Trollin Withdrawal were a band from Boston, Massachusetts that existed between 1992 and 1995, whose lo-fi musical style had its roots in indie rock

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...

, classic rock

Classic rock

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 and hip hop music

Hip hop music

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. Their sound was sometimes referred to as chimp rock

Chimp rock

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Trollin Withdrawal was characterized by vocalist Non-Robot #27's rapid-fire, seemingly stream-of-consciousness lyrics usually accompanied by some kind of guitar

Guitar

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. Cartoonist

Cartoonist

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 Ron Regé was the principal percussionist and recorded much of the original audio. As well as designing the group's record sleeves, Rege was the architect of the "variable pitch" sound characteristic of many Trollin Withdrawal recordings. Morgan Andrews and Andy Bernick were later enlisted on "The Cedar Square Sessions", a handful of live shows and live radio broadcasts on WHRB

WHRB

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 and WMFO

WMFO

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. The WMFO broadcast was engineered by Tim Leanse; it represented (and documented) the end of the band. Four extended play

Extended play

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 records, one 40-minute audio cassette and a few compilation tracks have been attributed to Trollin Withdrawal, although none are recognized by Non-Robot #27.

All of Trollin Withdrawal's members were either in or appear on recordings by the Swirlies

Swirlies

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Discography

• Drumzena Drumpet Vol. 1 10-song EP (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....
  
  , Chimp)
• Drumzena Drumpet Vol. 2 7-song EP (1994
  1994 in music
  This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....
  
  , Chimp)
• Shit Power! 16-track cassette
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   (1994, Chimp)
• Magazine Apocalypso 8-song EP (1995 in music, 1995, Chimp)
• Emil Eye 4-song EP (1996
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  This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
  
  , Erroneous Records)
• Live at WHRB former web download (2005
  2005 in music
  -Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
  
  , Richmond County Archives)