1983
Psycho Billy
2 EPs

The Mystery Dates
Valley Forge, PA

What do you do when the drummer for your Rock-a-billy band rushes out at their first live gig and they finish their 45 minute set in 20 minutes flat? Well, we received great feedback....calling them part New Wave and part Punk...so Psycho Billy it was. Played live venues in Pennsylvania, North Jersey and NYC for several years (e.g. cooz's corner, the white house and the dirt club). Recorded two studio EPs and tapes.

The Mystery Dates
Automatic Satisfaction

The Mystery Dates
Dstijl like a Pig

Guitars	Bass	Amps
Gibson Modern Fender Musicmaster Dstijl '59 Gretsch Martin VOX Coffin	Baldwin "Wilddog" Fender P-bass Fretless	'65 Fender Princeton '64 VOX '67 Marshall

1987
Pre-Grunge
1 LP

The Academics
Philadelphia, PA

In the post Bard Beatnik nihilism of the 1980's Philadelphia streets, the Ogden Street house was a test bed for all things electric. The combination of pre-CBS fender equipment, powerful SUN amps, the neighbor's marching band music and a chrome Swan toaster as a power soak yielded a sound that contained the rare element unatainium. The resulting Album (The Academics - Buy Degrees), recorded in a pure pre-CBS Fender environment, was varied and rich. Concieved in a post New Wave era it had hints of the grunge movement that had yet to begin. The original recordings lacked a final mix down, but several of the tracks continue to be played (and remain relevant) to this day.

The Academics
Buy Degrees

The Academics
Torn in Two

Guitars	Bass	Amps
Gibson Oral Robot Fender Musicmaster Dstijl Franken Fender Jazzmaster	Fender Musicmaster	'65 Fender Princeton SUN HiWatt Swan Toaster

2003
Electro
50+ Songs

The Sell Outs
Valley Forge, PA

Not sure that the term "Sell Out" really means the same thing as it used to, but when an opportunity comes knocking one does what they must. The opportunity was to supply music for reconditioned Japanese Pachinko and Arcade Games in order to "Americanize" them. The process was to deconstruct live performances into a combination of samples and Midi tracks. Then using fruityloops, reconstruct the music into a format that the machines where capable of reproducing. Of course this was all machine dependent, but there was no artistic interference. Not sure I could listen to any of the tracks on infinite loop, like a player would have to, but then again I am not sure I could spend time playing these Japanese games anyway. The irony of walking into the arcade and hearing a combination of old punk and new wave songs (with an occasional homage to the psychedelic '60s) squawking away was to be relished.

The Sell Outs
Doing 80

The Sell Outs
Incense