Long Hair In Three Stages is the debut full-length LP

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by the Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

-based experimental rock

Experimental rock

Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....

 quartet U.S. Maple

U.S. Maple

U.S. Maple was an American noise rock band. The group formed in Chicago in 1995. The band consists of Al Johnson , Mark Shippy , Pat Samson , and Todd Rittmann — who banded together with the intent of becoming the deconstructionists of rock and roll.-Formation and first single:U.S...

. It was released 1995 by Skin Graft Records

Skin Graft Records

Skin Graft Records is an independent record label specializing in No Wave and noise rock music, originally based in Chicago, Illinois...

. Though no singles

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 were released from the LP, the band made one promotional clip for the song 'State Is Bad'.

Track listing

All tracks written by US Maple.

Critical reception and style

Some critics comment upon the 'element of randomness that could easily get out of control and dissolve the song format' that is in-keeping with the general consensus of US Maple as 'deconstructionalists of rock and roll' - though the band have since disavowed the notion that they were deliberately deconstructing anything, rather, according to guitarist Mark Shippy, just 'constructing things differently.' Allmusic's Nitsuh Abebe notes the "angular guitar attacks, odd skronks, jazzy tones" whilst within the March 1996 edition of Alternative Press it was felt that "it reaffirms an ideal: that there's still more to be done with electric guitars

Electric Guitars

Electric Guitars were formed early in 1980 by Neil Davenport and Richard Hall who were both studying English at Bristol University. The band soon increased to a five-man line-up, with Andy Saunders , Matt Salt and Dick Truscott , they also later added two backing singers: Sara and Wendy...

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Personnel

Name	Role
Al Johnson	vocals/lyrics
Todd Rittman	guitar
Mark Shippy	guitar
Pat Samson	drums
Jim O'Rourke	production