History

O and Jonny Donhowe (bass guitar) formed the band after their previous band, Olivelawn

Olivelawn

Olivelawn was a punk rock band from San Diego that released two albums in the early 1990s.-History:The group comprised singer Mike Olson, guitarist O and the rhythm section of drummer Eddie Glass and bassist Jonny Donhowe. Identified influences include The Stooges, Black Sabbath, and the MC5...

, split up, recruiting drummer Miles Gillett. After several seven-inch singles (including a cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...

's "Sheela Na Gig

Sheela-Na-Gig (song)

"Sheela-Na-Gig" is a song by English alternative rock singer-songwriter PJ Harvey, written solely by Harvey. The song was released as the second single from her debut studio album, Dry, in February 1992. The single was the second, and final, single from Dry and only single from the album to enter...

"), the band's debut album was released in 1993. Generally knows as Mangravy, each physical format had a different title. A second album followed in 1994 (Home Improvements, also released on vinyl as Whitey on the Moon and on cassette as Stocking the Lake With Brown Trout), and in 1996 Donhowe left, to be replaced by Josh Higgins. This line-up recorded their major label (MCA

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

) debut Waikiki (1997) and Road Rage (1998), with a final album-length EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, I Know I'm Nobody released in 2000.

Albums

• Mangravy (LP) aka Compact Disc is Weak (CD)/Shooting Putty at the Moon (cassette)/Wasting Seed (10" LP) (1993), Headhunter
  Headhunter Records
  Headhunter Records is a record label distributed by Cargo Music, Inc. Headhunter records is based out of San Diego, California. It was launched in 1989.-Other Notable Artists:*Creedle* Slap Of Reality*Inch*Deadbolt*Drive Like Jehu*Fishwife...
  
  
• Home Improvements (CD) aka Whitey on the Moon (LP)/Stocking the Lake With Brown Trout (cassette) (1994), Headhunter
• Waikiki (1997), Headhunter/MCA
  MCA Records
  MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
  
  
• Road Rage (1998), Honest Don's
  Honest Don's Records
  Honest Don's Records was a subsidiary label based in San Francisco, California, set up along with Pink & Black Records by Fat Wreck Chords to release material by bands that didn't fit within the roster at Fat....
  
  

Compilations:

• The Classic Years (1995), Headhunter

EPs

• Moody As The Day Is Young! (1994), Goldenrod
• I Know I'm Nobody (2000), Cold Steel Facts

Singles

• Garbage Truck (1992), Sympathy for the Record Industry
  Sympathy for the Record Industry
  Sympathy for the Record Industry is a mainly independent garage rock and punk label formed in 1988 by record industry anti-mogul Long Gone John...
  
  
• "Sheela Na Gig" / "Song In D" (1993), Goldenrod
• "24-7 Years" (1994), Silver Girl
• "Skyrocket" (1994), Headhunter
• Split single with J Church
  J Church
  The J Church is a Muni Metro railway line in San Francisco, California mainly serving the Noe Valley and Balboa Park neighborhoods, connecting them to downtown. It began as one of San Francisco's streetcar lines in 1917, and was converted to modern light rail operation with the creation of the Muni...
  
  (1996), Goldenrod: "Assmunch"