Tag Archives: Joel Phelps

Joe Pernice is among the most interesting statistics to emerge in the American indie pop picture because the 1990s; while he first obtained recognition within the downbeat alt-country action the Scud Hill Boys, since that time he’s performed and documented with a number of projects which have proven him to …

Vocalist/songwriter Joel R.L. Phelps originally earned see as an associate of indie rock and roll stalwarts Silkworm, the group he co-founded in his indigenous Missoula, MT in 1987. He still left Silkworm within the wake of the 1994 work Libertine, forming support combo the Downer Trio with bassist Robert Mercer …

The noisy, bracing Seattle-based post-punk unit Silkworm formed within their native Missoula, MT, in 1987. Originally made up of vocalists/guitarists Andy Cohen and Joel Phelps, vocalist/bassist Tim Midgett, and drummer Ben Koostra, Silkworm increased through the ashes from the music group Ein Heit; a prolific and eclectic group off their …