Drumhead

Structured by Sheila McCarthy (formerly of Autobody and Cattle Prod), Drumhead was a free-form percussion extravaganza gathering avant-garde scenesters from Chicago and downtown NY. McCarthy, a percussionist and vocalist from your second option, eschewed her performing in Drumhead, which highlighted two other primary people in percussionist Josh Matthews and bassist/keyboardist/percussionist Tony Maimone. Maimone was a veteran of substitute and experimental works like the Crimson Krayola, Pere Ubu, THEY COULD BE Giants, Frank Dark, and Bob Mould, among numerous others. It had been his use June of 44 drummer Doug Scharin’s experimental dub clothing Away from Worship that brought Drumhead to the eye of Perishable Information, the imprint founded by ex-Red Crimson Meat people Ben Massarella and Tim Rutili that released materials by Scharin’s different side tasks. Massarella and Scharin had been both utilized as visitor drummers on Drumhead’s self-titled debut, that was released in 1999 and in addition featured guest areas from Eric Marc Cohen (McCarthy’s ex-Autobody bandmate) and Marcus Righter. The record focused almost solely on tempo and percussion, but do involve some bass and key pad function from Maimone and, to a smaller degree, McCarthy.