Lower Forty-Eight

Formed in 2000 in San Francisco by Andrew Lund (vocals, guitar) and Phil Becker (drums) with the hopes of pushing music in new directions.  Ian Swanke joined on bass shortly thereafter and the ep “Gentle Tyranny” was released.  Local shows continued into 2002 and “Halfback” was recorded with Myles Boisen in Oakland, CA.  Ian left the group to pursue a collegiate degree in music and Grady Mutzel joined on bass in 2003. “Skin Failure” (2004) was the first of two releases on Monotreme Records.  A tour of UK and Europe followed in Sept 2004. In May 2005 LFE recorded “Apertures” with a final tour of UK and Holland in April 2006. Photo by ShannonCorr.com

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Wrack

Wrack is the solo project of San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalist Tyler Cox (drums, THE MASS; guitar/vocals, MAUSOLEA).

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Spackle

In 1992, Andrew Lund (guitar, vocals) and Ian Swanke (guitar) hatched a scheme to start a band in San Francisco, play shows, record albums and take music to its logical extreme. By January 1993, along with Scot Callis (drums) and Colyn Wohlmut (bass), they were doing just that. In 1994 William Dyer had joined on bass and the first “self-titled” album was recorded and released by Timmi-Kat records. By the release date of the first album, the group had already embarked on a new musical direction with the beautiful ep “Bow Down To American Superiority”, recorded in early 1995. The second album, “The Flux Capacitor”, was recorded in 1995 and early 1996 and further enhanced this dramatic musical shift in the group. No longer were the songs indie rock missives; the music and the lyrical content took new directions with harmony, theme and counterpoint, drawing from 20th century classical composers. Scot was replaced on drums in late 1996 by Matt Ashleigh and the final album “Way Beyond Fucked” was written and recorded.  This last record pulled together all of the Spackle hallmarks into a cohesive ep. Photo by Shahin Ayari

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Lo Han

The solo project of Andrew Lund, in action for nearly 20 years. All drums, guitars, bass guitars, piano, cello and vocals written and recorded by Lund, except where noted on albums.  Lo Han was most active in the mid to late 90s producing two albums, “Purpose Unknown” and “II”.

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Sons Of Oswald

Just a little ol’ metal band from Oakland, CA consisting of members from Lower Forty-Eight, Greenlight The Bombers and Omissa. Shannon Corr (drums) and Andrew Lund (guitar) started playing together in June 2006. Ron Cruz joined on bass later that year and Kenny Moore on vocals.  SoO played a few dozen local shows and released one album in 2008, “Ascending Mt. Brolympus”. Photo by Pinball Mafia

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The Weather Band

The solo project of David Rosenheim. So far Dave has produced his self-titled album and we expect more in the future.  There’s a voice, sometimes two voices, and sometimes there’s one voice pretending to be two. There’s a songwriter, and some songs. Excellent songs. On a good day - or maybe on a bad day - these are songs that sound like he wrote them for me. (You’ll probably disagree. You’ll probably think he wrote them for you. Maybe you’re right.)

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The Rail Gun Ensemble

This exploratory project was founded by Andrew Lund, Ian Swanke and Gavin Foster. The music is all improvised, blending rock, punk, progressive and metal into an explosive maelstrom of sound texture. Foster is always on the drums. Swanke and Lund toggle between bass and guitar depending on the mood and the moment.  Starting in November 1998, Rail Gun has recorded and released nine albums, with “10” finally released in January 2010.  “10” is their first album in 8 years, improvised in one 2 hour session on a chilly day in December 2009, and it carries on the Rail Gun traditions with updates in sound and maturity. Albums 1-6 are only available via special order from KOS.  “7”, “8”, “9”, and “10” are available from all digital outlets.  Rail Gun has also been joined by other musicians including Tiber Scheer, Allan Moon, Mike Drake and Greg Burns.

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Guilt Trip City

The original art-rock supergroup consisting of Steve Folta (guitar, vocals), Ian Swanke (guitar, vocals), Tiber Scheer (bass) and Andrew Lund (drums). GTC’s heyday was 1997-8 with one brilliant album, “Unisphere-B”

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