Know Yer Artist: Sam Esh

Artist: Sam Esh

Releases
1994 - Montezuma Baby Duck ‎album as Sam Esh + Hard Black Thing (Siltbreeze)
Unknown - Sammy Sails Sings cassette (Old Age/No Age)
Unknown - Jack of Diamonds cassette (Old Age/No Age)

Know Yer Band: Gibson Bros

Band: Gibson Bros

Members
Vocal/Guitar/Banjo - Jeffrey Evans
Guitar/Vocals/Bass/Drums - Don "Chet" Howland
Guitar - Dan Dow
Drums - Ellen Hoover/Cristina Martinez/Rick Lilash
Guitar - Jon Spencer/Jack Taylor

Releases
1986 - Keepers 7" single (Okra Records)
1986 - Build A Raft album (Old Age)
1987 - Big Pine Boogie album (Okra Records)
1989 - Dedicated Fool album (Homestead Records)
1990 - Emulsified 7" single (Siltbreeze)
1990 - The Man Who Loved Couch Dancing album (Homestead Records)
1990 - Southbound 7" single (Glitterhouse Records)
1990 - Split album w/Workdogs, Punk Rock Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun (Homestead Records)
1991 - Mean Mistreater 7" single (Homestead Records)
1991 - My Huckleberry Friend 7" single (Giant Claw)
1991 - White N*gger 7" single (Sympathy For The Record Industry)
1992 - Knock Down My Blues 7" single (In The Red Recordings)
1993 - Memphis Sol Today! album (Sympathy For The Record Industry)
1996 - Columbus Soul 85 album (In The Red Recordings)

New Additions: Under The Blood Red Lava Lamp album by Vertical Slit

Digging into the various releases and projects of Jim Shepard has been an interesting experience. The music is far more experimental and avant-garde than anything I'm used to as a music listener. While a number of discoveries have tipped me to new favorites, I'm still getting used to Shepard's work, such as the 1986 album Under The Blood Red Lava Lamp by Vertical Slit, which was originally released as a cassette on Old Age, but re-released on Siltbreeze in 1999 on CD with additional tracks.

Know Yer Band: Vertical Slit

Band: Vertical Slit

Members
Jim Shepard - vocals/guitar/piano/tape/other
Dan Juranko - bass/vocals/tape/effects
David Mikula - drums/percussion

Releases
1979 - Urban Imprint 7" single (Not On Label)
1980 - New Thrill / New Pill 7" single (New Age)
1986 - Under The Blood Red Lava Lamp album (Old Age)
1988 - Basement 2215 album (Iron Press)
1990 - Vertical Slit And Beyond compilation album (Ropeburn)
1991 - Your Wife Is Licking My Strobe Light And Grinning album (Iron Press)
1997 - Twisted Steel And The Tits Of Angels album (Spirit Of Orr)

Know Yer Band: V-3

Band: V-3

Members
Vocals/Guitar - Jim Shepard
Vocals/Guitar - Roxanne Newman
Bass/Keys - Nudge Squidfish / Leland Cain
Drums - Rudy Smith / Dave Mikula / Sam Brown

Releases
1991 - Psychic Dance Hall album (Ropeburn)
1991 - Monsters Of Hollywood 7" ep (Iron Press)
1991 - The Earth Muffin 7" ep (Siltbreeze)
1992 - Negotiate Nothing album (Ropeburn)
1995 - Evil Love Deeper (w/Jim Shepard, V-3, Lacquer, etc.) album (Thrill Jockey)
1995 - W.N.U.R. Chicago Radio Show album (Iron Press)
1995 - American Face / Son Of Sam Donaldson 7" single (Anyway Records)
1995 - Russian Roulette (Chinese Style) 7" ep (Birdman Records)
1996 - Photograph Burns album (Onion Records)
1996 - Elevator To The Gas Chamber ‎7" ep (Spirit of Orr)
1997 - Live '97 album (Old Age / No Age)
1997 - Launchpad Explosion 2x7" single (Spare Me Records)
1997 - The Other Side Of Darkness ‎compilation album (Not On Label)
1998 - Pimping In The 90's (Action Painting #Ninety-Eight) ‎album (Iron Press)
2014 - Live At Bernie's '97 album (Not On Label)

Know Yer Artist: Ron House

Artist: Ron House

Bands
Great Plains
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
Ego Summit
Psandwich
Counter Intuits
Moses Carryout
Twisted Shouts

Releases
1986 - Blind Boy In The Back Seat compilation (Old Age)
1997 - New Wave As The Next Guy compilation (Spare Me Records)
2002 - Obsessed album (Moses Carryout Records)