Vomit Launch was an 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...

 band formed in Chico, California

Chico, California

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 in 1985 as "an excuse to drink beer". In 1992, the band called it quits and played their last show on December 11, 1992.

Larry Crane

Larry Crane

Larry Crane is an American editor, recording engineer and archivist based in Portland, Oregon. Crane is the editor and founder of Tape Op Magazine, the owner of Portland's Jackpot! Recording Studio, a freelance engineer, and the archivist for musician Elliott Smith.-Career:Tape Op was started in...

, who played bass for the band, now runs Tape Op

Tape Op

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magazine. Trish de Rowland lives in Chico, California with her writer/musician/model husband, Bob Howard. Steve Bragg also resides in Chico, where he runs the screen print/embroidery business 'Limey Tees'.

Band members

• Steve Bragg - drums
• Larry Crane - bass/guitar/vocals
• Patricia de Rowland - vocals
• Lindsey Thrasher - guitar/vocals

Albums and cassettes

• Fishbutt, 1985 (CS)
• Not Even Pretty EP, Rat Box Records, 1987 (LP)
• Not Even Pretty (Remix), Rat Box Records, 1987 (CS)
• Exiled Sandwich, Rat Box Records, 1988 (LP)
• Fuckerbarf, Rat Box Records, 1988 (CS)
• Exiled Sandwich, T42 Records, Germany, 1989 (LP)
• Mr. Spench, Rough Trade
  Rough Trade Records
  Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
  
  /Mad Rover, 1990 (CD/LP/CS)
• Dogeared, Teenbeat
  TeenBeat Records
  Teen Beat is an independent record label, originally based in Arlington, VA, now based in Cambridge, MA. It was founded by Mark Robinson in 1984 at Wakefield High School along with Phil Krauth , Andrew Beaujon , Tim Moran , and Ian Zack .The label was originally set up like a lending library...
  
  /Mad Rover, 1992 (CD/CS)
• Not Even Pretty +, Teenbeat, 1993 (CD)

Singles

• "Knock Yourself", 1987 (7")
• "Relapsation", Teenbeat Records, 1989 (7")
• "Of", Teenbeat Records, 1990 (7")
• "Boltcutters & Beer", Rough Trade/Mad Rover, 1991 (7")

Compilations and soundtracks

• "Swelling Admiration" (remix) on At Diane's Place, Penultimate Records, 1987 (LP)
• Three songs appears in My Degeneration, Jon Moritsugu
  Jon Moritsugu
  Jon Moritsugu is an American underground filmmaker.Jon Moritsugu started filmmaking in 1985 when he went to school at Brown University. His Thesis film "Der Elvis" was called by critic J...
  
   film, 1989 (film)
• "Life Sucks" on The Thing That Ate Floyd, Lookout! Records
  Lookout! Records
  -History:Larry Livermore and David Hayes formed the label in 1987. From the start, Lookout released punk rock records, but over time expanded its scope to include various types of pop rock, reggae fusion, acoustic rock, pop punk, and indie rock...
  
  , 1989 (LP)
• Various tracks on Don't Say Nein, Cuacha Records, Germany, 1990 (LP)
• "Exit Lines" off Exiled Sandwich appears in the movie The Wackness
  The Wackness
  The Wackness is a 2008 American coming of age drama film by Jonathan Levine and starring Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, and Olivia Thirlby. The film is distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and was released in the U.S. on July 3, 2008.-Plot:...
  
  , 2008 (film)

External links

• Teenbeat Records
• Tape-Op Magazine
• Official Site