Burn Swim Burn – Shut Up
I thought I’d do a similar thing that I did with I Wish I Had a Raygun with the CD Burn Swim Burn that my college band, Swim Herschel Swim, released in 1994. I’ll be posting each track and share a...
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This track was part of the all-night tracking session I talked about here. Rod’s vocals were recorded at 5 in the morning and the tired quality to his voice is kind of cool. At that time, none of the...
View ArticleBurn Swim Burn – General
This and about a dozen other tracks on the CD were recorded at the same studio that we did I Wish I Had a Raygun, with Lou the guitarist doing the engineering and Merkley taking primary producing....
View ArticleBurn Swim Burn – Clueless, etc.
Here are three tracks that we released on I Wish I Had a Raygun that we redid for the CD. These were all recorded at the same studio, but we’d beefed up our sound considerably and we pushed the...
View ArticleBurn Swim Burn – Bob
HI! Remember last spring and summer when I started sharing and remastering tracks from Swim Herschel Swim? And then we had our second baby? And then we launched a new section of dooce.com? And then...
View ArticleBurn Swim Burn: Scourge
This song is a straight up Merkley joint. He brought this in fully written and the rest of us just added a few touches here and there. Merkley bought a sampler and began to bring in songs he did fully...
View ArticleSwim Herschel Swim: Montero
Let’s celebrate healthcare reform passing with one of my all-time favorite Swim Herschel Swim songs, Montero. This song features music written by me and the bass player, Kent. Words by Rod. I remember...
View ArticleSwim Herschel Swim: Lord Stinky
So it’s been what, a year since the last track was posted? I’m taking better meds now. This track, “Lord Stinky”, was a subject of some debate as we finally heard the lyrics in the studio. There was an...
View ArticleSwim Herschel Swim – Happy, Underwater
Musically, this song was all me. I wrote it in my Provo apartment and the original version, the one we played live, was far more skanky/ska than this recorded version. The tracking sessions for this...
View ArticleSwim Herschel Swim – Billion
Of all the songs we did, this one was the most “metal” Fishbone from the early 90s sound they had going. I believe this song was composed by Merkley to push us away from a more pure form of ska and...
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