situation Re: Presents Itself (2005), A Situation Like This (2006), A Situation in Situ (2007) and A Situation EVOLves (2009), all of which can be accredited to Miles. The first three compilations are available for purchase at Lone Prairie Records, where there also happens to be some free downloads up for grabs.
Head over to TheBandBrokeUp.com to download 7 Songs by The Trendies.
1. Anyone
2. Broken
3. Misty World
4. Clean
5. On and On
6. Bad
7. The Monster
If there’s another lasting legacy from The Trendies, it’s the Post-Trendies (2001-2003). The band was fronted by Peterson who was joined by Miles and Bayles as well as Eric Aspengren on guitar. The reformed Trendies went on to release Get Yr Wings in 2002 and saw their last hurrah with the Lincoln rock compilation album A Situation Presents Itself in 2004, featuring the songs “Why’s The Beef” and “Aluminum Man.” The compilation’s 10 tracks also include songs from Ideal Cleaners, Junior Mighty, Suzy Dreamer & Her Nightmares and Crush the Clown.
The compilation was the first in a series of five, with A Situation Re: Presents Itself (2005), A Situation Like This (2006), A Situation in Situ (2007) and A Situation EVOLves (2009), all of which can be accredited to Miles. The first three compilations are available for purchase at Lone Prairie Records, where there also happens to be some free downloads up for grabs.
Head over to TheBandBrokeUp.com to download 7 Songs by The Trendies.
1. Anyone
2. Broken
3. Misty World
4. Clean
5. On and On
6. Bad
7. The Monster
And if all that compilation talk has gotcha hot and bothered, there’s plenty more from where that came from. Also this week, we have The Monroes’ International Harvesters of Sorrow, a compilation of the five 45-rpm 7-inches released by the band from 2001-2007 on SPEED! Nebraska Records: their debut SPEED! 600 (2001), Razorback EP/SPEED! 800 (2003), "Inferno" single/SPEED! A-200 (2005), a split with The Diplomats of Solid Sound/SPEED! A-300 (2006) and Drilling Daylight/SPEED! A-700 (2007).
The Monroes displays the ‘tractor punk’ genre with an emphasis of rigor, considering leading man’s Gary Dean Davis’ earlier efforts of D is for Dragster, Frontier Trust and Pioneer Disaster — likely a testament to the combined songwriting efforts of Davis and the hardcore ingenuity of guitarist Lincoln Dickison. Drummer Jesse Render and bassist Mike Tulist completed the foursome.
All the 7-inch records were recorded at the Shoebox in Lincoln and were engineered by Phil Shoemaker, with the exception of final 2007 release, which was recorded at DNA Studios in Lincoln’s Havelock area and engineered by Brooks Hitt (The Terminals).
[The Monroes - Kiss Your Elbow Goodbye, 2004 Ted & Wally’s performance]
Download the International Harvesters of Sorrow Monroes compilation at TheBandBrokeUp.com.
1. Kiss Your Elbow Goodbye
2. Got Food?
3. Knocked Over
4. Razorback
5. Ready, Set, Topeka
6. Breaker, Breaker
7. Six Days on the Road
8. Inferno (The Divine Hoedown)
9. Supperbell
10. Hayloft Stomp
11. Drillin’ Daylight
12. Speed of Slow
13. The New 60
All the 7-inch records were recorded at the Shoebox in Lincoln and were engineered by Phil Shoemaker, with the exception of final 2007 release, which was recorded at DNA Studios in Lincoln’s Havelock area and engineered by Brooks Hitt (The Terminals).
[The Monroes - Kiss Your Elbow Goodbye, 2004 Ted & Wally’s performance]
Download the International Harvesters of Sorrow Monroes compilation at TheBandBrokeUp.com.
1. Kiss Your Elbow Goodbye
2. Got Food?
3. Knocked Over
4. Razorback
5. Ready, Set, Topeka
6. Breaker, Breaker
7. Six Days on the Road
8. Inferno (The Divine Hoedown)
9. Supperbell
10. Hayloft Stomp
11. Drillin’ Daylight
12. Speed of Slow
13. The New 60
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