Name: Big Dipper - Making Plans for Bison (Shonen Knife Cover) by wardreekus
Duration: 2 min 2 s
Description: Big Dipper (of Boston MA) from the tribute album Every Band Has A Shonen Knife Who Loves Them (Giant Records, 1989)

A song that was on a 90s era mixtape I received and don't know who it is and Shazam/Siri have been no help. Do you recognize it?

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This track was featured on our 1987 Relativity Records LP "Evolution Of The Stickman." Like all the songs on the album, it was played way faster than we originally intended. It also featured a long rant at the end that I regret going on for so long. Those factors lead to it being one of the very few songs that did not make it on to our "Dumb Looks Still Free" compilation (2002, Smog Veil Records). This new "Evolution Of The Slowman" remix is not really a "mix" per se, but because I now have access to better technology than I did in the past, I was able to slow the tempo down to what it should have been originally, without affecting the pitch. Also the end bit has been edited to a more manageable length. The result is something I am finally able to listen to (and enjoy). Stay tuned for the complete "slowmanized" release of "Evolution of the Stickman," coming soon to a streaming service near you.

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THE GENERICS
In 1980 I started playing in my first band. "The Generics" lasted about a year, only played 5 or 6 live shows in Cleveland and never put out a record of our own - although a couple of studio recordings were released on compilations, all but one of them under a different band name (Offbeats, Beatoffs).

After The Generics ended the drummer (Bob Richey) and I went on to form The Offbeats, which lasted 7 years and did manage to put out a number of recordings.

To mark the 40 year anniversary of my music "career" (i.e. hobby) I thought it might be fun to have a Generics reunion. The problem is, we all live very far apart. Getting the 4 of us in a room together is extremely unlikely - and one of those virtual online kinda things that are popular...well, I don't even know how to do that. Therefore I figured the next best thing would be to dust off one of our forgotten songs and just record it myself. "Lonely Little Kid" was one of the earliest songs I ever wrote and has never seen the light of day before now - unless you happened to be at one of those few long-ago gigs.

The Generics were (L-R) : Tom Hamilton, bass / Mark Vocca, guitar & vocals / Tommy Hawk (me), guitar & vocals / Bob Richey, drums. For this recording I stood in for all the other guys, re-learning the song and all the different parts from an old poor quality rehearsal tape, attempting to reproduce it as close to "original" as I felt possible - but with a little bit better sounding audio. Since I did it with overdubs on a vintage 4-track Fostex cassette recorder however, it's still got some of that good 'ol Cleveland lo-fi sound. So...for what it's worth, enjoy (or not).

(Disclaimer: I did not think it was fair to put the Generics name on this since no one else from the band was present. Hence the use of my solo name, TA Miller.)

TA Miller - Lonely Little Kid

Big Dipper (of Boston MA) from the tribute album Every Band Has A Shonen Knife Who Loves Them (Giant Records, 1989)

Big Dipper - Making Plans for Bison (Shonen Knife Cover)

wardreekus

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