The Cubby Creatures
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The Cubby Creatures are the musical arm of The Cubby, a San Francisco-based art collective devoted to doing the work of the Cubby, their higher power, which they say inspires them to create art, live art, and admire art for the sake of spiritual and thereby social revolution. One of their mottos is "Revolution through inspired living."
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[edit] Biography
The Cubby Creatures were born out of San Francisco's Mission District in 1997, becoming the musical arm of an art group called the Cubby. Jol and Brian formed the group with Emily on violin, Karl on clarinet, and Matt on drums. Matt left the group and was replaced by Jason. Bill was asked to play the lead role in the Cubby Creatures' 1998 rock opera, The World of Tina, and soon after was asked to join the group on keyboards. After Jol left the group in 2001, Bill moved to guitar. Karl left in 2002.
The recorded output of the Cubby Creatures has mutated with the changes in the band. A Very Cubby Christmas (1997) is an audio collage. The Blessed Invention (2000) was the first full-length album. It caught the attention of San Francisco's Rodent Records, and the Cubby Creatures were asked to join the roster of Rodent bands. The EP, Who Remembers Kathy Barra? (2001), released on CD and 10-inch vinyl, was the band's first with Rodent Records. Three Sides of Cubby(2002) came out on 7-inch vinyl and contained the Cubby Creatures' version of Nick Drake's "Fly". Meanwhile, Rodent Records moved to a larger space, but it took years to rebuild their recording studio. The band's full-length After the Deprogramming was recorded and engineered at the new Rodent facility and released by Rodent Records in 2005.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Jesus Christ, You’re Crazy (2008)
- After the Deprogramming (2005)
- Blessed Invention (2000)
[edit] EPs
- Who Remembers Kathy Barra? (2001)
- Make Your Own Song (2001 and ongoing online)
- A Very Cubby Christmas (1997)
[edit] Singles
- Three Sides of Cubby (2002)
[edit] Compilations
- Decade of Drugs: A Rodent Records Compilation (2006)
- Embryo 4: Homemade Music by Bay Area Musicians (2006)
- the embryo compilation:03 adventures in homemade music (2001)
- embryo.2 adventures in home made music (1999)
- Satanic Embryo 4-track Adventure (1997)
