Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums.
History
Guitarist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang had met at the Dalton School in New York City in 1981, but began playing together during their time as students at Harvard University. Wareham and Krukowski had formed a series of punk-influenced student bands, before Wareham returned to New York. When he returned in 1987 he and Krukowski formed a new band, with Yang joining the group on bass guitar, the new group deciding on the name Galaxie 500, after a friend's car, a Ford Galaxie 500. In their early years, Krukowski didn't own a drum kit, so he borrowed one from his Harvard classmate Conan O'Brien, who'd bought a kit but had recently given up playing it. This drum kit can be heard on many of Galaxie 500's early recordings.
The band began playing gigs in Boston and New York, and recorded a demo which they sent to Shimmy Disc label boss and producer Mark Kramer, who agreed to produce the band. With Kramer at the controls, the band recorded the "Tugboat" single in February 1988, and the "Oblivious" flexi-disc, and moved on to record their debut album, Today, which was released on the small Aurora label. The band toured the United Kingdom in late 1988 and in 1989, they signed to Rough Trade, and released their second album, On Fire, which has been described as "lo-fi psychedelia reminiscent of Jonathan Richman being backed by The Velvet Underground", and is considered the band's defining moment.On Fire reached number 7 in the UK Indie Chart, and met with much critical acclaim in the United Kingdom, but was less well received by the US music press, who cited Wareham's 'vocal limitations' as a weakness.
Galaxie (band)
Galaxie is a francophone indie garage rock band formed in 2002 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formerly known as Galaxie 500, they should not be confused with the American alternative rock band Galaxie 500.
History
Under their original name, the band released two albums, Galaxie 500 (2002) and Le Temps au point mort (2006), on the C4 Records label.
Following the release of Le Temps au Point Mort, Galaxie 500 was nominated for the Group of the Year award in the 10th annual MIMI (Montreal International Music Initiative) awards.
The lineup that recorded Galaxie 500 consisted of Olivier Langevin (guitar and vocals), Pierre Girard (guitar), Fred Fortin (guitar and vocals), Simon Gauthier (bass), and Michel Dufour (drums).
Several changes in personnel occurred between the recording of the two albums. For Le Temps au point mort, Langevin was joined by returning members Girard (guitar) and Fortin (drums), and by Vincent Peake (bass) of Groovy Aardvark (1986–2005) and Frank Lafontaine (keyboards) of Karkwa.
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ALBUMS
- Tigre et diesel released: 2011
- Le Temps Au Point Mort released: 2006
- Galaxie 500 released:
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ALBUMS
- This Is Our Music / Copenhagen released: 2010
- Today / Uncollected released: 2010
- On Fire / Peel Sessions released: 2010
- Today released: 2009
- Peel Sessions released: 2005
- Uncollected released: 2004
- The Portable Galaxie 500 released: 1998
- Melt Away: Selections From the Galaxie 500 Box Set released: 1997
- Copenhagen released: 1997
- On Fire released: 1997
- Galaxie 500 released: 1996
- Selected Galaxie 500 released: 1996
- 1991-03-21: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA released: 1991
- This Is Our Music released: 1990
- Demo Tape released: 1987
- 1989-09-26: ICA, London, UK released:
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Oblivious
by: Galaxie 500Came to the door but she wouldn't see me
So I turned away to leave
She leaned out the window and said, "Where you goin'?"
Now I have no time to grieve
And as I pushed my foot to the pedal
I was driving much too fast
The rain comin' down and I couldn't see much
Now I have no time to grieve
And now you're right all the time
And I'm just oblivious
I'd rather stay in bed with you
Till it's time to get a drink
Came to the door but she wouldn't see me
So I turned away to leave
She leaned out the window and said, "Where you goin'?"
Now I have no time to grieve
And now you're right all the time
And I'm just oblivious
I'd rather stay in bed with you
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