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Phoenix, United States (1981 – 2007)
Sun City Girls was a melting pot of free rock, demented surf, ragas, Arabic folk songs, free-form freakouts, gamelan percussion and dada poetry, among various others. A fiercely independent trio, their only credo seemed to be to continually stretch boundaries whilst leaning towards performance art in their live shows. This process led to a dizzying array of vinyl, cassette and CD releases stretching over 20 years.
Formed in Phoenix, AZ, Sun City Girls first performed under the name in 1981, and after morphing into the short-lived Paris 1942 (with former Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker), the group emerged as a trio with brothers Alan Bishop and Sir Richard Bishop and percussionist Charles Gocher in 1982. They released their first album, Sun City Girls, in 1984 on placebo Records, going on to release nearly 30 official albums and countless limited-edition vinyl, cassette, and CD-R projects, making their discography almost impossible to completely document.
Throughout their history, Sun City Girls remained a challenging, unpredictable and eclectic musical unit, operating outside the commercially driven mainstream recording industry and eventually becoming something of a beacon to independent musicians and artists everywhere. Relocating to Seattle in the early ’90s, Sun City Girls established their own label, Abduction Records, as well as an archival imprint, Sublime Frequencies.
Formed in Phoenix, AZ, Sun City Girls first performed under the name in 1981, and after morphing into the short-lived Paris 1942 (with former Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker), the group emerged as a trio with brothers Alan Bishop and Sir Richard Bishop and percussionist Charles Gocher in 1982. They released their first album, Sun City Girls, in 1984 on placebo Records, going on to release nearly 30 official albums and countless limited-edition vinyl, cassette, and CD-R projects, making their discography almost impossible to completely document.
Throughout their history, Sun City Girls remained a challenging, unpredictable and eclectic musical unit, operating outside the commercially driven mainstream recording industry and eventually becoming something of a beacon to independent musicians and artists everywhere. Relocating to Seattle in the early ’90s, Sun City Girls established their own label, Abduction Records, as well as an archival imprint, Sublime Frequencies.
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LaxATivvz wrote:
i call them sun shitty girls yet they're my favourite band aint that ironic [2]
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ride_her wrote:
i call them sun shitty girls yet they're my favourite band aint that ironic
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FreddyGump wrote:
Interesnig...
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ride_her wrote:
have you got an aquarium is it STOCKED?!
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SssSpchMpdmnts wrote:
Hell ooooOOoooOoOooOO?
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oaquard wrote:
Grotto of Miracles and Horse Cock Phephner are fun too.
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restinagony wrote:
Box of Chameliens takes the cake, thanks guys.
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eSpinoza88 wrote:
monsters
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Aevitasm wrote:
and Torch of the Mystics after that
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Aevitasm wrote:
330,003 Crossdressers is the bestest album so start there
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cjkisaragi wrote:
Box Of Chameleons.
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gregoryoftours wrote:
the shining path what an epic song.
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Monty__ wrote:
The first album or Torch of the Mystics probably.
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LaxATivvz wrote:
330,003 crossdressers.
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koolkeef wrote:
their first album (self titled)
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restinagony wrote:
Good album to start with?
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bravodiegobra wrote:
i'm listening the sun shitty girls
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plothead31 wrote:
GOOD
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HumbleGold wrote:
damn i'm from phoenix and never heard of them till now. wow.
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LaxATivvz wrote:
http://www.techgnosis.com/index_scg.html read this shit
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