Squirrel Bait
| Squirrel Bait | |
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| Origin | Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
| Genres | Post-hardcore, punk rock, indie rock,[1] emocore |
| Years active | 1983–1988 |
| Labels | Homestead Records |
| Associated acts | Bitch Magnet, Bastro, Gastr del Sol, The Lemonheads, Love Jones, King Kong, Slint, Evergreen, The Breeders, The Glasspack |
| Past members | |
| Peter Searcy David Grubbs Brian McMahan Ethan Buckler Britt Walford Clark Johnson Ben Daughtrey |
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Squirrel Bait was an American punk band from Louisville, Kentucky. They were in existence from 1983 to 1988. Squirrel Bait's dense, moody, melodic hardcore sound, featuring pronounced tempo shifts, foreshadowed the grunge sound of the late 1980s as well as math rock. Squirrel Bait, along with Hüsker Dü, are often noted as precursors to the emocore ("emotional hardcore") sound that arose from the D.C. hardcore punk scene with bands like Rites of Spring and Beefeater.
"Squirrel Bait signaled the second coming of American punk - bands of little brothers and sisters who got to grow up on Black Flag and Hüsker Dü without a preparatory course in Supertramp. ... Like a hundred other little Düs across the country, Squirrel Bait managed to make a couple of records before spintering off to form five more bands. Unlike most of that punk rock loam, the members of Squirrel Bait chewed up their legacy and shat out something curious and consequential." [2]
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[edit] Personnel
The original line-up included David Grubbs (guitar), Peter Searcy (vocals), Brian McMahan (guitar), Clark Johnson (bass), and Britt Walford (drums). Walford left and was replaced by Ben Daughtrey.[3]
Grubbs was subsequently a member of Bitch Magnet, Bastro, Gastr del Sol and The Red Krayola and has released a number of solo projects.[3] Daughtrey played with The Lemonheads and then with Love Jones. McMahan, and Walford later formed Slint, after which they played with King Kong, and McMahan with The For Carnation and Palace Music. Walford would later play in Evergreen and The Breeders (as Shannon Doughton). Johnson played in Bastro with Grubbs but then chose not to make a career in music, and now works as an attorney in Louisville. Searcy played with Big Wheel and Starbilly before embarking on a solo career.
[edit] Discography
- Squirrel Bait (1985) - Homestead Records
- Skag Heaven (1987) - Homestead Records[3]
- Kid Dynamite 7" (1986) - Homestead
- Motorola Cloudburst 7" (1989) - The Pope Fanzine
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic.com
- ^ Weisband, E & Marks,,C (editors) 1995. Spin Alternative Record Guide 1st ed. Vintage books, ISBN 0-679-75574-8
- ^ a b c Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 924–925. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
