Engine 88
Engine 88 | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | San Francisco, California |
| Members | Tom Barnes Damon Wood Eric Knight Dave Hawkins |
| Website | Official Website |
Engine 88 was a rock band that spawned out of the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990's.
History
Engine 88 (originally known as simply Engine) released three albums on Caroline Records and a handful of 7 inch singles throughout the 1990's. The band featured Tom Barnes of the notable college rock band Sordid Humor as lead singer, Damon Wood of Smoking Section on guitar, Eric Knight on bass and Dave Hawkins (also of Smoking Section) on the drums.
Their first two releases, two 7 inch singles, Funny Car and Twenty were put out independently on their own label, Shut Up and Drive in 1993 and 1994, respectively. In 1995, their first full length LP, Clean Your Room was released on Caroline Records, defining their characteristic sound of driving guitars and rythms counter-acted with introspective and often abstract lyrics. 1997's Snowman followed, to much critical acclaim, however in 1998 the group disbanded and their final full-length, Flies and Death n' Stuff was released post-humously in 1998 on Wingnut Records.
Where are they now?
Singer Tom Barnes released a CD entitled Three Day Ditties, which abandonded the louder rock sound of Engine 88, in favor of a more soft rock sound similar to that of his former project, Sordid Humor. His songs have gained a cult following and have been covered live by the band Counting Crows.
Guitarist, Damon Wood, is now performing in a Pretenders tribute band, Message of Love, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
As of September of 2006, It appears Engine 88 are at least temporarily back together as they played a show at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on Friday, Oct 27.
Band members
Discography
- 1993 Funny Car 7": Shut Up and Drive Records
- 1994 Germ's Choice 94 (compilation)
- 1994 Twenty 7": No Life Records
- 1995 Clean Your Room: Caroline Records
- 1995 Robots are Real 7" (Split with American Sensei): Hep-Cat Records
- 1996 7" Split with Sincola: Caroline Records
- 1996 LIVE 105: 10 Year Anniversary (Compilation)
- 1997 Snowman Caroline Records
- 1997 Seconal (single) Caroline Records
- 1997 Manclub (single) Caroline Records
- 1998 Flies and Death n' Stuff Wingnut Records