"peace, love and alienation" (our mantra from '82, still timely?)
Information
- Members:
- (L-R above: core franchise, est. 1981)
Xerox Feinberg, Trip Thompson, Doc Michaud
...also, at various times in the 80s:
Dollar Billy Brahm, Egg Al, Tony Serrato, Ringo Casiotone
1998 franchise: core franchise plus Bob Sargent
2003 franchise: core franchise plus Dollar Billy Brahm
2008 live franchise: Trip Thompson, Bobb Trimble, Ned Egg, Gary War
2008 studio franchise: Xerox Feinberg - Genre:
- Post-Punk, Garage Rock, Art Punk, Lo-Fi, Psych-Pop
- Hometown:
- Wormtown, MA
- Record Label:
- Anthology Recordings, Dramaphone USA
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2 of 4 albumsSee All
Prefabs Cartoon Show #1 - "Desperately Happy"Updated about a month ago
Wormtown 25th Anniversary Bash - May-03-2003Updated about 2 months ago
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The Prefab Messiahs
Great news for excavators of obscure lo-fi art-punk/garage-pop! Anthology Recordings, the highly regarded all-digital reissues label, has just uncovered and released the Prefabs' comprehensive 'Devolver' anthology for all to grok.
Other fine "obscure" artists who've been reissued by Anthology include The Monks, Simpl...y Saucer, R.Stevie Moore, The Red Crayola, Half Japanese, D.R. Hooker, Destroy All Monsters, Young Marble Giants, Fifty Foot Hose, Merrell Fankhauser, The Factory, Faine Jade, and Ya Ho Wha 13.
from the Anthology website:
"Recorded in Worcester, MA from '81 to '83, 'Devolver' by the Prefab Messiahs is a fantastic glimpse into a little known Northeastern scene of weirdo underground rock. Featuring regional personalities including production by Bobb Trimble, 'Devolver' manages to perfectly execute the difficult joining of punk, psych, and garage."Read More
Other fine "obscure" artists who've been reissued by Anthology include The Monks, Simpl...y Saucer, R.Stevie Moore, The Red Crayola, Half Japanese, D.R. Hooker, Destroy All Monsters, Young Marble Giants, Fifty Foot Hose, Merrell Fankhauser, The Factory, Faine Jade, and Ya Ho Wha 13.
from the Anthology website:
"Recorded in Worcester, MA from '81 to '83, 'Devolver' by the Prefab Messiahs is a fantastic glimpse into a little known Northeastern scene of weirdo underground rock. Featuring regional personalities including production by Bobb Trimble, 'Devolver' manages to perfectly execute the difficult joining of punk, psych, and garage."Read More
The Prefab Messiahs coming soon! The Prefab Messiahs on Anthology Recordings (incredible all-digital reissues label)
The Prefab Messiahs
stills from the 2nd-ever Prefabs music video, this one animated and produced by singer Xeth
watch the full 3-min. cartoon here on the Prefabs' FB page!
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?
The Prefab Messiahs An edited song-only edit of The Prefab Messiahs' "Desperately Happy" cartoon feature by Xeth Feinberg
The Prefab Messiahs
Animator Xeth Feinberg (Queer Duck, Bulbo, Papü) revisits the misadventures of his early-80s band The Prefab Messiahs. This 3+ minute cartoon/music-video is set in 1982, in a fictionalized "Wurmtown" (aka Wormtown aka Worcester MA). The 1960s Beatles cartoon series is an obvious touchstone.
Cameo appearances include th...ose by Bobb Trimble (at 1:00), Captain PJ (at the end), and Oscar the Squirrel (throughout). This will be the first in a series, we hope!
Visit:
Xeth's cartoon world - www.xeth.com
Prefabs' music page on Facebook -
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Prefab-Messia
Cameo appearances include th...ose by Bobb Trimble (at 1:00), Captain PJ (at the end), and Oscar the Squirrel (throughout). This will be the first in a series, we hope!
Visit:
Xeth's cartoon world - www.xeth.com
Prefabs' music page on Facebook -
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Prefab-Messia
The Prefab Messiahs
stills from the 2nd-ever Prefabs music video, this one animated and produced by singer Xeth
watch the full 3-min. cartoon here on the Prefabs' FB page!
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?
The Prefab Messiahs
the 2nd of 2 nights at the Bash... the anniversary date itself marks 30 years since the first publication of "Wormtown Punk Punk Press"; more info at:
http://wormtownpunk.blogspot.com/
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The Prefab Messiahs changed their Record Label.
The Prefab Messiahs changed their Members.
