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Quasi is an indie rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993, consisting of the ex-husband and wife team of Sam Coomes (vocals, guitar, roxichord, various keyboards) and Janet Weiss (vocals and drums). In 2007, bassist Joanna Bolme became an official member of the band; she had toured with Quasi in 2006.

In 1990, Coomes, Weiss, and Brad Pedinov formed the band Motorgoat. The band released two self-released cassettes and one 7” single before dissolving in 1993. Quasi started recording as a duo in 1993. They played with various additional musicians in early live appearances, but eventually settled on playing live as a duo as well. They self-recorded and self-released a cassette and a CD in 1993. They recorded R&B Transmogrification in the Portland band Pond’s basement recording studio and released it on Up Records in 1997. They released two more albums with Up: Featuring “Birds” in 1998 and Field Studies in 1999; both albums were recorded at Jackpot Studios in Portland, Oregon.

In 1998 and 1999 they toured the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Japan opening for and serving as the backup band for Elliott Smith (who Coomes had played with in Heatmiser) as well as touring on their own in the U.S. and Europe. In 2001 They home-recorded The Sword of God and released it on Touch & Go. Quasi had been somewhat political since its inception, but their opposition to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq showed through in a straight-forward way with the release of Hot Shit! in 2003, particularly in the songs “White Devil’s Dream” and “Master and Dog.

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1	Which Side Are You On, Colonel? full track	463
2	I Never Want to See You Again	59
3	The Poisoned Well	58
4	Our Happiness Is Guaranteed	51
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6	The Happy Prole	49
7	California	47
8	Beautiful Things	46
9	It's Hard to Turn Me On	43
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alitronic5000 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

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an_outlaw wrote:
last month

some alright songs here

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LucasHxC wrote:
July 2009

Beautiful Things ;)

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tenfortea wrote:
July 2009

Why is it that only three Quasi songs ever come up? Master and Dog, Lullaby pt. 2 and Which Side Are You On, Colonel? Riddle me that. I love Quasi, but those songs are starting to piss me off.

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singing_stars wrote:
July 2009

Nice.

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drangd wrote:
June 2009

quasi's my dogs name coincidentally.

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thatspud wrote:
May 2009

Y0UR3 AW350M3. ! :)

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Velourian wrote:
April 2009

Can't wait for them to start touring again.

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xspikex wrote:
April 2009

Their next album should be on Merge. Their song on the 20 Years of Merge compilation really makings me craving to hear more Quasi but their stuff seems kinda hard to find.Even online.

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LittleTriggers wrote:
March 2009

quasi....

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snflid wrote:
February 2009

quasi...

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Banshee_Beat wrote:
February 2009

I remember when Quasi toured with the Jix in 2004. Man, fun show. I wish they'd hurry up and tour the UK again, not seen them since 2006 :(

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joliealtshuler wrote:
February 2009

from the quasi website!!: "We are in early stages of work on new album. Into the studio this spring. Tours to follow, I'd guess."

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redlemon wrote:
January 2009

The only S-K stuff Janet sings lead on afaik is live stuff, and only then can I think of a verse in Turn It On. Any word on a UK tour? I googled a bit but I guess Janet is still touring with the Jicks so nothing anytime soon.

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xspikex wrote:
January 2009

Damn,i think i would be already into Quasi if Janet sang on more S-K songs,if there are any.I totally underestimated here in that.But it's cool to discover something S-K related and being a little late to the party.You just party harder to make up for the time you missed.Listened to "birds" all day long.It's just that i can't finde anything else.Also what song is that they were playing in that clip of the T&G Anniversary show?These type of dual vocals are so good.

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A-dissaffection wrote:
January 2009

id still go for Field studies! just got a copy of Trasnmorgification this weekend sent over from the states..i just never got around to it and now i have the set- whoooaahhhahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

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ChewyBoognish wrote:
January 2009

oh how i would love for them to play in houston. i must start getting word out that they are oh so rad. i started with featuring birds, i am not fully obssed and have all their albums.

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causearockslide wrote:
January 2009

damn, the show at the Knitting Factory was AMAZING

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vood00doll wrote:
December 2008

be nice and tour in England :(

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ridgraycr wrote:
December 2008

I need my Quasi fix now dammit

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