and the album was released in February.
an appearance on Modern Rock Live on January 25, 1998
By the end of the year, the band had only sold 30,000 copies of the album.
In late 1997, they teamed with Mark Rubel at Pogo Studios to record their fourth album, Downward Is Heavenward .
Dimpsey resurrected a side-project from 1997, National Skyline with Jeff Garber, also of Castor. This outfit put out a self-titled album, the ep Exit Now , and a second full-length, This = Everything . The band was also featured on the Parasol compilation Sweet Sixteen, Volume 2 . He moved…
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The classic lineup of the band was in place, and the quartet headed to Idful Studios with Brad Wood producing Electra 2000 . The album was released in its first two pressings by 12 Inch Records and distributed through Cargo Records. The lyrics were far more non-linear and conceptual, and…
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The band recorded eight songs in first or second takes, with only vocal overdubs and had an official demo to shop around, named Kissing Me Is Like Kissing an Angel . At this point, Switzky was the group’s primary singer, guitarist and songwriter, which remained the case when their first…
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This lineup was not to last long, though, as Boyatzis left home for Greece in 1990. Local musician Joe Futrelle, who played with Switzky in Designer Mustard Gas joined briefly, before leaving for more serious musical pursuits and was replaced by Rod van Huis, later of Steakdaddy Six. For personal…
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The initial lineup of the band formed in 1989, with guitarist Andy Switzky, guitarist Matt Talbott, bass guitarist Akis Boyatzis and drummer Jeff Kropp. Talbott and Switzky met at a cafe named Treno’s, in Urbana , Illinois, where Switzky worked. Discussions about music led to the two forming the nucleus…
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