BOMB

Bomb was:
Michael Dean, vocal and bass
Jay Crawford, Guitar
Hilsinger, Guitar
Tony Fag, drums.

San Francisco, 1985-1992 (Very cool, semi legendary, influential, genre-bending, queer friendly , girl fucking, acid-opiate thick sex-rock) Me; vocals, bass and lyrics. Tony Fag): drums and lyrics. Jay Morgan Crawford; guitar.
> Cassette. 17 reasons why. no label. about 200 run off by band.
> One song on some east-bay compilation cassette put out by the Speed Queens
> 12 inch Vinyl L.P. on our own Boogadigga Records very out of print.
> 12 inch Vinyl L.P. (also on cassette) Hits of acid on Boner Records with me, Tony and with Douglas Hilsinger on guitar;
> 12 inch vinyl E.P. (one side plays at 33, one side plays at 45) Happy All The Time. Boner Records
> Compact Disc. Lucy In The Sky with Desi. Revolver Records/Communion Records) (On Rough Trade Records) in Europe. Nothing new, Basically just most of Hits of Acid and Happy All the Time on one disc. so jay and Doug on one disc, but on separate songs.
> Compilation Cassette. song: B-E-A-F-A-G (the song title as well as the complete lyric AND the chord progression. was on the J.D. presents Homocore compilation. That song was also used in the homoerotic skinhead romp movie, No Skin off My Ass. With me , Tony, and both Jay and Doug on guitar;
> 7 inch vinyl single. Personal Jesus. (yea, the Depeche Mode song)/Nineteen (acoustic version of song from Hits of Acid)On the Berlin label, Rave Records. (or was it Raid Records. I forget. Only 30 copies made it into the U.S. Live 105 has one, Hilsinger has one, and there is one on the jukebox at that great Filipino/soul food/Cajun/greasy spoon, Eddy's Cafe (sorry no link...they are not on line.) on Divisadero at Fell in SF. Live 105 has a copy too.
> 10 song demo cassette. Ultraviolet Drowning. no label. engineered on a 4 track by Hilsinger. circulated to labels and friends. helped secure major deal. > Compact disc. Hate Fed Love. On Warner/Reprise Records. (Produced by Bill Laswell). Bomb On a major label? weird. they thought so too. we were dropped within 18 months. at the rate that this record sells, It will pay off our advance and I will start receiving royalties from it again when I am 92 years old. > Compact disc. Lovesucker. 1999. on Berkeley’s Wingnut Records. (Let’s do one Bomb show and one record every 5 years, guys!)
> Nameless cassette, no label. With Bruce Ducheneaux on drums (after Warner/Reprise dropped us, and Tony quit the band, Bruce did one tour with us and recorded a demo in Seattle. some 100-200 copies got around. 3 songs: Whore love song, Christine 15, and Smile and spank.
>Promo Compilation c.d. on Warner Bros. Trademark of Quality Had a pig on the cover, they tried to make it look like a bootleg. Contained non-album tracks by R.E.M., Jane's Addiction, Babes in Toyland, Brian Eno and others. Contained Nineteen from Personal Jesus single.
> Compilation cassette. Thrasher Magazine presents, Skate rock volume 10. Also contained the acoustic Nineteen. (what this was doing on a skate rock record is very mysterious.)
March 1999, CD Lovesucker on Wingnutrecords, Berkeley. 7 songs. 4 recorded in 1998 after 1-off show with origional lineup. + personal jesus single (making 4 records total with acoustic version of ninteen.) + one song from Elvis in Hell (no color in utah).

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