Band Name: Shudder To Think
Music Album: Funeral At The Movies
Album Release Date: June 1991
Music Genre: Punk Rock Alternative Rock
Record Label: Dischord Records
Album Release Country: USA & Europe
Music Record Type: 7 Tracks Vinyl Album LP
Shudder To Think are an indie rock band formed in Washington, DC, in 1986 by Craig Wedren (vocals, guitar), Mike Russell (drums), Stuart Hill (bass), and Chris Matthews (guitar). Although usually associated with DC's punk and emo scenes, Shudder To Think blended their punk influences with pop and glam. Also making the band stand out were Werden's theatrical vocals. The group released their first LP on Sammich Records in 1989 and then moved to Dischord Records for 3 LPs. After the release of 1992's "Get Your Goat", Russell and Matthews left the group and were replaced by Adam Wade (ex-Jawbox) and Nathan Larson (ex-Swiz), respectively. This line-up released a single on Dischord before making the jump to a major label, one of only 2 Dischord acts to ever do so. Their major label debut, "Pony Express Record" received critical acclaim and scored a minor hit with the song "X-French Tee Shirt" but the band failed to find big-time success with a mainstream audience and received backlash from hardcore independent rock fans for leaving Dischord. Things were further complicated as Werden spent the next few years battling Hodgkin's Disease. Sh (...)
A1 | Chocolate |
A2 | Lies About The Sky |
A3 | Day Ditty |
A4 | Crosstown Traffic |
B1 | Red House |
B2 | Funeral At The Movies |
B3 | I Blew Away / Ride That Sexy Horse |
Insert with band photos and lyric of "Ride that sexy horse"
Label reads: Made in France
Sleeve reads: Recorded July 21, 1990 at Southern Studios, London
Mixed at ENS, New York except B3 at Black Pond Studios
© 1991
Releases for Germany have a EFA sticker on back cover.
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