Low Pop Suicide
Encyclopedia
Low Pop Suicide was an indie
rock
band of the early 1990s on World Domination Recordings
. Rick Boston
sang and played guitar
. At first, Dave Allen
, founder of the record label, played bass
and Jeff Ward
was on drums
. These two left the band (Ward by suicide
) and it became a vehicle for Boston. His then girlfriend Jessy Greene
of the Geraldine Fibbers
contributed some violin
. The soundtrack to the thriller The Harvest
can be considered a Low Pop Suicide side project.
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band of the early 1990s on World Domination Recordings
World Domination Recordings
World Domination Recordings was an indie rock record label founded by bass player and music entrepreneur Dave Allen in Los Angeles. From roughly 1989 to 1996 it released records by artists including Low Pop Suicide, The Elastic Purejoy, Stanford Prison Experiment, Perfume Tree, Sky Cries Mary, Loop...
. Rick Boston
Rick Boston
Rick Boston is a musician based in Los Angeles. As of about 1990, he was a member of Hand of Fate. He subsequently worked extensively with Dave Allen as the frontman of Low Pop Suicide, making a series of releases on World Domination Recordings...
sang and played guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. At first, Dave Allen
Dave Allen (producer/bassist)
Dave Allen was the bass guitarist for the post-punk band, Gang of Four. In 1981, he left Gang of Four to found Shriekback....
, founder of the record label, played bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and Jeff Ward
Jeff Ward (musician)
Jeff Ward was a drummer for various rock bands including Hammeron, Nine Inch Nails, Revolting Cocks, Ministry, Lard, and Low Pop Suicide....
was on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
. These two left the band (Ward by suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
) and it became a vehicle for Boston. His then girlfriend Jessy Greene
Jessy Greene
Jessy Greene is a violin, cello, and vocal musician from Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA. She has released two albums, Blue Sky , and A Demon & Her Lovers . She was a former member of Geraldine Fibbers and The Jayhawks. Jessy has also played with a number of artists including Wilco, Atmosphere,...
of the Geraldine Fibbers
Geraldine Fibbers
The Geraldine Fibbers were an alt-country band founded in 1994 by Carla Bozulich. Initially, band members included Bozulich, Daniel Keenan, Julie Fowells, William Tutton and Kevin Fitzgerald...
contributed some violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
. The soundtrack to the thriller The Harvest
The Harvest (soundtrack)
The Harvest soundtrack to the 1993 movie of the same name was played by Dave Allen and Rick Boston and released under the name "The Crash Baptists". The song "One by One" features Belinda Carlisle; World Domination Recordings labelmates Sky Cries Mary contribute "The Elephant Song"; and two tracks...
can be considered a Low Pop Suicide side project.
Discography
- The Disengagement EP (1992)
- On the Cross of Commerce (1993)
- The Death of Excellence (1994)
- Unzipped EP (1995)
External links
- Somewhere Nice to Fall
- The Shriekback Pages discography
- Misfits Central discography
- Critical TrouserPress essay