Creeper Lagoon
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Creeper Lagoon is a San Francisco indie rock
band originally started by Sharky Laguana as a solo project in 1991. They are currently on Sharky's digital record label, Neglektra.
vanity label, Nickelbag, and featuring the production of Dust Brother John King on a few tracks. The success of that record earned the group a place in the DreamWorks juggernaut, where they recorded their second album, Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday, in 2001. The remainder of the band aside from Sharky Laguana departed. Sharky has carried on the band with various members, releasing another EP and album.
1995-1996 Sharky Laguna, Steve Borgerding (ex-Meices), Graham Bonnar (ex-Swervedriver
), Fraser McGill
1996-1997 Sharky Laguna, Steve Borgerding, Alex Laipenicks (ex-MTX), Fraser McGill
1997-1998 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Bush Brengleman, Patrick Magnan
1998-1999 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Geoffrey Chisholm, Patrick Magnan
1999-2000 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Geoffrey Chisholm, Dave Kostiner
2000-2001 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Dan Carr, Dave Kostiner
2001-2002 Sharky Laguna (with assistance from Walt Szalva)
2002-2005 Sharky Laguna, Rachel Lastimosa, Jason Bassler, Miles Tuffli
2005–present Sharky Laguna, Rachel Lastimosa, Miles Tuffli
Shasta Complex (cassette, Shrimper 1994)
Death Sentence (cassette, Cactus Rum Recordings 1995)
Creeper Lagoon vs The Dead C (7" LP, Ratfish Records)
Creeper Lagoon EP (Dogday Records 1997)
I Become Small and Go (NickelBag 1998, Dreamworks
2000)
Wonderful Love single (Nickelbag Records 1998)
Dear Deadly single (Nickelbag 1998)
Dear Deadly single (Shifty Disco 1998)
Fountain single (Subpop 7", 1998)
Watering Ghost Garden EP (SpinArt Records
2000)
Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday
(Dreamworks
2001)
Wrecking Ball single (Dreamworks
2001)
Insound Tour Support (Insound
2001)
Remember the Future EP (Arena Rock Recording Co.
2002)
Long Dry Cold (Neglektra 2006)
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band originally started by Sharky Laguana as a solo project in 1991. They are currently on Sharky's digital record label, Neglektra.
History
Sharky Laguana and Ian Sefchick both played in a punk band called the Rottweilers in their high school days in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1990, Laguana moved out to San Francisco with his four-track and started Creeper Lagoon as a solo project. He rejoined forces with Sefchick some years later, after the latter followed him out West and did a brief stint with the Brian Jonestown Massacre. In time, they recruited bassist Geoffrey Chisholm and drummer Patrick Mangan (later replaced by David Kostiner). The quartet released its self-titled five-song debut EP in 1997 on Oakland rap label Dogday. Four of those songs reappeared (albeit in a different, rather more polished form) on the band's '98 full-length debut, I Become Small and Go, released on the Dust BrothersDust Brothers
The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, E.Z. Mike and King Gizmo , famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, Odelay by Beck, and the soundtrack to...
vanity label, Nickelbag, and featuring the production of Dust Brother John King on a few tracks. The success of that record earned the group a place in the DreamWorks juggernaut, where they recorded their second album, Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday, in 2001. The remainder of the band aside from Sharky Laguana departed. Sharky has carried on the band with various members, releasing another EP and album.
Band members
1991-1995 Sharky Lagoon (with occasional assistance from Bush Aubrey Brengleman)1995-1996 Sharky Laguna, Steve Borgerding (ex-Meices), Graham Bonnar (ex-Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band went on hiatus in 1998 before reforming in 2008 for a world tour, which included a performance at the high-profile Coachella Festival...
), Fraser McGill
1996-1997 Sharky Laguna, Steve Borgerding, Alex Laipenicks (ex-MTX), Fraser McGill
1997-1998 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Bush Brengleman, Patrick Magnan
1998-1999 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Geoffrey Chisholm, Patrick Magnan
1999-2000 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Geoffrey Chisholm, Dave Kostiner
2000-2001 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Dan Carr, Dave Kostiner
2001-2002 Sharky Laguna (with assistance from Walt Szalva)
2002-2005 Sharky Laguna, Rachel Lastimosa, Jason Bassler, Miles Tuffli
2005–present Sharky Laguna, Rachel Lastimosa, Miles Tuffli
Discography
Creeper Lagoon (cassette, Slabco Enterprises)Shasta Complex (cassette, Shrimper 1994)
Death Sentence (cassette, Cactus Rum Recordings 1995)
Creeper Lagoon vs The Dead C (7" LP, Ratfish Records)
Creeper Lagoon EP (Dogday Records 1997)
I Become Small and Go (NickelBag 1998, Dreamworks
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
2000)
Wonderful Love single (Nickelbag Records 1998)
Dear Deadly single (Nickelbag 1998)
Dear Deadly single (Shifty Disco 1998)
Fountain single (Subpop 7", 1998)
Watering Ghost Garden EP (SpinArt Records
SpinART Records
spinART Records is a now-defunct New York City-based independent record label that released recordings by artists such as The Apples in Stereo, Clem Snide, Frank Black and Michael Penn....
2000)
Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday
Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday
Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday is a studio album by Creeper Lagoon. The song "Wrecking Ball" was featured in the film Vanilla Sky...
(Dreamworks
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
2001)
Wrecking Ball single (Dreamworks
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
2001)
Insound Tour Support (Insound
Insound
Insound is an online CD, vinyl, digital, and music related merchandise retailer that focuses primarily on the sale of indie rock and music from other similar genres. The company is located in Greenpoint in Brooklyn, New York.- History :...
2001)
Remember the Future EP (Arena Rock Recording Co.
Arena Rock Recording Co.
The Arena Rock Recording Company is an independent record label based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Albums are distributed by Redeye in the United States and Koch in Canada.-History:...
2002)
Long Dry Cold (Neglektra 2006)