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Section 2--Guest Appearances
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Artist: DYS
Title: Brotherhood
Format: Album
Label: X-Claim! Records
Catalog Number: X-4
Date Recorded: 1983?
Release Date: 1983
Credited:
Notes: Hüsker backing vocals on one track (*). Bob
Mould: "We (HD) were hanging around Radiobeat when
they cut vocals, and they needed more voices."
Later reissued by Taang! with the new title Wolfpack.
Original pressing was only 1000 copies, and is now
quite rare.
Contents:
*Wolfpack
Open Up
More Than Fashion
Circle Storm
City To City
(The Girl's Got) Limits
Brotherhood
Yellow
Stand Proud
Insurance Risk
Escape
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Artist: Ground Zero
Title: Ground Zero
Format: Album
Label: Reflex Records
Catalog Number: Reflex I
Date Recorded: Jan-Feb 1984
Release Date: 1984
Credited: Taras Ostroushko--guitar & vocals
Jamie Ronnei--bass
Dave Evenhouse--drums
Bob Mould--piano on (*).
Notes: Produced by Bob Mould.
Contents:
Performance Mufflers
Bummed Out Bob
President's Hair
Fort McPoop In A Shoe
You Think You're So Perfect
Where's The Ice
Chemical Dependency
Ground Zero
The Day After...
Borscht
Chapter
Porno Store Exit
*Schroeder
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Artist: Otto's Chemical Lounge **out of print**
Title: Spillover
Format: Album
Label: Homestead Records
Catalog Number: HMS 023
Date Recorded: Oct 1984
Release Date: 1985
Credited: Dale T. Nelson--lead vocals
Al Schroeter--bass
John Anglim--drums
Paul Osby--guitar & vocals
Grant Hart--backing vocals on (*).
Terri Katzman--backing vocals on (**).
Notes: Produced by Hart, Katzman, Osby.
Contents:
*,**Masturbation
*Spillout
Shine
Shakin' All Over
Duquette Stomp
Departure Blues
Slow Death
*Me And My Mind
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Artist: DYS
Title: Wolfpack
Format: Album
Label: Taang! Records
Catalog Number: T34
Date Recorded: 1983?
Release Date: 1989
Credited:
Notes: Taang! vinyl reissue of Brotherhood. Also
available on CD reissue of Fire & Ice/Wolfpack
(Taang! 49). Hüsker backing vocals on title
track(*). Both Taang! reissue formats included
three additional tracks(**).
Contents:
*Wolfpack
Open Up
More Than Fashion
Circle Storm
City To City
(The Girl's Got) Limits
Brotherhood
Yellow
Stand Proud
Insurance Risk
Escape
**Iron Man
**Dirty Dog
**Rub A Dub
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Artist: The Strangemen
Title: 25 or 6 to 4
Format: 7" single/12" EP
Label: Vielklang
Catalog Number: 04042-40 (7")
Unknown (12")
Date Recorded: Late 1989?
Release Date: 1990
Notes: Grant Hart is credited with vocals and organ on the
title track, a Chicago cover that borrows the guitar
riff from Led Zeppelin's version of "Babe, I'm Gonna
Leave You." The B-side sounds as if it could have
been written by Grant, but was actually written by
the band's frontman, Rudi Freese. Grant toured with
The Strangemen in Germany in Nov 1989. The 12"
features a second B-side track(*).
Contents:
25 or 6 to 4 3:00
1 4 U 3:11
*Showdown
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Artist: Golden Palominos
Title: Drunk With Passion
Format: Album
Label: Charisma
Catalog Number: 91745-2
Date Recorded: 1991
Release Date: Sep 1991
Also Credited: Anton Fier--drums
Bill Laswell--bass
Nicky Skopelitis--guitars
Richard Thompson--guitar
Amanda Kramer--backing vocals and keyboards
Notes: Bob Mould is credited with guitar and vocals (also
as co-writer) on the track listed below.
Contents:
Dying From The Inside Out 8:18
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Artist: Throwing Muses
Title: Red Heaven
Format: Album
Label: Sire/Warner Bros
Catalog Number: 9 26897
Date Recorded: Mar-Apr 1992
Release Date: 11 Aug 1992
Credited: Kristen Hersh--guitars & vocals
David Narcizo--drums & backing vocals
Leslie Langston--bass
Bob Mould--guest vocal on (*)
Notes: All songs written by Hersh.
Contents:
Furious 3:52
Firepile 3:11
*Dio 2:51
Dirty Water 3:37
Stroll :58
Pearl 5:36
Summer St 2:16
Vic 1:08
Backroad 3:48
The Visit 3:48
Dovey :55
Rosetta Stone 3:31
Carnival Wig 4:11
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Artist: Patti Smith
Title: Gung Ho
Format: Album
Label: Arista
Catalog Number: 07822-14618-2
Date Recorded: 1999?
Release Date: Mar 2000
Time: 64:31
Credited: Patti Smith--vocals & acoustic guitar
Lenny Kaye--electric & acoustic guitars
Oliver Ray--electric & acoustic guitars
Tony Shanahan--bass & keyboards
Jay Dee Daugherty--drums
Additional musicians:
Grant Hart--piano & Farfisa on (*)
[Others on various individual tracks]
Notes: Grant in good form.
Contents:
One Voice 4:04
Lo And Beholden 4:43
Boy Cried Wolf 4:51
*Persuasion 4:33
Gone Pie 4:04
China Bird 4:07
Glitter in Their Eyes 3:03
Strange Messengers 8:02
Grateful 4:29
Upright Come 2:58
New Party 4:30
Libbie's Song 3:26
Gung Ho 11:41
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Artist: The 6ths
Title: Hyacinths And Thistles
Format: Album
Label: Merge Records
Catalog Number: MRG185
Date Recorded: 2000
Release Date: 05 Sep 2000
Time: 60:46
Credited: Mould track:
Bob Mould--vocal*
Kenny Mellman--piano
[Others on various individual tracks]
Notes: All songs written by Stephin Merritt. Different
lead vocalist on each song (Mould, Odetta, Melanie,
Sally Timms, Momus, several others). Merritt
remarks: "I think Bob Mould has a very beautiful
voice, and I've never heard him sing quietly. He
did it beautifully -- he was shocked." (Source:
Sonicnet.com Music News of the World, the daily
music news service - http://www.sonicnet.com)
Contents:
As You Turn To Go 1:59
Give Me Back My Dreams 3:06
*He Didn't 2:30
I've Got New York 2:12
Just Like A Movie Star 4:11
Kissing Things 2:28
Lindy-Lou 1:45
Night Falls Like A Grand Piano 2:35
The Dead Only Quickly 1:03
The Sailor In Love With The Sea 2:41
Volcana! 3:05
Waltzing Me All The Way Home 1:51
You You You You You 3:10
Oahu 28:10
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Artist: The 6ths
Title: Hyacinths And Thistles
Format: Album
Label: Circus Records
Catalog Number: CIRCUSCD005 [UK release]
Date Recorded: 2000
Release Date: 25 Sep 2000
Time: 60:46
Contents:
[Same as US release]
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Artist: Melvins
Title: Pigskin/Starve Already
Format: 7" single
Label: Amphetamine Reptile
Catalog Number: Scale 104
Date Recorded: 2006
Release Date: 24 Mar 2006
Time:
Notes: Grant Hart plays drums on B-side. Limited-edition
release sold at Melvins live performances at Ox Op
Gallery (Minneapolis) show for Juxtapoz Magazine.
The record was released in several forms: clear and
black vinyl, and at least three sleeve designs.
Five test pressings were sold for charity on eBay
prior to the show and netted prices in the hundreds
of dollars.
Contents:
Starve Already
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Artist: Dalek/Haze XXL
Title: A Purge Of Dissidents
Format: CD+DVD
Label: Ipecac Recordings
Catalog Number: IPC72 (IPC72CD1/IPC72DVD2)
Date Recorded: Jul 2004
Apr 2005
Aug 2005 [w/Grant Hart]
Jul 2006 [w/Grant Hart]
Release Date: Jun? 2007
Time: 30:42 (CD)
17:29 (DVD)
Beautifully packaged multimedia project consisting
of a book of artwork by Dalek (James Marshall), an
animation DVD by Jesse Olanday based on Dalek's art
and storyboards, and a music/soundtrack CD by HAZE
XXL (Tom Hazelmyer). Book intro by King Buzzo.
The music was recorded in four sessions, with Grant
Hart sitting in on two of them. The tracks on the
CD were pieced together from the recorded jams, in
which artists often switched instruments and no
docementation was kept of who played what. Hence
Grant's contributions are unknown, except for the
one track on which he is explicitly credited,
"Hirohata Anime TV Series Theme." A Purge Of
Dissidents is an ongoing Dalek project, of which
this release is just one aspect. Other guests
include Craig Finn, David Yow, Jon Spencer.
Contents:
*Episode 1: The Ascension Of The Anti-Christ 0:09
Chromed Smoke 1:50
*Episode 2: The Emperor Smokes Crack 0:09
Spunk 1:27
*Episode 3: Revenge Of Those Who Cannot Be Named 0:09
Space Monkey Theme 1:03
*Episode 4: The New Coke 0:09
Squat Thrust 1:26
*Episode 5: My Left Wing Is Broken 0:10
Darby Rides Again 1:02
*Episode 6: It's A Sacrifice... Not A Suicide 0:12
Vicodin Shuffle 1:38
*Episode 7: The G.O.P. Will Set Me Free 0:09
March Of The Fuckers 1:03
*Episode 8: The Second Coming (Part 1) 0:09
Felony 1:15
*Episode 9: The Second Coming (Part 2) 0:09
Hirohata 1:35
*Episode 10: The Cleansing 0:09
Socialisms Inevitable Failure 1:19
*Book It Sucka (Bonus Animation Track) 1:07
Repeating Mistakes 1:07
Surf With Satan 1:11
Cowboy Exorcist 1:04
Gristle 1:15
Hippy Death Fudge 1:12
Hit Hit 2:51
Infestation Of Buffalo 1:34
Hirohata Anime TV Series Theme 2:21
Spunk 1:33
[* Coincides with DVD chapters, but video segments
are longer than the times shown here.]
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Artist: Dalek/Haze XXL
Title: A Purge Of Dissidents #3
Format: 7" single
Label: Amphetamine Reptile
Catalog Number: Scale 108
Date Recorded: Jul 2004
Apr 2005
Aug 2005 [w/Grant Hart]
Jul 2006 [w/Grant Hart]
Release Date: Sep 2007
Time:
Limited edition of 400. "Hirohata Anime TV Series
Theme" (featuring Grant Hart) is from the A Purge Of
Dissidents CD above. The record sold out before it
was even announced on the Purge website (although it
was made available through the online AmRep forum).
Now fetching collector prices.
Contents:
Hirohata Anime TV Series Theme 2:21
Birthday Fuck
Detroit Insect Eye
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Artist: Arsenal
Title: Lotuk
Format: CD
Label: Playout!
Catalog Number: POMCD009LTD
Date Recorded: Dec 2007?
Release Date: 15 Apr 2008
Time: 51:22 [CD]
51:42 [DVD]
Notes: Grant Hart recites from chapter 8 ("Letter") of
The Young And The Evil, written in 1933 by his
friend Charles Henri Ford and Parker Tyler, and
also contributes some singing vocals to the track.
Arsenal is a Belgian band and their music is Euro-
flavored. Songs are sometimes dancey, sometimes
new-wavey, sometimes ambient, sometimes poppy, but
almost all are pretty catchy.
The DVD (region-free) features interviews with
artists as they drive around on their home turfs:
Shawn Smith of From The North (Seattle), John Garcia
of Kyuss (Indio CA), Cortney Tidwell (Nashville),
Grant Hart (Minneapolis). Grant's segment runs just
under 12 minutes and was shot at night, so there
often isn't much to see outside the car. Nice scene
at the end, though, of Grant bowling at Bryant Lake.
Background music by Arsenal.
Contents (CD):
The Letter 7:56
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Artist: H•O•F (Halo of Flies)
Title: A New Kind Of Hate
Format: 7" single + bonus CD
Label: Amphetamine Reptile
Catalog Number: Scale 113
Date Recorded: 2008
Release Date: 20 Aug 2008 [mp3]
Late Aug 2008 [7" + CD]
Time: 4:45 [7"]
10:18 [CD]
Notes: Grant Hart backing vocals on title track. Limited
edition of 500 copies. Four-track EP. Individual
tracks available as mp3 downloads for a buck apiece.
Single has the title track as A-side, "Precious" as
B-side. Bonus CD has both of the above plus two
additional tracks. (Grant is not listed as having
contributed to any of the other tracks.)
Contents:
A New Kind Of Hate 2:35
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Artist: Fucked Up
Title: Do They Know It's Christmas?
Format: 7" single/Digital audio file
Label: Matador Records
Catalog Number:
Date Recorded: Late 2009
Release Date: 08 Dec 2009 [m4a]
Feb 2010 [7"]
Time:
Notes: Benefit single covering the famous Band Aid song.
Lots of big-name indie artists contribute vocals,
Bob Mould prominent among them. From the Matador
press release:
All proceeds will go to benefit three
organizations in Canada working to bring an
end to the epidemic of missing and murdered
native women.
The song is a tongue-in-cheek take on the 80s
classic written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure,
and features vocals from Yo La Tengo, GZA,
Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), Bob Mould
(Husker Du), Tegan & Sara, Andrew W.K., Kyp
Malone (TV on the Radio), David Cross (come-
dian) and Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene).
Fucked Up's frontman Damian Abraham, a.k.a.
"Pink Eyes," says "it's hard to find a balance
between the song being a fun, playful holiday
classic and the reason we're putting it out,
to benefit organizations dealing with a
deadly, serious issue." Since 1980, there
have been 520 known cases of missing or
murdered Aboriginal women across Canada and
many believe the true number to be signifi-
cantly higher. If compared to the rest of the
population their death and disappearance rate
would be equivalent to over 18,000 Canadian
women and girls missing or murdered. Approxi-
mately 50% of the murders and disappearances
have occurred during or since 2000.
The three groups that will receive 100% of the
proceeds from sales of this song are Justice
for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
(Montreal), DTES Power of Women Group (Van-
couver) and Sisters in Spirit (Ottawa).
The recording of this track was funded in full
by a portion of the $20,000 award Fucked Up
received for winning the Polaris Music Prize
for their recent album, The Chemistry of
Common Life.
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" should be
available from iTunes on Tuesday December 8,
and will be released as a 7" single with an
unreleased Fucked Up song on the b-side in
February 2010.
Initial digital-only release available exclusively
on iTunes.
Contents:
Do They Know It's Christmas? 4:10
[TBD Fucked Up song, 7" only]
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