first trip into the studio

The band started out by playing at college house parties on the weekends, and in December 1989, a fellow student offered to record them for a 7″ single he was releasing on his own independent label, Skene! Records . With that, the band made their first trip into the studio, recording versions of the songs “Fragile” and “Croton-Harmon (local)”, both of which would later appear in newer versions on the albums Miss Happiness and Bareback Ride .