Tadpoles
From Left to Right: Todd Parker, Nick Kramer, David Max, Adam Boyette
Origin	Manhattan, NY / Hoboken, NJ
Genre(s)	Psychedelic Rock, Noise pop, Indie Rock, Space Rock
Label(s)	Bakery Records, Camera Obscura Records
Members	Todd Parker Nick Kramer David Max Adam Boyette

Tadpoles are a psychedelic rock band formed in 1990 in New York City by Todd Parker (guitars/vocals) and Michael Kite Audino (drums.) In 1992, Nick Kramer (guitars/vocals), David Max (bass) and Andrew Jackson (guitars) of the fledgling Manhattan group, Hit, joined the Tadpoles after putting Hit on hiatus. Image File history File linksMetadata Tadpoleswiki2. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Psychedelic music draws its inspiration from the experience of mind-altering drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, ecstasy and especially LSD. Characteristic features of the style include modal melodies, lengthy instrumental solos, esoteric lyrics and trippy special effects such as reversed, distorted, delayed and/or phased sounds. ... Noise pop is a term used to loosely describe a number of alternative rock bands that fuse punk rocks attitude and anger with the atonal noise, feedback, and free song structures of noise music, presented in a decidedly pop context. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... For space rocks, see asteroid. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ...

In 1993 Kite and Jackson left the group ,which relocated to Hoboken, New Jersey, where Parker formed Bakery Records. In 1996, Adam Boyette (drums) joined Tadpoles to complete what would be their final line-up. Parker announced the Tadpoles would be going on an “indefinite hiatus” in 2000, and the group disbanded. Kramer, Max and Boyette reformed Hit and continued on. Image of Hoboken taken by NASA (red line shows where Hoboken is). ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: hiatus A hiatus (from Latin : gap; cf. ...

History

Toddy Parker originally formed the group while living in Champaign, Illinois in 1985 as an outlet for mostly solo 4-track recordings. These recordings were released on the cassettes, Ham & Eggs' (1987); Limousines, Sardines, Dinosaurs (1988); Beautiful Music For Ugly Children (1989); and William’s Doll (1990). New York University (NYU) filmmaker, Michael Kite Audino became increasingly more involved in the recordings, so Parker and Kite decided to form a live version of the Tadpoles in New York City in 1990. They released one more cassette album Ride The Soul (1991) which featured their initial NYC recordings. A view of Champaign from above ( see wider view). ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...

While Parker’s previous recordings were all over the musical map, the new group focused on their psychedelic rock influences, combining Kite’s films , a homemade light show, and an excessively loud sound volume to create a multi-sensory live experience…akin to what the Butthole Surfers, My Bloody Valentine, Spacemen 3, and the Flaming Lips were doing at the time. Tadpoles became fixtures on the Manhattan rock club scene in 1992-1993 after NYU students, Nick Kramer, David Max and Andrew Jackson, joined the group. Psychedelic music draws its inspiration from the experience of mind-altering drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, ecstasy and especially LSD. Characteristic features of the style include modal melodies, lengthy instrumental solos, esoteric lyrics and trippy special effects such as reversed, distorted, delayed and/or phased sounds. ... The cover of the album Locust Abortion Technician The Butthole Surfers is an American alternative rock band. ... My Bloody Valentine were an Irish-British rock band that made exceptionally creative use of guitar distortions. ... Spacemen 3 were an English space rock band of the 1980s. ... The Flaming Lips is an American rock band with psychedelic influences, formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by Mark Coyne, Wayne Coyne and Michael Ivins. ...

In 1992, the band recorded a 10 song demo tape, Superwhip, and began a relationship with producer/Shimmy Disc Records owner, Mark Kramer, who offered to record the group at his Noise New Jersey Studio, where in 1993, Tadpoles recorded their debut album, He Fell Into The Sky. However, internal issues led to the departure of both Kite and Jackson before the album was released, and the group stalled temporarily. Track Listing Submerged -3:09 Subway -1:57 Waiting For Susan -3:03 One Times One Times One -4:25 To Be Free Please -4:02 Handsome Musician -3:32 Fair Weather -3:06 North Main Street -3:31 AIDS -3:26 Your House -2:34 ... Shimmy Disc is an influencial New York City based record label founded by Mark Kramer (or Kramer as he is famously known internationally, and was known years before the fictional character of the same name was invented). ... Mark Kramer, known professionally as KRAMER, is a musician, composer, performer, record producer and founder of the NY record label Shimmy-Disc. ...

In 1994, Parker formed Bakery Records to release He Fell Into The Sky,an album of short, powerful, psychedelic pop-rock songs; and, it received very positive reviews... although, the band still had a difficult time finding their audience in the Manhattan clubs. Tadpoles continued to record new material with Kramer at Noise New Jersey with guest drummers, Steve Savoca (The Werefrogs) and Edward Odowd (Toilet Boys / Psychic TV) and with Nick Kramer taking a bigger role in song-writing and guitar-playing. Jeff Passifiume (The Lost Continentals/Hank McCoy and The Dead Ringers) added tasty, soaring lap steel to the mix. In the fall of 1994, Tadpoles were showcased in the CMJ music marathon at Manhattan's Batcave club. The Toilet Boys are a very late addition to the 1970s glam rock scene, forming in the 1990s as a backing band for Deborah Harry. ... Psychic TV (sometimes spelt Psychick TV) or PTV, is primarily an electronic music group that occasionally forays into psychedelic, punk, and experimental music. ... College Music Journal, commonly known as CMJ, is a weekly magazine of and for the music industry and college radio stations in the Canada. ...

In 1996, Tadpoles’ second album, Far Out, again produced by Shimmy Disc’s Kramer, was released on Bakery Records and was extremely well-received, both nationally and internationally, by the alternative music press. Far Out also garnered an unexpected and uncommon (for a self-released band) 4-star review from Rolling Stone magazine by writer Jim DeRogatis. With a smoother, spacier sound, Far Out gained Tadpoles a national fan base due to enthusiastic airplay on college radio. This led to the group being picked up by larger distributers so that their albums were able to reach a wider audience. The group, which rarely played live, added Adam Boyette as their permanent drummer and began writing and recording their next album. This article is about the music magazine. ... Jim DeRogatis (born 1964 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a U.S. music critic. ...

In 1997, Tadpoles performed a well-received set at the first Terrastock Festival held in Providence, Rhode Island. The performance gained them new fans and was released in 1998 as “Destroy Terrastock – Live”, with both the album cover and title being derived from a KISS (band) Bootleg “Destroys Anaheim.” In the fall of 1997, Tadpoles toured the US west coast along with fellow Terrastock veterans, Cul de Sac (group) and Windy & Carl, and played a show in Portland, Oregon with the legendary John Fahey. Terrastock is a music festival organised periodically by Phil McMullen, formerly editor of the Ptolemaic Terrascope and since 2005 the publisher of the Terrascope Online website. ... Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City Official website: http://www. ... KISS is an American glam rock/hard rock/heavy metal band formed in New York City in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... Cul de Sac are a rock music group formed in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois and led by guitarist Glenn Jones. ... Windy & Carl is an indie rock group based in Dearborn, Michigan. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown Official website: http://www. ... John Fahey ( February 28, 1939–2001) was an American guitarist and composer, and one of the first guitarists to perform solo instrumental steel-string acoustic guitar. ...

Coinciding with the tour, Tadpoles released an EP, Know Your Ghosts, which contained a track from the upcoming new studio album, along with a few other unreleased songs, one of which was a cover of the Tony Mentzer track, “Oops, I Lost Your Mind.” “Oops, I Lost Your Mind” featured Tony Mentzer on vocals, along with Chris Butler (The Waitresses/Tin Huey) on drums. The Waitresses were an experimental New Wave band from Akron, Ohio, United States. ...

In 1998, Tadpoles released their third Bakery Records studio album, Smoke Ghost, which was once again produced by Kramer (Shimmy Disc/Bongwater) at Noise New Jersey. The album, richly layered, thick, lush psychedelia, was again well received by press; but, by this point, Tadpoles had essentially eschewed live performance, with little intention of venturing outside their Hoboken rehearsal studio except for a rare local club appearance. Smoke Ghost featured a significant song-writing contribution from Nick Kramer, who wrote half the material. Bongwater is a 1998 comedy film. ... Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ...

Tadpoles recorded their final studio album, Whirlaway, (producing themselves this time,) at Ampreon Recorder in Youngstown, Ohio. Engineer Pete Drivere captured the live feel of the expansive set of songs; and, the result was the first Tadpoles album released on a label other than Bakery Records. Australia’s Camera Obscura Records released Whirlaway in 1999, again garnering rave reviews and new fans for the group. Whirlaway's long instrumental closing track, "Horse and Buggy", was recorded at Manhattan's Knitting Factory by their long-time producer, Kramer; and, Tadpoles mixed an entire version of the album with Gene Holder (The dB's), although only a few of these mixes were used. (Drivere's mix was preferred by the band.) Official website: http://www. ... The Knitting Factory is a New York City music club, in its heyday specializing in jazz and experimental music (though these are no longer its main focus). ... The dBs were a power pop group of the late 1970s and 1980s. ...

Sharing the bill with Thurston Moore and Half Japanese, Tadpoles gave their final performance in February of 2000 at a sold-out show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, which was the first time they ever played their legendary hometown club. Later in 2000, Todd Parker announced that the group was going on an “indefinite hiatus” and they disbanded. Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer and lead guitarist for Sonic Youth. ... Half Japanese is a lo-fi indie rock band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair in their Uniontown, Maryland bedroom around 1975 - 1977. ... Maxwells is a music club in Hoboken, New Jersey that also has a restaurant and bar. ...

In 2001, Bakery Records released Use With Headphones Late At Night- Best of 1990-2000, a remastered compilation featuring tracks from each studio album, along with alternate mixes. Parker has stated that a Tadpoles anthology remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound on DVD-Audio (DVD-A)is in the works for a future release. An anthology, literally a garland or collection of flowers, is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ... Surround sound is the concept of expanding the spatial imaging of audio playback from one dimension (mono/Left-Right) to two or three dimensions. ... The DVD-Audio logo. ...

Since the Tadpoles disbanded, David Max, Nick Kramer and Adam Boyette, reformed Hit and released the vinyl EP Quosibility and continue to record at their Jersey City recording studio. David Max also joined seminal psychedelic electronic noise group, Psychic TV (PTV3) along with Edward Odowd (who played drums on a few tracks of Tadpoles’ Far Out album.) The skyline of Jersey City, as seen from Lower New York Bay. ... Psychic TV (sometimes spelt Psychick TV) or PTV, is primarily an electronic music group that occasionally forays into psychedelic, punk, and experimental music. ...

Discography

Albums

• He Fell Into The Sky (Bakery 1994)
• Far Out (Bakery 1996)
• Smoke Ghost (Bakery 1998)
• Whirlaway (Camera Obscura/Bakery 1999)

Live

• Destroy Terrastock-Live (Bakery 1998)

EP

• Know Your Ghosts (Bakery 1997)

Compilations

• Use With Headphones Late at Night- Best of 1990-2000 (Bakery 2001)

External links

• All Music Guide Entry
• Piero Scaruffi’s History Of Rock Entry
• Official Tadpoles website
• Hit Quosibility