World Entertainment War
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World Entertainment War is an American funk rock
band, formed in 1986
, noted for its memorable costumes, props, and antics, both on and off-stage and for songs containing intricate lyrics of a political and often humorous nature. They have been described as having, "catchy tunes, fierce musical chops, thought-provoking lyrics and a unique tribal funk-rock sound," and their sound has been called, "friendly, mischievous, groove-based rock with a powerful message, played with passion and professionalism." They recorded four records before disbanding in 1993, and then played reunion concerts in 2000 and 2001, and again in 2009. The band describes itself as “a benevolent media virus programmed to prevent the entertainment criminals from stealing your imagination."
and Anthony Guess together conceived the unnamed band that would later become World Entertainment War. Earth played lead guitar and co-wrote songs with drummer Guess. They invited both bassist Daniel Vee Lewis and keyboardist David Hannibal, with whom they had recently been jamming, to play with the new group, which still remained nameless. Rick Walker of Tao Chemical, Guess's drum teacher, suggested they contact another local musician friend of his, Rob Brezsny
, also of Tao Chemical, who was simultaneously developing a new and broad idea that he called "World Entertainment War". The band went to see Brezsny perform a spoken-word-to-tape show with Brezsny using a backing tape, called World Entertainment War, that he had recorded in Echo Park, California with fellow Tao Chemical member Michael Haumesser. They did a jam show together a few weeks later and Brezsny joined the band as lead vocalist and co-songwriter.
In 1986, the five, Earth, Guess, Lewis, Hannibal, and Brezsny, became World Entertainment War; adopting Brezsny's nascent concept and name. They practiced and performed regularly, keeping one song, Prayer Wars, from Brezsny and Haumesser's original recording in their repertoire. They recorded an album of their earliest work, called Telepathics Anonymous.
Singer Darby Gould
was recruited to join the band as co-lead vocalist six months later, by Brezsny, having heard her performing at UC Santa Cruz with a band called Ricardo's Bandoleros. As recalled by Gould in a 2006 interview, during the summer she graduated college, 1986, Brezsny heard her sing Janis Joplin
and Whitney Houston
songs, sitting in with a cover band called The Same, at a garage after-party following a softball game. According to Gould, The Same had previously opened for the band Brezsny sang for at the time, Tao Chemical. Gould also stated in the interview, of her audition for World Entertainment War, "I had never done original songs before. The bass-player and drummer sold me. I never sung a note at my audition and was offered the job." Keyboardist Hannibal left the band shortly and was replaced briefly by Sam Loya, who was then replaced by Amy Excolere.
They began playing live shows and eventually sold out most of their shows in larger clubs in the Santa Cruz and San Francisco bay areas. They recorded their first independent record, an eight-song vinyl album entitled Televisionary, which they recorded at Sonic West Studios in San Jose, California
, producing 1000 copies, and released in 1989
on Infomania Records in Santa Cruz. That album climbed to number 15 in the Independent College Radio Charts in 1989.
As they were finishing the first album's recording and continuing to tour, they received a message in Vancouver, from Sandy Pearlman
, who had managed Black Sabbath
and produced albums for The Clash
and Blue Oyster Cult
, among others, and who wanted to sign the band. Shortly after that, they played at San Francisco’s Club Kommotion, where they were approached by Pearlman. Pearlman had purchased San Francisco's punk and new wave music label, 415 Records
, changed the name of the label to Popular Metaphysics
, and formed a co-branding alliance with MCA Records. Al Teller had been president of Columbia Records when the 415 Records partnership began and by 1989 he was president of MCA; making a partnership between Popular Metaphysics and MCA a logical choice. He convinced MCA to sign the band, and vowed to make them famous.
Within a year, a recording contract was forged and with MCA's backing, World Entertainment War recorded their self-titled debut album at Pearlman's Alpha Omega Studios in Studio C of the Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, as was specified in their MCA contract. Backing vocals were performed by Jonnie Axtell, Atom Ellis
, Eugene "Bud" Harris, and Paul K. Johnson, II. Mark Senasac engineered, mixed, and produced, with Ulrich Wild
also engineering, and Stephen Marcussen
did the mastering. In 1991
the self-titled debut CD was released on Popular Metaphysics, and distributed by MCA Records
. Brezsny’s daughter, Zoe, was born on the same day the album was released.
Rock promoter Bill Graham
saw the band perform at San Francisco's Paradise Lounge and soon became their manager. According to Brezny, “He started coming on really strong to us: He told me that he’d never been this excited about a band since 1969...” Graham told the band’s members in no uncertain terms that he was going to make them “the Grateful Dead of the ’90s”. However, MCA had difficulty with both categorizing the eclectic band’s sound and deciding on a single, and they mismanaged the album's promotion in the early weeks following its release. Graham was determined though, and began working with David Geffen
to secure opening slots for the band with R.E.M.
and Midnight Oil
. Their album was nominated for a 1991 Bammie Award, California's version of the Grammies.
In October 1991, however, shortly after their album release, Graham was killed in a helicopter crash while returning home from a Huey Lewis
show. Remaining promoters at Bill Graham Presents were unable to properly promote the band and the album languished. Brezsny moved to Marin and Earth moved to San Francisco as the band's enthusiasm drifted to other projects. Excolere quit the band in 1992. Remaining members continued doing live performances as World Entertainment War in a variety of venues until the group disbanded in 1993
. Gould had begun singing with Jefferson Starship, after Paul Kantner
heard her sing at a World Entertainment War Show and recruited her to replace Grace Slick
. Brezsny wanted to do more writing and they decided to split. During one of their final performances, on Jan. 8, 1993 at San Francisco's Digital Be-In
, one of Brezsny's heroes, Timothy Leary
, joined them onstage and sang with the band.
Their third album, Give Too Much, contained some of the same recordings and two other tracks recorded at the same time. Some songs were re-recorded at Norm Kerner's Brilliant Studios in San Francisco, where George Earth's later band, Switchblade Symphony, would also record. The album was released later by Brezsny, after purchasing back the masters from Pearlman, who had secured half of the publishing rights to their songs under the MCA contract.
, Papa John Creach
, Jack Casady
, Prairie Prince
and others as lead female vocalist in a variety of lineups including Wooden Ships
, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, and Jefferson Starship
. Excolere would also appear and record as a vocalist with Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation. Jefferson Starship covered the World Entertainment War song "Dark Ages" on their album "Deep Space / Virgin Sky
", and they also covered "In a Crisis", on their album Jefferson's Tree of Liberty
with Gould contributing vocals to both.
George Earth had previously worked with Guess in the Santa Cruz bands, Heaven On and Circus Boy. He would later record and tour with Switchblade Symphony
, still later touring with Angel Corpus Christi
and Stolen Babies
, and he performed, composed, recorded, and produced numerous other artists before forming Los Angeles
-based Small Halo in 2008. His most recent work has been focused on scoring music for films and television scripts.
Daniel Lewis had played bass with Brezsny in Tao Chemical. He went on to form Jivehounds with Guess and also composed, recorded and performed as a bassist for numerous other projects, including Pipa & the Shapeshifters, Tranceport
, Delta 9
, Andrew Robert Nelson and presently, Dreambeach, with cofounder & vocalist, Pipa Piñon, The Joint Chiefs, the Al James Band, and Solcircle.
Anthony Guess had played with George Earth in Heaven On and had been the original percussionist for Camper Van Beethoven
. He went on to form Jivehounds with Daniel Lewis and then moved to Seattle, Washington to perform, compose, record, and tour with many other bands and performers, including Calm Down Juanita
, and Travis Morrissey & the Good Ship, before forming his current project, Seattle-based I Die Everyday, in 2010.
Rob Brezsny had previously sung in Kamikaze Angel Slander and, with Lewis, in Tao Chemical. He has gone on to publish several books and poetry, and his weekly horoscope column Free Will Astrology (formerly known as Real Astrology), has been published for more than 29 years and runs in 130 periodicals.
World Entertainment War resurfaced again in late 2009; this time with the full 1993 lineup of Earth, Guess, Lewis, Escolere, Brezny, and Gould. They played a reunion show on Oct. 24, 2009, at 19 Broadway, a Marin County
venue in the town of Fairfax, California
, which Santa Cruz Good Times newspaper editor Greg Archer pre-announced as, "the most provocative comeback of the season",
Tracklist
, mastered by Stephen Marcussen
, and released in Germany on CD (MCD-10137) and album (MCAD10137), by Popular Metaphysics/MCA. Artwork: Cover concept by Richard Stutting & Rob Brezsny; art direction/design & collage by Richard Stutting; photography by Egon
; colorization by Hugh Brown.
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Funk rock
Funk rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements. Its earliest incarnation was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Eric Burdon and War, Trapeze, Parliament-Funkadelic, Betty Davis and Mother's Finest. The 1990s were known for acts...
band, formed in 1986
1986 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.-January-June:*January 23 – The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place...
, noted for its memorable costumes, props, and antics, both on and off-stage and for songs containing intricate lyrics of a political and often humorous nature. They have been described as having, "catchy tunes, fierce musical chops, thought-provoking lyrics and a unique tribal funk-rock sound," and their sound has been called, "friendly, mischievous, groove-based rock with a powerful message, played with passion and professionalism." They recorded four records before disbanding in 1993, and then played reunion concerts in 2000 and 2001, and again in 2009. The band describes itself as “a benevolent media virus programmed to prevent the entertainment criminals from stealing your imagination."
History
In 1986, George EarthGeorge Earth
George Earth is an American musician, guitarist, songwriter, composer, music producer, comic book artist, and talk show host from Echo Park, California...
and Anthony Guess together conceived the unnamed band that would later become World Entertainment War. Earth played lead guitar and co-wrote songs with drummer Guess. They invited both bassist Daniel Vee Lewis and keyboardist David Hannibal, with whom they had recently been jamming, to play with the new group, which still remained nameless. Rick Walker of Tao Chemical, Guess's drum teacher, suggested they contact another local musician friend of his, Rob Brezsny
Rob Brezsny
Rob Brezsny is an American astrologer, writer, poet, and musician. His weekly horoscope column Free Will Astrology , has been published for more than 28 years, runs in 120 periodicals, and can be subscribed to for free via email.- Career :Brezsny is the first well-known horoscope columnist...
, also of Tao Chemical, who was simultaneously developing a new and broad idea that he called "World Entertainment War". The band went to see Brezsny perform a spoken-word-to-tape show with Brezsny using a backing tape, called World Entertainment War, that he had recorded in Echo Park, California with fellow Tao Chemical member Michael Haumesser. They did a jam show together a few weeks later and Brezsny joined the band as lead vocalist and co-songwriter.
In 1986, the five, Earth, Guess, Lewis, Hannibal, and Brezsny, became World Entertainment War; adopting Brezsny's nascent concept and name. They practiced and performed regularly, keeping one song, Prayer Wars, from Brezsny and Haumesser's original recording in their repertoire. They recorded an album of their earliest work, called Telepathics Anonymous.
Singer Darby Gould
Darby Gould
Darby Marie Gould is an American vocalist best known for her work with Jefferson Starship and World Entertainment War. Over the years she has developed a loyal following based on her passionate, soulful vocals and intense stage presence....
was recruited to join the band as co-lead vocalist six months later, by Brezsny, having heard her performing at UC Santa Cruz with a band called Ricardo's Bandoleros. As recalled by Gould in a 2006 interview, during the summer she graduated college, 1986, Brezsny heard her sing Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
and Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
songs, sitting in with a cover band called The Same, at a garage after-party following a softball game. According to Gould, The Same had previously opened for the band Brezsny sang for at the time, Tao Chemical. Gould also stated in the interview, of her audition for World Entertainment War, "I had never done original songs before. The bass-player and drummer sold me. I never sung a note at my audition and was offered the job." Keyboardist Hannibal left the band shortly and was replaced briefly by Sam Loya, who was then replaced by Amy Excolere.
They began playing live shows and eventually sold out most of their shows in larger clubs in the Santa Cruz and San Francisco bay areas. They recorded their first independent record, an eight-song vinyl album entitled Televisionary, which they recorded at Sonic West Studios in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
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, producing 1000 copies, and released in 1989
1989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
on Infomania Records in Santa Cruz. That album climbed to number 15 in the Independent College Radio Charts in 1989.
As they were finishing the first album's recording and continuing to tour, they received a message in Vancouver, from Sandy Pearlman
Sandy Pearlman
Sandy Pearlman is an American music producer, artist manager, professor, poet, songwriter, and once was a record company executive...
, who had managed Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
and produced albums for The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
and Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult, often abbreviated BÖC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in Long Island, NY in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly...
, among others, and who wanted to sign the band. Shortly after that, they played at San Francisco’s Club Kommotion, where they were approached by Pearlman. Pearlman had purchased San Francisco's punk and new wave music label, 415 Records
415 Records
415 Records was a San Francisco record label created in 1978. The label focused its efforts on local punk rock and new wave music acts of the late 1970s through the late 1980s, including The Offs, The Nuns, Romeo Void, and Wire Train...
, changed the name of the label to Popular Metaphysics
Popular Metaphysics
Popular Metaphysics was a record label created by Sandy Pearlman in Studio C of the Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco in 1989. The label was short lived, but it signed a few solid acts and released their records on the MCA label, including Love Club , Manitoba's Wild Kingdom, and World...
, and formed a co-branding alliance with MCA Records. Al Teller had been president of Columbia Records when the 415 Records partnership began and by 1989 he was president of MCA; making a partnership between Popular Metaphysics and MCA a logical choice. He convinced MCA to sign the band, and vowed to make them famous.
Within a year, a recording contract was forged and with MCA's backing, World Entertainment War recorded their self-titled debut album at Pearlman's Alpha Omega Studios in Studio C of the Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, as was specified in their MCA contract. Backing vocals were performed by Jonnie Axtell, Atom Ellis
Atom Ellis
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, Eugene "Bud" Harris, and Paul K. Johnson, II. Mark Senasac engineered, mixed, and produced, with Ulrich Wild
Ulrich Wild
Ulrich Wild is an American record producer, engineer and mixer specializing in the rock and metal genres. Born and raised in Switzerland, Ulrich is now a naturalized citizen living in Los Angeles...
also engineering, and Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer of Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California. Marcussen is one of the most sought-after mastering engineers in the music industry and his expertise has been coveted by a wide range of artists over the years...
did the mastering. In 1991
1991 in music
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the self-titled debut CD was released on Popular Metaphysics, and distributed by MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
. Brezsny’s daughter, Zoe, was born on the same day the album was released.
Rock promoter Bill Graham
Bill Graham (promoter)
Bill Graham was an American impresario and rock concert promoter from the 1960s until his death.-Early life:...
saw the band perform at San Francisco's Paradise Lounge and soon became their manager. According to Brezny, “He started coming on really strong to us: He told me that he’d never been this excited about a band since 1969...” Graham told the band’s members in no uncertain terms that he was going to make them “the Grateful Dead of the ’90s”. However, MCA had difficulty with both categorizing the eclectic band’s sound and deciding on a single, and they mismanaged the album's promotion in the early weeks following its release. Graham was determined though, and began working with David Geffen
David Geffen
David Geffen is an American record executive, film producer, theatrical producer and philanthropist. Geffen is noted for creating Asylum Records in 1970, Geffen Records in 1980, and DGC Records in 1990...
to secure opening slots for the band with R.E.M.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
and Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...
. Their album was nominated for a 1991 Bammie Award, California's version of the Grammies.
In October 1991, however, shortly after their album release, Graham was killed in a helicopter crash while returning home from a Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis is an American musician, songwriter and occasional actor.Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs...
show. Remaining promoters at Bill Graham Presents were unable to properly promote the band and the album languished. Brezsny moved to Marin and Earth moved to San Francisco as the band's enthusiasm drifted to other projects. Excolere quit the band in 1992. Remaining members continued doing live performances as World Entertainment War in a variety of venues until the group disbanded in 1993
1993 in music
This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....
. Gould had begun singing with Jefferson Starship, after Paul Kantner
Paul Kantner
Paul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship.- Overview :...
heard her sing at a World Entertainment War Show and recruited her to replace Grace Slick
Grace Slick
Grace Slick is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s...
. Brezsny wanted to do more writing and they decided to split. During one of their final performances, on Jan. 8, 1993 at San Francisco's Digital Be-In
Digital Be-In
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, one of Brezsny's heroes, Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs. During a time when drugs like LSD and psilocybin were legal, Leary conducted experiments at Harvard University under the Harvard Psilocybin Project, resulting in the Concord Prison...
, joined them onstage and sang with the band.
Their third album, Give Too Much, contained some of the same recordings and two other tracks recorded at the same time. Some songs were re-recorded at Norm Kerner's Brilliant Studios in San Francisco, where George Earth's later band, Switchblade Symphony, would also record. The album was released later by Brezsny, after purchasing back the masters from Pearlman, who had secured half of the publishing rights to their songs under the MCA contract.
Post-breakup activities
Darby Gould would later join Paul KantnerPaul Kantner
Paul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship.- Overview :...
, Papa John Creach
Papa John Creach
Papa John Creach played for Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars , The Dinosaurs , and Steve Taylor...
, Jack Casady
Jack Casady
Jack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane. First playing as a lead guitarist with the Washington D.C...
, Prairie Prince
Prairie Prince
Prairie Prince is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey...
and others as lead female vocalist in a variety of lineups including Wooden Ships
Wooden Ships
"Wooden Ships" is a rock song written and composed by David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Paul Kantner in the late 1960s. The song was written and composed in Florida on Crosby's boat...
, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, and Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...
. Excolere would also appear and record as a vocalist with Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation. Jefferson Starship covered the World Entertainment War song "Dark Ages" on their album "Deep Space / Virgin Sky
Deep Space / Virgin Sky
-Expanded Track Listing :-Personnel:*Jack Casady – basses*Marty Balin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion*Paul Kantner – lead vocals, 12-string guitar*Prairie Prince – drums*Slick Aguilar – lead guitar*Tim Gorman – keyboards, vocals...
", and they also covered "In a Crisis", on their album Jefferson's Tree of Liberty
Jefferson's Tree of Liberty
Jefferson's Tree of Liberty is a 2008 studio album by Jefferson Starship, released on September 2, 2008. It is the tenth studio album recorded by the band under the Jefferson Starship name, the first studio album since 1999's Windows of Heaven and the first on a major label by the band since 1989...
with Gould contributing vocals to both.
George Earth had previously worked with Guess in the Santa Cruz bands, Heaven On and Circus Boy. He would later record and tour with Switchblade Symphony
Switchblade Symphony
Switchblade Symphony was a San Francisco, United States–based band which was formed in 1989 by composer Susan Wallace and vocalist Tina Root. They released their first album in 1995 on the Cleopatra Records label...
, still later touring with Angel Corpus Christi
Angel Corpus Christi
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and Stolen Babies
Stolen Babies
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, and he performed, composed, recorded, and produced numerous other artists before forming Los Angeles
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-based Small Halo in 2008. His most recent work has been focused on scoring music for films and television scripts.
Daniel Lewis had played bass with Brezsny in Tao Chemical. He went on to form Jivehounds with Guess and also composed, recorded and performed as a bassist for numerous other projects, including Pipa & the Shapeshifters, Tranceport
Tranceport
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, Delta 9
Delta 9
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, Andrew Robert Nelson and presently, Dreambeach, with cofounder & vocalist, Pipa Piñon, The Joint Chiefs, the Al James Band, and Solcircle.
Anthony Guess had played with George Earth in Heaven On and had been the original percussionist for Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group formed in Redlands, California in 1983.An eclectic band, Camper Van Beethoven mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk and alternative country, as well as various types of world music. Their aggressive musical pluralism created a...
. He went on to form Jivehounds with Daniel Lewis and then moved to Seattle, Washington to perform, compose, record, and tour with many other bands and performers, including Calm Down Juanita
Calm Down Juanita
Calm Down Juanita is a Seattle, Washington studio band writing partnership between vocalist Tyler Willman and drummer Kevin Guess, catalyzed and engineered by Steve Wilmans, that has featured several other notable players. Their sound is progressive psychedelic alternative rock...
, and Travis Morrissey & the Good Ship, before forming his current project, Seattle-based I Die Everyday, in 2010.
Rob Brezsny had previously sung in Kamikaze Angel Slander and, with Lewis, in Tao Chemical. He has gone on to publish several books and poetry, and his weekly horoscope column Free Will Astrology (formerly known as Real Astrology), has been published for more than 29 years and runs in 130 periodicals.
Reunion
In 2000, four of the bands members, Rob Brezsny, George Earth, Daniel Lewis, and Amy Escolere, reunited with two other musicians and played a few shows to celebrate Brezsny’s book tour for “The Televisionary Oracle”. Earth, Brezsny, and Escolere then joined to play at Burning Man 2001.World Entertainment War resurfaced again in late 2009; this time with the full 1993 lineup of Earth, Guess, Lewis, Escolere, Brezny, and Gould. They played a reunion show on Oct. 24, 2009, at 19 Broadway, a Marin County
Marin County, California
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venue in the town of Fairfax, California
Fairfax, California
Fairfax is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States. Fairfax is located west-northwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 115 feet...
, which Santa Cruz Good Times newspaper editor Greg Archer pre-announced as, "the most provocative comeback of the season",
Members
- Rob BrezsnyRob BrezsnyRob Brezsny is an American astrologer, writer, poet, and musician. His weekly horoscope column Free Will Astrology , has been published for more than 28 years, runs in 120 periodicals, and can be subscribed to for free via email.- Career :Brezsny is the first well-known horoscope columnist...
(lead vocals) - Darby GouldDarby GouldDarby Marie Gould is an American vocalist best known for her work with Jefferson Starship and World Entertainment War. Over the years she has developed a loyal following based on her passionate, soulful vocals and intense stage presence....
(lead vocals) - George EarthGeorge EarthGeorge Earth is an American musician, guitarist, songwriter, composer, music producer, comic book artist, and talk show host from Echo Park, California...
(guitar) - Anthony GuessKevtoneKevtone is an American musician, percussionist, and songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Performing live and in studio, his rhythm style may best be described as improvisational, melodic, progressive, and bluesy, over a wide variety of styles; reflecting influences from many genres of music.He is...
(drums) - Daniel LewisDaniel Vee Lewis (musician)Daniel Vee Lewis is an American musician and bass player, perhaps best known as the bassist for the Santa Cruz, California-based group World Entertainment War...
(bass) - Amy Excolere (keyboards)
Televisionary (1989)
Recorded at Sonic West Studios in San Jose, CA; contains eight songs; 1000 copies produced on vinyl, released in 1989 on Infomania Records in Santa Cruz.Tracklist
- Side 1
- Marlboro Man, Jr. 4:25
- Left Hand Fights the Right 4:09
- Dance Your Monster 4:05
- Purity Test, Part 1 1:40
- Televisionary 6:08
- Side 2
- K-Mart Tribal Ballet 4:42
- Cooked Intelligence 4:12
- I Dropped Out of Kindergarten 3:51
- Purity Test, Part 2 :44
- Triple Witching Hour 6:58
World Entertainment War (1991)
Recorded at Alpha Omega Studios, produced, engineered, and mixed by Mark Senesac, engineered by Ulrich WildUlrich Wild
Ulrich Wild is an American record producer, engineer and mixer specializing in the rock and metal genres. Born and raised in Switzerland, Ulrich is now a naturalized citizen living in Los Angeles...
, mastered by Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer of Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California. Marcussen is one of the most sought-after mastering engineers in the music industry and his expertise has been coveted by a wide range of artists over the years...
, and released in Germany on CD (MCD-10137) and album (MCAD10137), by Popular Metaphysics/MCA. Artwork: Cover concept by Richard Stutting & Rob Brezsny; art direction/design & collage by Richard Stutting; photography by Egon
Egon
Egon is a variant of the male given name Eugene. It is most commonly found in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden, and parts of the Netherlands and Belgium...
; colorization by Hugh Brown.
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- Relax 0:54
- Dark Ages 3:59
- Apathy And Ignorance 0:46
- Get Outta My Head 2:10
- Telepathics Anonymous 0:42
- Proud Americans 4:22
- We Have Ways 4:59
- Kick Your Own Ass 4:50
- Prayer 1:30
- Prayer Wars 4:00
- Snake Dance 4:32
- For Your Ears Only 0:26
- Break The Law 3:04
- Kick In 3:55
- Purity Test 0:33
- Pagan Jake's Dream Girl 3:30
- Televisionary 5:12
- Control Yourself 3:00
- In A Crisis 4:10
- Mediapocalypse 0:20
Give Too Much
Released by Brezsny; partially consisting of recordings from the MCA album including two unreleased tracks. The track order is different, and some of the songs have different titles. Some songs were re-recorded at Brilliant Studios in San Francisco.- Relax
- Dark Ages
- Apathy and Ignorance
- Pagan Jake's Dream Girl
- Telepathics Anonymous
- Marlboro Man Jr.
- Kick Your Own Ass
- We Have Ways
- Garbageland
- Yaya Gaga
- Prayer Wars
- For Your Ears Only
- Kick In
- Snake Dance
- Break the Law
- Televisionary
- Purity Test
- Get Outta My Head
- Furnace of Nuclear Love
- In a Crisis
- Control Yourself
- Mediapocalypse