The Mike Gunn

Called after a former person in the psych art rock and roll “encounter” Schlong Weasel, the Mike Gunn, in its (roughly) half-decade of existence, became among the favorites & most respected from the Houston, TX psych rock and roll scene from the ’90s. Begun following dissolution from the multi-located Schlong Weasel by that outfit’s associates Scott Grimm and Tom Carter, the music group was nameless and drummerless. By 1990, those problems had been looked after, with Curt Mackey acquiring drumming responsibilities and second guitarist Elliot rounding out the recently called Mike Gunn. After the look of them in the multi-band cassette discharge, “Velveeta vs. Snowplow,” (released on Heart of Liska), and the next break up of fellow Houston-ites Bongtooth, the music group recruited fellow Schlong Weasel alum John Cramer to (originally, anyway) undertake vocal responsibilities. After some successful displays and garnering a good person to person buzz throughout the Houston region, Cramer shifted to electric guitar, and Elliot was kicked out. Recordings would after that commence on what would end up being the rings initial official discharge, Hemp for Victory in 1991. The record, released on Houston punk semi-legends the Discomfort Teenagers’ Anomie label, was a vinyl fabric only item, that was only observed in limited discharge. Reviews from the debut had been positive, as the music group had plunged mind initial into its experimental tendencies, making a stew of stoner rock and roll, psychedelia a la the Butthole Surfers, plus some extremely wry inside laughter. 1992 would start to see the discharge of not just one but two Gunn items, the initial being the divide one (with Smile 69, a music group featuring previous Bongtooth member Ramon Medina) and the next becoming the Durban Poison very long participant, released on Two times Naught. Durban Poison will be the 1st Mike Gunn record also released on Compact disc, a launch that included a fresh mixture of Hemp for Triumph. The entire year of 1992 would also discover the Mike Gunn liberating among its users. Guitarist Tom Carter — relating to lore, he was kicked out and thought we would quit concurrently — left to spotlight his own task, called Charalambides. 1993 noticed the Mike Gunn launch the record that lots of consider to become their best function, the Twice Naught released Almaron. Although Almaron experienced solidified the Mike Gunn’s prowess like a innovator in the Houston picture, and recording experienced started on Almaron’s follow-up, the music group would eventually component ways using the departure of Scott Grimm in 1995. Following the separation, the music group released Coduh (A Assortment of Live and Studio room Recordings) to circular out their result. The post-Almaron recordings would ultimately start to see the light of time when the German label Sept Gurls released A DREAM OF Jim in 1997. Cramer would get over the break up quickly, forming the greater rock-oriented Task Grimm with Jim Otterson and Drew Calhoun in 1995. Scott Grimm produced the ongoing Houston task Dunlavy, which noticed its initial discharge in 1996, and Tom Carter’s Charalambides was still a drive to become reckoned with over the indie picture — showing up in avant-muso periodicals such as for example Wire — as past due as 2007.