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Girl Trouble is a garage rock band formed in 1983, composed of three musicians from Tacoma, Washington and one from Spokane, Washington.
Girl Trouble | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
Genres | Indie rock, punk rock, garage rock |
Years active | 1983 | –present
Labels | Sub Pop, K, Empty, Estrus, Wig Out!, Dionysus, PopLlama, Sympathy for the Record Industry |
Members | Kurt P. Kendall Bon Von Wheelie Kahuna Dale Phillips |
Past members | David Duet |
History
editThe band played their first show in 1984, and signed to Olympia's K Records label soon afterwards, on which they released two singles ("Riverbed" and "Old Time Religion") in 1987. One of their recordings, "Gonna Find A Cave" written by Jimmy Radcliffe and Buddy Scott, made an appearance on the Sub Pop 200 compilation alongside tracks by Nirvana and Soundgarden. Various albums followed on different independent labels. As a side project, guitarist Kahuna plays in a Sonics tribute band called New Original Sonic Sound, featuring members of Mudhoney and the Young Fresh Fellows.
Members
editCurrent members
edit- Kurt P. Kendall (vocals, saxophone)
- Bon Von Wheelie (drums)
- Kahuna (guitar)
- Dale Phillips (bass guitar)
Past members
edit- David Duet – vocals (1984–1986)
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Hit It or Quit It (1988)(Sub Pop/K Records)
- Thrillsphere (1990) (Pop Llama)
- New American Shame (1993) (Empty)
- Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays (1998) (Wig Out)
- The Illusion of Excitement (2003) (Wig Out)
EPs and singles
edit- She No Rattle My Cage (7", K Records, 1987)
- Old Time Religion (7", K Records, 1987)
- Blue Christmas / Sleigh Ride / X-Mess (7" split with Kings of Rock, Regal Select Records, 1989)
- When Opposites Attract (7", Wig Out! Records, 1989)
- Batman Theme (Instrumental) (7" with Steve Fisk, K Records, 1989)
- Stomp and Shout and Work It On Out (EP, Dionysus Records, 1990)
- Cleopatra and the Slaves (7", Wig Out! Records, 1990)
- Sister Mary Motorcycle / Take Up The Slack, Daddy-O (7" split with The A-Bones, Cruddy Record Dealership, 1991)
- Plays (2x7", Sympathy For The Record Industry, 1992)
- Work that Crowd / Granny's Pad (7", Empty Records, 1992)
- Don't Be Grateful / Cold Shoulder (7", split with Popdefect, Dionysus Records, 1995)
- The Track / Scorpio 9 (7", Estrus Records, 1996)
- Kick Out The Jams! / You Got What It Takes! (7", split with The Mono Men, Gearhead Records, 1996)
- I Know Why Santa is Drunk/Letter to Santa (7", split with The Dignitaries, Unsmashable Records, 2013)
Compilation appearances
edit- "Louie Louie" on Stomp And Shout And Work It On Out !!!! (1990) (Dionysus Records)
- "Bring on the Dancing Girls" on International Pop Underground Convention (1992) (K Records)
- "Tarantula" on International Hip Swing (1993) (K Records)
- "The Track" on Estrus Sampler: 26 Excellent Spicy Sizzlers (1999) (Estrus Records)
- “Gonna Find a Cave” on Sub Pop 200 (1988) (Sub Pop)