Music
A Thousand Never Enough
Blueprint
Empire State Games
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
Fieldtree
In Memory of Me
Ramona Forever
Roosevelt's Inaugural Parade
Servo
Sheryl's Magnetic Aura
Smithsonian
This Hero Dies
Your Neighbour the Liar
6-Song Demo
Roosevelt's Inaugural Parade
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Roosevelt's Inaugural Parade
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known members · Cris Golan, Darrin Hunt, Jason Navarro, Mikey Dufour, Sarah Hiveley, Scott Ray, Rick Paulger
The band recorded at Soundcamp in early 1994 and self-released the session on cassette. It went on to put out a 7-inch through Initial Records and a split with Mainspring. Council Records Archives later brought the demo back into circulation digitally.
Fleas in His Collar
Fieldtree
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Fieldtree
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Members credited on Polychronic Sound · Jeremy Freer, Scott Masson, Isaac Perry
Fieldtree played the 1995 Detroit Music Festival alongside bands including Cap’n Jazz, Christie Front Drive, and Lifetime. Its records came out through labels including Lonely Kid and Winter Records.
Self-Titled EP
Blueprint
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Blueprint
Houston, Texas, USA
Lineup unverified
Blueprint was playing Houston venues by 1993 and shared a bill with Christie Front Drive in 1995. The band reunited for shows in Austin in 2011 and Houston in 2015.
Polychronic Sound
Fieldtree
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Fieldtree
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Members credited on Polychronic Sound · Jeremy Freer, Scott Masson, Isaac Perry
Fieldtree played the 1995 Detroit Music Festival alongside bands including Cap’n Jazz, Christie Front Drive, and Lifetime. Its records came out through labels including Lonely Kid and Winter Records.
Blueprint
Servo
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Servo
United Kingdom
Known members · Carolyn, Jamie, Steve, Andy
Crackle Records picked up Servo after hearing its Blueprint demo and issued it on vinyl in 1998. Guitarist Andy had previously played in Gan and dONfISHER. Crackle later collected Servo’s recordings from 1997 to 2000.
Demo
A Thousand Never Enough
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A Thousand Never Enough
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Lineup unverified
The band described its mix of melody and screamed vocals in the 1999 DIY directory Book Your Own Fuckin’ Life. It shared an Epsilon Records 7-inch with fellow Virginia band Ramona Forever.
Demo
Ramona Forever
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Ramona Forever
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Known members · Karen Creighton, Michael Lang, Brian Bonner, Andy Buckalew, Paul Demshur
The Blacksburg five-piece circulated a demo and shared an Epsilon Records 7-inch with Roanoke’s A Thousand Never Enough in 1999. A local show archive documents the band playing Blacksburg’s Solar Haus in 2000.
Everything’s Difficult
Servo
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Servo
United Kingdom
Known members · Carolyn, Jamie, Steve, Andy
Crackle Records picked up Servo after hearing its Blueprint demo and issued it on vinyl in 1998. Guitarist Andy had previously played in Gan and dONfISHER. Crackle later collected Servo’s recordings from 1997 to 2000.
Split 7-inch
A Thousand Never Enough / Ramona Forever
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A Thousand Never Enough
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Lineup unverified
The band described its mix of melody and screamed vocals in the 1999 DIY directory Book Your Own Fuckin’ Life. It shared an Epsilon Records 7-inch with fellow Virginia band Ramona Forever.
Ramona Forever
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Known members · Karen Creighton, Michael Lang, Brian Bonner, Andy Buckalew, Paul Demshur
The Blacksburg five-piece circulated a demo and shared an Epsilon Records 7-inch with Roanoke’s A Thousand Never Enough in 1999. A local show archive documents the band playing Blacksburg’s Solar Haus in 2000.
Now We Are Six
Servo
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Servo
United Kingdom
Known members · Carolyn, Jamie, Steve, Andy
Crackle Records picked up Servo after hearing its Blueprint demo and issued it on vinyl in 1998. Guitarist Andy had previously played in Gan and dONfISHER. Crackle later collected Servo’s recordings from 1997 to 2000.
Blessed Are the Dead That the Rain Falls On
This Hero Dies
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This Hero Dies
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Known members · Chris Kincaid
This Hero Dies was part of Raleigh’s early-2000s hardcore scene. The band is documented in Distort Raleigh, a zine about local house shows by Will Butler of To Live A Lie Records.
S/T
Sheryl's Magnetic Aura
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Sheryl's Magnetic Aura
Early hometown unverified · later based in Brooklyn, New York, as Meneguar
Known members · Jarvis Taveniere
The band released music under this name before becoming Meneguar. By 2005, it was releasing records as Meneguar, including I Was Born at Night.
Cul-De-Sac
In Memory of Me
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In Memory of Me
Stockholm, Sweden
Members credited on Aeris · David Eclundh, Fredrik Eriksson, Andreas Hellsén, Tomas Jämtbäck, Tommy Norin
The Stockholm band recorded at Studio Subsonic in September 2003. Lawn Chair Recordings released those sessions as Aeris in 2004.
Welcome to a Life of Insecurity and Paralyzing Self-doubt
Your Neighbour the Liar
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Your Neighbour the Liar
Edinburgh, Scotland
Known members · Andy McKenzie, Kyle McPartlin, Jamie McDonald
The trio formed in November 2009 after seeing Algernon Cadwallader at Glasgow’s 13th Note. They played their first show the following month and went on to share a 7-inch with Human Hands.
Leave Nothing but Footprints, Take Nothing but Photographs — Chapter III
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) / Your Neighbour the Liar / Smithsonian
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Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
Fenton, Michigan, USA
Known members · Keith Latinen, Cathy Latinen
The band started in Fenton in 2006. Keith and Cathy Latinen anchored the lineup. Alongside their full-length records, they made splits with bands including Joie De Vivre, football, etc., and Malegoat.
Your Neighbour the Liar
Edinburgh, Scotland
Known members · Andy McKenzie, Kyle McPartlin, Jamie McDonald
The trio formed in November 2009 after seeing Algernon Cadwallader at Glasgow’s 13th Note. They played their first show the following month and went on to share a 7-inch with Human Hands.
Smithsonian
Unverified
Lineup unverified
The label Time as a Color documents Smithsonian on the third installment of its 2014 Leave Nothing but Footprints split series, alongside Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) and Your Neighbour the Liar.
Discography
Empire State Games
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Empire State Games
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known members · Nate Beale, Dave Shettler, Chris Salmon, Rodrigo Palma
The band came together in late 1996 and broke up in November 1998. In that brief run it released records through Old Skool and Makoto and shared a 7-inch with fellow Detroit band King For a Day.
Splits & Extras (1997–2000)
Servo
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Servo
United Kingdom
Known members · Carolyn, Jamie, Steve, Andy
Crackle Records picked up Servo after hearing its Blueprint demo and issued it on vinyl in 1998. Guitarist Andy had previously played in Gan and dONfISHER. Crackle later collected Servo’s recordings from 1997 to 2000.