Ghosts and Vodka

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Ghosts and Vodka
General information
Genre (s) Emo - indie rock
founding 1998
resolution 2001
Website www.joanfrc.com/ghostsandvodka
Last occupation
Victor Villarreal
Sam back
Erik Bocek
Scott Shellhammer

Ghosts and Vodka was an American emo band from Chicago , Illinois .

Band history

Ghosts and Vodka formed in 1998 when Erik Bocek and Sam Zurick met Victor Villarreal and Scott Shellhammer at a Sky Corvair reunion show. Bocek and Zurick were members of Joan of Arc at the time , but left the group after jamming with Villarreal and Shellhammer. Zurick returned to Joan of Arc a few years later. Zurick and Villarreal had known each other since their youth when they played together at Cap'n Jazz .

Ghosts and Vodka was a purely instrumental band and very respected in the scene for their expressive and technically virtuoso playing. During its existence, the group released the EP Momento Mori in 1999 and the LP Precious Blood in 2001 . In 2001 the group broke up because Villarreal and Zurick wanted to concentrate on their work at Owls . Under this band name, the brothers Tim Kinsella and Mike Kinsella tried to revive the original Cap'n Jazz formation. In 2003 the Sixgunlover Records label brought out the anthology Addicts and Drunks .

Discography

EP

  • 1999: Momento Mori (Hefty Records)
  1. Cowboys and Sailors
  2. Doo Dee Doo Dee Do
  3. Stoli On The Rocks

album

  • 2001: Precious Blood (Sixgunlover Records)
  1. Andrea Loves Horses
  2. It's All About Right Then
  3. Good Luck With Your Multiple Personalities
  4. Laser Guided By God
  5. Futuristic Genitalia
  6. Sex is popular
  7. Hot Dot Above, Tan Man Below
  8. Is That A Person?
  9. Four red brains
  10. Conversational All-Stars
  11. Mechanical Bull Rider
  12. Nicholas Prefers Dinosaurs

anthology

  • 2003: Addicts and Drunks (Sixgunlover Records)
  1. Andrea Loves Horses
  2. It's All About Right Then
  3. Good Luck With Your Multiple Personalities
  4. Laser Guided By God
  5. Futuristic Genitalia
  6. Sex is popular
  7. Hot Dot Above, Tan Man Below
  8. Is That A Person?
  9. Four red brains
  10. Conversational All-Stars
  11. Mechanical Bull Rider
  12. Nicholas Prefers Dinosaurs
  13. Cowboys and Sailors?
  14. Doo Dee Doo Dee Do
  15. Stoli On The Rocks
  16. Bizarre funeral

Compilation Contributions

  • 2010: Gameshow Buzzer - Don't Mind Control (polyvinyl)

Sources and web links