In keeping with the theme of not having a theme, this episode is different than all of the past episodes. It's all about a single band: Bozeman, MT's Oxide.
Oxide was a fun punk band who dabbled in country, bluegrass, blues, ragtime, surf, and even salsa (musical style, not condiment), who were active circa 2000-2005, though quite possibly both earlier and later than that. ...Actually, that's kinda what blew me away about them: they seemed to come outta nowhere but they had their aesthetic and playing down pat (they "came out of nowhere" because they didn't travel and weren't well-known, even in other cities in Montana). These guys were seemingly seasoned musicians who were fine with improvisation (lyrical and musical) and never seemed to not be having a genuinely good time...and they didn't give a shit if they played poorly or even if no one knew or cared who they were. ...Though, for your information, who they were were:
Chris Donahue- vocals, guitar, banjolin, fiddle, harmonica
Chris Baisle- bass, backup vocals
Joe- drums, backup vocals
Before that, I hear that a guy named Dan Yarnall used to play drums.
If you're interested in other musical projects of these guys, rumor has it that Donahue was part of a touring metal band for a while. He also has a newer band called The Meatskin Jubilee Jugband, who you can hear here: http://www.myspace.com/meatskinjubileejugband
Joe played drums in Bomberman Awesome, another Bozeman group who were active around the same years; they moved to Seattle and broke up in 2009. www.bombermanawesome.com
These guys also had a loose affiliation with Bi-Polar Ben and The Touchers, a pretty excellent group out of Bozeman, whose singer/songwriter passed away in 2007. I think both Donahue and Baisle were in the band for a while and Oxide played two of Ben's songs on their album "Acoustic Oxide/I Live In A Land Of Chaos". Check 'em out: http://www.myspace.com/touchers
Oh, also: I contradict myself on the podcast by saying that a.) there were a lot of people at their Billings show, and b.) that the Billings show was sparsely attended. To clarify: yeah, there was hardly anyone there. Maybe 20 people. Maybe.
Thanks to Joel Gnar and Nels "I like Jen"sen for loaning me so much Oxide stuff.
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BSSR 10:
1. Necrophilia
2. Happy Children
3. Don 't Befriend A Zombie
4. Elijah Wood
5. Stabin' Blues
6. Porn Song
7. Decimils Joe
8. We Like Face (Pt. 1)
9. We Like Face (Pt. 2)
10. In Your Cupboard
11. Gravy Boy McDildo
12. Judge Fucking Judy
13. Bunny Scales
14. Dirty Bomb
15. History Of Butte
16. Phantom Track
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Video for "Don't Befriend A Zombie"
The fellows of Oxide
Some of Oxide's self-released album covers:
You can hear more of their songs here: www.myspace.com/oxidepossum
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