Today’s gift(s) are courtesy of the band Table.
“Who the fuck is Table,” you ask?
Well…
From the band’s unofficial MySpace page:
“Looking for information via Google for a band with a name like ‘Table’ is tough. Plugging in some additional descriptive words in your search like ‘band’, ‘noise’ or ‘CD’ only brings up a Wikipedia entry for ‘Math Rock’ that references Table as one of the key Midwestern math rock bands of the ’90s, alongside their peers Bastro, Cheer-Accident, Shellac, and Breadwinner. Practically no other information about Table can be found anywhere on the web. As alluded to above, Table were an early 90’s noise rock band from Chicago, IL. Personally, I don’t think of Table as much of a ‘math rock’ band in the same way that I think of bands like Breadwinner, Don Caballero and others as ‘mathy’… I always thought Table was a band that might fit well on a noise rock label like Amphetamine Reptile (if they were only a little noisier) or maybe even Touch & Go. But, alas… They only ever released two 7″s before they disbanded. They’re most definitely a band that broke up too soon, as I’m sure they would have gone on to be quite popular if they hadn’t have disbanded so quickly. When I heard the first Shellac single immediately upon it’s release in late ’93, I couldn’t help but compare it to Table, which might not be such a coincidence as the earliest recorded Table songs were recorded by Steve Albini in the Albini basement studio in ’92. The strongest of Table songs might be their 2nd 7”, ‘Spindrift’ b/w ‘Vacuum’, which was released on Homestead Records in mid-1993. A CD posthumous compilation of all of the recorded Table material (8 songs) was released in 1995 on Humble Records, a California label run by the guys that did Bobby Is Fred fanzine. When the CD came out, I was already trading ‘zines/records with Bobby, so I had him send me one right away after anticipating it’s release for months previous. Good luck finding the CD or the original 7″ singles… check the used bin at your local record shop!”
From the Electrical Audio forum:
“Vito Greco, singer/guitarist, is currently not in a band. He’s got gray hair and a real job now…probably no time for music. Tim Stevens, drummer/lyricist, is now the drummer for Ancient Greeks. Warren Fischer, the bass player/sometimes singer, he’s one-half of the world famous “electro” group Fischerspooner. He makes all of their music on his computer and he plays it on a CD player at their live shows. He could very well be a millionaire at this point. He’s the reason why Table broke up. Warren had a little heroin problem, so eventually Table found themselves without a bass player. They looked for a new one, but Warren (and his assortment of pedals) was pretty unique, so no one really worked out. They eventually found another bass player who was alright, so they re-named themselves ‘Virginia,’ and started sounding like a watered-down version of Table with Eddie Vedder on vocals. Table put out two 7″s. The first one was the ‘Gag Box’ b/w ‘Unwind’ single, recorded by Steve Albini, and released on the band’s own label, Spangled. The second was the ‘Spindrift’ b/w ‘Vacuum’ single, recorded by Brad Wood, and released on Homestead Records. All four songs from those singles are available on an LP/CD which as you guessed, is out of print. It was released on a label called Humble. They had some other songs that were not included on the CD (which was released after they broke up), because they were kind of quality control freaks, and were always second-guessing their songs). One of these songs, ‘M.E.G.O.’ was performed during a live in-studio performance on WNUR, on Saturday, May 23rd, 1992. The show was recorded off the radio, and has lots of radio noise, but it’s totally listenable. There was another fantastic instrumental called ‘Blindside’. Also, they at one point had a fourth member of the band who was their singer. Table recorded a handful of songs with him, two of which were never re-recorded after they became a three-piece. They were called ‘Mrs. Oleary,’ and ‘Sisyphus.'”
Table
Table
Mediafire download link
01) Vacuum
02) Ditch Recall
03) Gag Box
04) Dead Bird
05) Unwind
06) Spindrift
07) Feasting Time
08) Ignition
Table
WNUR Radio: May 23rd, 1992
Mediafire download link
01) Dead Bird
02) M.E.G.O.
03) Feasting Time
04) Ignition
05) Gag Box
