Steve Gardner wrote: <<Stranglmartin: I've been enjoying a new tape from a band called Stranglmartin that a friend made for me recently. To me they sound halfway in between Slobberbone and New York Noise. Great stuff. I know nothing about the band however.>> Well Steve, let me take this opportunity to do some shameless promotion... Stranglmartin began back in 1989 in Lexington, KY, they had 3 releases: Stranglmartin (Dragon Street, 1991/Musidisc Europe 1992) Wiregrass (Wrocklage, 1993) For the Sake of Argument (Safe House, 1995) In 1996, after a show in Memphis, Dave Butler (founder/chief songwriter/etc) decided that Stranglmartin needed to "take a break", and decided to join in their bassist's new band, Gladys. Although the twang element of Gladys has been argued in the past, I continually refer people to their track on the Revival 2 comp. Yep Roc put out last year! <g> Anyway, I checked AMG on Stranglmartin, and they've pretty much got most of it screwed up. (unless Dave did work on the Evita soundtrack without his knowledge). So if you want any other info, just drop me a line. If you don't own the first Stranglmartin album, I highly recommend you picking it up...or dubbing it off a someone...hell, I'll make anyone a dub...it's not like the band's seein' any royalties off it anyway! "I know REM, then Husker Du and the Replacements, and now Sonic Youth are supposed to be the vogue influences of the last five years, but I hear more good bands these days that obviously never stopped listening to their Minutemen records. That's fine by me. Stranglmartin are one of those bands." - Option 1991 For the file under useless trivia: Dallas TX based Dragon Street records launched Tripping Daisy (and maybe the Toadies too?) *For the Sake of Argument* was recorded by Doug & Davis at Easley Recording Studios 1 week before Wilco recorded AM. (for a picture of some of the equipment they used, please refer to the inserts in AM) "Mean Old Skeleton" on FTSOA is about their good friend Paul K. I hope this is of some assistance, it was a joy seeing the Stranglmartin name on P2...I really wish those kids got their just due! Paul/Pop Booking
