Frodus
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Frodus was a 1990s Washington, D.C.-based post-hardcore
band, described by critics as a mixture of math rock
, hardcore punk, and alternative rock
. Their songs were frequently dark and dissonant. Frodus was founded in 1993 by vocalist/guitarist Shelby Cinca
and drummer Jason Hamacher
. The band went through numerous bassists over the course of their career.
Frodus' first releases were self-distributed cassettes and 7 inches, such as "Babe", "Tzo-Boy", and "Molotov Cocktail Party". Two other releases ("Fireflies" and "F-Letter"), on now defunct indies, followed. Frodus later signed with Tooth and Nail Records, an independent label out of Seattle, with which they released Conglomerate International in 1998. Most of Frodus' recognition was due to their epic swan song, the 1999 recorded and 2001 released LP on Fueled by Ramen
entitled And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea
, considered by band members their best recorded work.
On Wednesday October 8, 2008, Gilead Media formally announced that they would be re-releasing Frodus' 1998 album "Conglomerate International" on a 2xLP package with full gatefold artwork and an exclusive, unreleased bonus track titled "Attention:Remove." The LP was finally released in February 2009.
The name Frodus came from the last episode of TV series The Monkees
called Mijacogeo (aka The Frodis Caper).
, a man who maintained an enigmatic image all of his life. Publicly, he stayed away from magicians and seemed apart from their interests; personally, he loved magic tricks and to root around in magic shops.
This initial allure of mystery and mental manipulation was a theme that spoke to the band and was adopted on flyers as early as 1993 and later resurfaced in 1997 as an official Frodus icon
upon the debut of their musical ode to corporate America, entitled Conglomerate International (Tooth & Nail Records). It is to be noted a link to mentalism and mass manipulation
is referenced upon the compact disc
itself of said release with the words "mind-control disc" subtly placed under band and album name. Numerous t-shirts containing the "head" logo and phrases were also printed during this time. Such phrases included: "Control is always automatic", "Suspicion breeds confidence" (a reference to the film Brazil
), and "Success in paranoia". Coincidentally, Tooth & Nail itself also took a turn to corporation-parody with its website and advertising designs at this time. The label's fourth music video compilation, The T&N Files, included a short film after the credits featuring members of the band wandering Seattle with a megaphone, pretending to be representatives of the Conglomerate checking on the activities of their unknowing pawns.
The members of Frodus went separate ways and partially converged again for a short time. Shelby Cinca briefly joined the band Bluebird as a second guitarist following the breakup of Frodus, but left before recording any material with them. In 2000 Nathan went on to form The Out Circuit
and Night Is Invisible (both of which released records on Lujo Records
) and Jason went on to drum for Combat Wounded Veteran. In 2003 the founding members Shelby Cinca and Jason Hamacher along with bassist Joe Lally
of Fugazi
joined to form The Black Sea. They later changed their name to Decahedron. Lally left shortly after the completion of their debut album and was replaced by Jonathan Ford (Unwed Sailor
, Roadside Monument
). Continually plagued by bassist fluctuation anomalies Jonathan quit in 2004 and was later replaced by Jake Brown (Moments In Grace
). In 2005 they suspended operations after the release of their EP entitled "2005." Shelby Cinca then focused on his Swedish project Frantic Mantis
with Håkan Johansson and Per Stålberg of Division Of Laura Lee
and completed the 3rd album by The Cassettes
(Buddyhead Records
2006). In 2006, Jason Hamacher started a project with Mike Schliebaum of Darkest Hour called Zealot and Shelby began releasing IDM
Music made on a Game Boy (Game Boy music
) with the Nanoloop software under his own name.
2006 also saw the relaunch of the Frodus web-presence and consolidation of its MySpace entities with the help of two Canadian fans/supporters, Stu Hood of SHZINE and Jason Nicholas, who both wear the mark of the Frodus "head" tattooed on their upper arms. The new focus being an organized ongoing project of archiving all known interviews, previous website designs, press clippings, and digital transfers for new media content. Founder Shelby Cinca also began remastering out-of-print releases and adding them into the iTunes library and other digital music services through his partnership with Carcrash Records.
In 2008 melodic hardcore group Thrice
released a Frodus cover track on their new album The Alchemy Index IV: Earth
. The track "The Earth Isn't Humming" was originally released on And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea
.
2009 saw Frodus resurface as the Frodus Escape Plan/Frodus Conglomerate International/FDIC (Frodus Despotic (or Deposit) Insurance Corporation) with Liam Wilson
from Dillinger Escape Plan on bass and Jake Brown from Moments in Grace
also on bass for select appearances in commemoration of the re-release of the Conglomerate International double-vinyl LP on Gilead Media and as a statement in response to the bank-bailouts and the uncovering of corporate corruption in the financial sector.
In 2010 Frodus released a new 7" of material recorded in 2009 with Liam Wilson
on bass as a limited edition 7" vinyl on Lovitt Records
.
2011 marks a tentatively planned reissue of And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea on vinyl through Lovitt Records
.
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band, described by critics as a mixture of math rock
Math rock
Math rock is a rhythmically complex guitar-based style of experimental rock that emerged in the 1980s and that was very influenced by progressive rock like King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Henry Cow - and 20th century composers such as Steve Reich and John Cage...
, hardcore punk, and alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
. Their songs were frequently dark and dissonant. Frodus was founded in 1993 by vocalist/guitarist Shelby Cinca
Shelby Cinca
Shelby Serban-Alex Cinca is a Romania-born musician, one of the founding members of the DC post-punk band Frodus and the vaudevillian steampunk band, The Cassettes. He has also been a part of such bands as Frantic Mantis and Decahedron...
and drummer Jason Hamacher
Jason Hamacher
Jason Hamacher is an American musician. He was the drummer for the bands Frodus, Decahedron, Combatwoundedveteran and the mid-1990s straight-edge band Battery. He also sang under the pseudonym Ponan for the Washington, DC rock band Mancake , which released an EP on Art Monk Construction in 1999...
. The band went through numerous bassists over the course of their career.
Frodus' first releases were self-distributed cassettes and 7 inches, such as "Babe", "Tzo-Boy", and "Molotov Cocktail Party". Two other releases ("Fireflies" and "F-Letter"), on now defunct indies, followed. Frodus later signed with Tooth and Nail Records, an independent label out of Seattle, with which they released Conglomerate International in 1998. Most of Frodus' recognition was due to their epic swan song, the 1999 recorded and 2001 released LP on Fueled by Ramen
Fueled by Ramen
Fueled by Ramen is an American record label which operates as a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by Atlantic Records. The label, founded in Gainesville, Florida, is based in New York City...
entitled And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea
And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea
And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea is the final studio album and first posthumous release by the band Frodus. Though the album was finished in 1999, it was not released until 2001 due to struggles finding a label to release it....
, considered by band members their best recorded work.
On Wednesday October 8, 2008, Gilead Media formally announced that they would be re-releasing Frodus' 1998 album "Conglomerate International" on a 2xLP package with full gatefold artwork and an exclusive, unreleased bonus track titled "Attention:Remove." The LP was finally released in February 2009.
The name Frodus came from the last episode of TV series The Monkees
The Monkees (TV series)
The Monkees is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 1966 to March 1968. The series follows the adventures of four young men trying to make a name for themselves as rock 'n roll singers. The show introduced a number of innovative new-wave film techniques to series...
called Mijacogeo (aka The Frodis Caper).
Bassists
- Jim Cooper - Bass Guitar, Vocals (1993–1995)
- Kyle Bacon - Bass Guitar (1993–1994, 6 shows)
- Ted Magsig - Bass Guitar (1994, 4 shows)
- Dana Wachs - Bass Guitar, Vocals (1994, 4 shows)
- Andy DuncanAndy Duncan (musician)Andy Scott Duncan Born was a founding member of the Chicago band OK Go, playing lead guitar and keyboards. He appears on their first two albums, the eponymous OK Go and its follow-up album Oh No...
- Bass Guitar, Vocals (1995) - Howard Pyle - Bass Guitar, Vocals (1995–1997)
- Mason - Bass Guitar, Vocals (1997)
- Nathan BurkeNathan Burke (musician)Nathan Burke was the final bassist for Frodus. Burke currently plays in The Out Circuit and Night Is Invisible, both of which have released records on Lujo Records....
- Bass Guitar, Vocals (1997–1999) - Saadat AwanSaadat AwanSaadat Awan is a Washington DC native, by way of Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is a member of The Cassettes, Metropolitan band, and Thievery Corporation side projects International Velvet and I.C.U...
- Bass Guitar for impromptu live performance at the Swedish Embassy, WDC (2008) - Liam WilsonLiam WilsonLiam Wilson is the bass player of the band The Dillinger Escape Plan and former bass player of the band Starkweather. Before playing in the Dillinger Escape Plan, Liam played bass for other Philadelphia-based metal bands, such as For Life and Burnside.-Personal life:A vegan who is concerned about...
- Bass Guitar (2009) - Jake Brown - Bass Guitar, Vocals (2009)
The Frodus Head
The Frodus "Head" was co-opted from obscure marketing materials of the mid-20th century mentalist–magician Joseph DunningerJoseph Dunninger
Joseph Dunninger , known as "The Amazing Dunninger" was one of the most famous and proficient mentalists of all time...
, a man who maintained an enigmatic image all of his life. Publicly, he stayed away from magicians and seemed apart from their interests; personally, he loved magic tricks and to root around in magic shops.
This initial allure of mystery and mental manipulation was a theme that spoke to the band and was adopted on flyers as early as 1993 and later resurfaced in 1997 as an official Frodus icon
Icon
An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
upon the debut of their musical ode to corporate America, entitled Conglomerate International (Tooth & Nail Records). It is to be noted a link to mentalism and mass manipulation
Crowd manipulation
Crowd manipulation is the intentional use of techniques based on the principles of crowd psychology to engage, control, or influence the desires of a crowd in order to direct its behavior toward a specific action. This practice is common to politics and business and can facilitate the approval or...
is referenced upon the compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
itself of said release with the words "mind-control disc" subtly placed under band and album name. Numerous t-shirts containing the "head" logo and phrases were also printed during this time. Such phrases included: "Control is always automatic", "Suspicion breeds confidence" (a reference to the film Brazil
Brazil (film)
Brazil is a 1985 British science fiction fantasy/black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. It was written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard and stars Jonathan Pryce. The film also features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm...
), and "Success in paranoia". Coincidentally, Tooth & Nail itself also took a turn to corporation-parody with its website and advertising designs at this time. The label's fourth music video compilation, The T&N Files, included a short film after the credits featuring members of the band wandering Seattle with a megaphone, pretending to be representatives of the Conglomerate checking on the activities of their unknowing pawns.
Aftermath
After Frodus broke up in 1999 it took two years to find a label to release their final album. The first label, MIA Records, shut down due to the owner (also a Texas oil-tycoon) having to settle a long-standing lawsuit. Afterwards, long-time Frodus friend, Tony Weinbender, then of Fueled by Ramen Records offered to release Frodus' final opus thus saving the album from obscurity.The members of Frodus went separate ways and partially converged again for a short time. Shelby Cinca briefly joined the band Bluebird as a second guitarist following the breakup of Frodus, but left before recording any material with them. In 2000 Nathan went on to form The Out Circuit
The Out Circuit
The Out Circuit is an indie rock/post-hardcore band/project by former Frodus co-frontman Nathan Burke currently signed to Lujo Records. The Out Circuit was originally based in Washington, DC but now resides in Seattle, Washington.-History:...
and Night Is Invisible (both of which released records on Lujo Records
Lujo Records
Lujo Records is a United States independent record label that was founded in 2001 by Erik Aucoin who was a student at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana at the time. In 2004, Lujo Records relocated to Washington, DC, and Jocelyn Toews bought 50% of the label. In 2006 Aucoin and...
) and Jason went on to drum for Combat Wounded Veteran. In 2003 the founding members Shelby Cinca and Jason Hamacher along with bassist Joe Lally
Joe Lally
Joe Lally is a bass guitar player, vocalist and label owner, best known for his work with Fugazi.-Fugazi:...
of Fugazi
Fugazi (band)
Fugazi is an American post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1987. The band's continual members are guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty....
joined to form The Black Sea. They later changed their name to Decahedron. Lally left shortly after the completion of their debut album and was replaced by Jonathan Ford (Unwed Sailor
Unwed Sailor
Unwed Sailor is a mostly instrumental band formed in 1998 by Johnathon Ford. Unwed Sailor's recordings range from instrumental rock to ambient drones. The band's touring and recording line-ups have largely been in rotation over the years, with the core member being the band's founder, Johnathon Ford...
, Roadside Monument
Roadside Monument
Roadside Monument was a Christian math rock band from Seattle, Washington who were signed to Tooth & Nail Records. They were active from 1994–1998 and then again from 2002–2003.-History:...
). Continually plagued by bassist fluctuation anomalies Jonathan quit in 2004 and was later replaced by Jake Brown (Moments In Grace
Moments in Grace
Moments in Grace was a rock band from St. Augustine, Florida. Initially called 'Postcard Audio,' the band was re-vamped with the help of Brian McTernan, who engineered and produced all of the band's recorded output....
). In 2005 they suspended operations after the release of their EP entitled "2005." Shelby Cinca then focused on his Swedish project Frantic Mantis
Frantic Mantis
Frantic Mantis originally began in 2003 as a Swedish/US collaboration of Håkan Johansson and Per Stålberg of Division Of Laura Lee and Shelby Cinca from Frodus...
with Håkan Johansson and Per Stålberg of Division Of Laura Lee
Division of Laura Lee
Division Of Laura Lee is a band of Swedish musicians/skateboarders originally from Vänersborg, Sweden heavily influenced by post-punk bands, britpop and the DC music scene . The name comes from Laura Lee, a soul singer, and the phrase "Division Of" which was spotted on a cardboard box at their...
and completed the 3rd album by The Cassettes
The Cassettes
The Cassettes are a Washington, DC based "Mystic Country"/Steampunk band formed in 1999.-History:...
(Buddyhead Records
Buddyhead Records
Buddyhead is a music "webzine" and independent record label formed by Travis Keller in the summer of 1997 in Hollywood, California. Keller is notorious for outspoken criticism of popular culture and the music industry...
2006). In 2006, Jason Hamacher started a project with Mike Schliebaum of Darkest Hour called Zealot and Shelby began releasing IDM
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
Music made on a Game Boy (Game Boy music
Game Boy music
Game Boy music is a type of chip music produced using a portable gaming console of the Game Boy line. To produce music of the genre, one needs a Game Boy and a cartridge containing appropriate tracking software, such as LSDJ.- Software :...
) with the Nanoloop software under his own name.
2006 also saw the relaunch of the Frodus web-presence and consolidation of its MySpace entities with the help of two Canadian fans/supporters, Stu Hood of SHZINE and Jason Nicholas, who both wear the mark of the Frodus "head" tattooed on their upper arms. The new focus being an organized ongoing project of archiving all known interviews, previous website designs, press clippings, and digital transfers for new media content. Founder Shelby Cinca also began remastering out-of-print releases and adding them into the iTunes library and other digital music services through his partnership with Carcrash Records.
In 2008 melodic hardcore group Thrice
Thrice
Thrice is an American rock band from Irvine, California, formed in 1998. The group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while they were in high school....
released a Frodus cover track on their new album The Alchemy Index IV: Earth
The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
The Alchemy Index is Thrice's fifth studio recording, a four-disc concept album that was split between two releases, the first in October 2007 and the second in April 2008. The band originally planned to release four discs at once, each disc with six tracks representing one of the four elements:...
. The track "The Earth Isn't Humming" was originally released on And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea
And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea
And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea is the final studio album and first posthumous release by the band Frodus. Though the album was finished in 1999, it was not released until 2001 due to struggles finding a label to release it....
.
2009 saw Frodus resurface as the Frodus Escape Plan/Frodus Conglomerate International/FDIC (Frodus Despotic (or Deposit) Insurance Corporation) with Liam Wilson
Liam Wilson
Liam Wilson is the bass player of the band The Dillinger Escape Plan and former bass player of the band Starkweather. Before playing in the Dillinger Escape Plan, Liam played bass for other Philadelphia-based metal bands, such as For Life and Burnside.-Personal life:A vegan who is concerned about...
from Dillinger Escape Plan on bass and Jake Brown from Moments in Grace
Moments in Grace
Moments in Grace was a rock band from St. Augustine, Florida. Initially called 'Postcard Audio,' the band was re-vamped with the help of Brian McTernan, who engineered and produced all of the band's recorded output....
also on bass for select appearances in commemoration of the re-release of the Conglomerate International double-vinyl LP on Gilead Media and as a statement in response to the bank-bailouts and the uncovering of corporate corruption in the financial sector.
In 2010 Frodus released a new 7" of material recorded in 2009 with Liam Wilson
Liam Wilson
Liam Wilson is the bass player of the band The Dillinger Escape Plan and former bass player of the band Starkweather. Before playing in the Dillinger Escape Plan, Liam played bass for other Philadelphia-based metal bands, such as For Life and Burnside.-Personal life:A vegan who is concerned about...
on bass as a limited edition 7" vinyl on Lovitt Records
Lovitt Records
Lovitt Records is an independent record label that was founded in 1995 by Brian Lowit who was a student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina at the time...
.
2011 marks a tentatively planned reissue of And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea on vinyl through Lovitt Records
Lovitt Records
Lovitt Records is an independent record label that was founded in 1995 by Brian Lowit who was a student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina at the time...
.
Full Lengths
- Left for Dead in Halmstad! (Live In Sweden, April 14, 1998) iTunes Only (2006 Carcrash Records) / Mastered Soundboard Tape
- Live at Black Cat 1999 iTunes Only (2005 Lovitt RecordsLovitt RecordsLovitt Records is an independent record label that was founded in 1995 by Brian Lowit who was a student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina at the time...
) / Engineer: Juan Carerra - Radio-Activity (Live Radio Recordings @ WMUC, WHFS, KXLU) (2002 Magic Bullet RecordsMagic Bullet RecordsMagic Bullet Records is an American independent record label, specialising in punk, metal and experimental music.-History:Magic Bullet records was founded in 1996 by Brent Eyestone, in order to release an album by Boysetsfire, entitled This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice Is Being Born...
) / Engineers: Mike Davis, Harry Evans - And We Washed Our Weapons in the SeaAnd We Washed Our Weapons in the SeaAnd We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea is the final studio album and first posthumous release by the band Frodus. Though the album was finished in 1999, it was not released until 2001 due to struggles finding a label to release it....
(2001 Fueled by RamenFueled by RamenFueled by Ramen is an American record label which operates as a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by Atlantic Records. The label, founded in Gainesville, Florida, is based in New York City...
) / Produced by: Brian McTernanBrian McTernanBrian McTernan is a record producer who has worked with bands from all over the world. He works out of the Baltimore, MD area at Salad Days Studio. Brian was voted to be one of the 50 most influential people in Maryland by the Maryland Daily Record... - Conglomerate International (1998 Tooth and Nail) / Producer: Jonathan KreinikJonathan KreinikOriginally from Washington D.C., Jonathan Kreinik has produced numerous records from his Boombox Magnetica Studio as well as in different studio locations around the globe. He is most notably known for his work with bands such as !!!, Trans Am, The Make-Up, and Frodus...
, Engineer: Bruce Kane - 22-D10 (Live @ WMUC Radio + Formula 7" Sessions) (1997 No Looking Back) Mixing Engineer: Mike Davis
- F-Letter (1996 Double Deuce / 2003 Magic Bullet RecordsMagic Bullet RecordsMagic Bullet Records is an American independent record label, specialising in punk, metal and experimental music.-History:Magic Bullet records was founded in 1996 by Brent Eyestone, in order to release an album by Boysetsfire, entitled This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice Is Being Born...
) / Producer/Engineer: Brian McTernanBrian McTernanBrian McTernan is a record producer who has worked with bands from all over the world. He works out of the Baltimore, MD area at Salad Days Studio. Brian was voted to be one of the 50 most influential people in Maryland by the Maryland Daily Record... - Fireflies (1995 Level/2006 Carcrash Records iTunes) / Engineers: Don Zientara, Ken Olden
- Molotov Cocktail Party (1994 Gnome/2006 Carcrash Records iTunes) / Producer/Engineer: Don Zientara
7"/EPs
- Soundlab 1 (2010 Lovitt RecordsLovitt RecordsLovitt Records is an independent record label that was founded in 1995 by Brian Lowit who was a student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina at the time...
) - Suspicion Breeds Confidence (Jason Vocals) b/w G. Gordon Liddy Show Call (2006 Carcrash Records iTunes Only)
- Frodus/Atomic Fireball split (1999 LovittLovitt RecordsLovitt Records is an independent record label that was founded in 1995 by Brian Lowit who was a student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina at the time...
/ Japan: Flatree Records) / Engineer: Jonathan KreinikJonathan KreinikOriginally from Washington D.C., Jonathan Kreinik has produced numerous records from his Boombox Magnetica Studio as well as in different studio locations around the globe. He is most notably known for his work with bands such as !!!, Trans Am, The Make-Up, and Frodus... - Muddle Magazine Promo Flexi (1997 Tooth and Nail / Muddle) / Engineer: Jonathan KreinikJonathan KreinikOriginally from Washington D.C., Jonathan Kreinik has produced numerous records from his Boombox Magnetica Studio as well as in different studio locations around the globe. He is most notably known for his work with bands such as !!!, Trans Am, The Make-Up, and Frodus...
- Roadside Monument / Frodus Split EP (1997 Tooth and Nail) / Engineer: Jonathan KreinikJonathan KreinikOriginally from Washington D.C., Jonathan Kreinik has produced numerous records from his Boombox Magnetica Studio as well as in different studio locations around the globe. He is most notably known for his work with bands such as !!!, Trans Am, The Make-Up, and Frodus...
- Explosions (1997 Day After Records) / Engineer: Jonathan KreinikJonathan KreinikOriginally from Washington D.C., Jonathan Kreinik has produced numerous records from his Boombox Magnetica Studio as well as in different studio locations around the globe. He is most notably known for his work with bands such as !!!, Trans Am, The Make-Up, and Frodus...
- Frodus/Trans-Megetti split (1996 Art Monk ConstructionArt Monk ConstructionArt Monk Construction was founded by Eric Astor and Garrett Rothman in State College, Pennsylvania in 1993. When Rothman left State College to study abroad, Astor was joined in managing the label by Rich Kraemer, a childhood friend from Tempe, Arizona, and the two additionally formed Lumberjack...
) / Engineer: Don Zientara - Formula (1996 LovittLovitt RecordsLovitt Records is an independent record label that was founded in 1995 by Brian Lowit who was a student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina at the time...
/ Shute) / Engineer: Ken Olden - Treasure Chest (1994 Gnome / Level) / Engineer: Ken Olden, Don Zientara
- Tzo Boy (1993 Gnome) / Engineer: Charles Bennington
- Babe (1993 Gnome) / Engineer: Charles Bennington
Compilations
- Torch Benefit (2001 Under Radar) - Track: Suspicion Breeds Confidence (Jason Vocal Take)
- It Goes Without Saying (1999 Sign Language) - Track: Dec. 21, 2012
- Absolut... (1999 B-Core) - Track: There Will Be No More Scum (demo)
- Can't Stop This Train (1999 Team Player) - Track: Extinguished
- Songs From the Penalty Box 3 (1999 Tooth and Nail) - Track: There WIll Be No More Scum (demo)
- Songs From the Penalty Box 2 (1998 Tooth and Nail) - Track: Conditioned
- Tooth and Nail 4th Anniversary Box Set (1997 Tooth and Nail) - Track: Lights On For Safety
- The Tie That Binds (1996 Nevermore) - Track: Factory 6 (Formula 7" Sessions Take)
- The Lovitt Empire (1996 LovittLovitt RecordsLovitt Records is an independent record label that was founded in 1995 by Brian Lowit who was a student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina at the time...
) - Track: Cha-Chi (English version) - Give Me The Cure (1995 Radiopaque) - Track: Killing An Arab (Cover of The CureThe CureThe Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
's songKilling an Arab"Killing an Arab" is the first single by The Cure. It was recorded at the same time as their first LP in the UK, Three Imaginary Boys but not included on the album...
) - The Art of Rocketry (1995 Supernova) - Track: Malcontent (alt. mix)
- Squirrel (1995 Level) - Track: 22-d10
External links
- Frodus.com Official website
- Frodus interview with Shelby Cinca at Aural States (May 2009)
- Video of impromptu Frodus appearance at a Division of Laura Lee show at the Swedish embassy.