Know Yer Band: Gut Piston

Band: Gut Piston

Members
Brian A.Morgan aka. Dexter Zenith,(Guitars),
John J. Rice aka. Johnny Saturn (Bass)
S. William Thompson aka. Slim Sexer (Vocals)
Bart Stoll (drums from 1992-94)
Damien Wagner aka Cecil Telstar (drums from 1993-1996)
Kevyn Keneagy (Guitar 1996)

Releases
1993 - Split w/Th' Flyin' Saucers 7" single (Eardrop Productions)
1995 - Gut Piston Puts The Flavor Back Into Smoking! ‎7" single (Eardrop Productions)

New Additions: Th' Flyin' Saucers / Gut Piston split single

In researching the Columbus scene, it's a good refresher there are always sub-scenes of the bigger umbrella described as "alternative" or "indie." Punk is a larger umbrella, that splits off into hardcore, queercore, oi!, skate punk and a few dozen others.  Same goes for rockabilly and psychobilly, a hybrid descendant of country & western and garage rock. Some cities have entire rockabilly scenes with particular watering holes. Columbus doesn't appear to be one of those, or at least not outwardly. Th' Flyin' Saucers are the first I've come across with thanks to the split single they released on Eardrop Productions in 1993 with Gut Piston.

Know Yer Band: Th' Flyin' Saucers

Band: Th' Flyin' Saucers

Members
Guitar/Vocals - Johnny Rebel
Bass - Dan Sagraves/Bart Jenkins
Drums - Rex Xanders

Releases
1993 - Split w/Gut Piston 7" single (Eardrop Productions)
1996 - Recorded Live at Stache's 2/24/96 album (Oahu Records)

New Additions: Waste 7" single by Moviola

Moviola are one of a handful of bands included in the research for the book that I actually had some familiarity with from years back. Back when I first started playing in a band, Moviola were already well established, and their album The Durable Dream (1999), Rumors Of The Faithful (2001) and East Of Eager (2004) were all on my record buying radar. I never caught the band live, but when future releases popped up, I would give a listen, and usually enjoyed what I heard. What I didn't do is go backwards and check out their early/mid-90s era, at least not until now. I decided to start by picking up their very first release - the 7" single Waste released jointly on Anyway and Eardrop Productions. It's interesting to hear the bands evolution, which started much louder and noisier, to the 2000s and their mellowed indie rock sound.