YOUR QUESTION:

08/24/2024 12:18:58Brian

1. i'm a drummer so theres something i cant help but wonder. Sorry to bring up Dead Goon, but do you remember in the studio who played the multiple auxiliary percussion instruments on that song? I know Winant wasnt on that record, but i Love the percussion!! Maybe its Danny playing All the overdubbed percussion instruments, some you? some Zorn?... but theres an Excellent mix of bongos, shaker, maybe claves? Probably my favorite song on the album. Such an impressive composition, where i dont quite know who to credit for throwing all that together but i know its partly Danny...Brilliant

2. I also love horns. Any details about Luke Miller are almost nonexistent. I think he did a great job on the really hip/jazzy horn parts of the Goddamnit tape, but obviously Bar is a much better player. ( I know that Luke is trumpet and Bar is sax/keys etc though.) Trey said Luke was "a flake" and i dont know if he quit to go to college in Seattle...I also dont know if Luke was much of an inspiration to the band... Can you elaborate a little on the end of 1988, when the band dropped Luke and Hans and added Danny and Bar?

MY ANSWER:

1.Definitely Heifetz and Bär.

2. I remember Luke being pretty great, but yeah, he went off to college and we lost touch. In the meantime we had no drummer but were soliciting Heifetz. Essentially the stars aligned when we met the multi-instrumentalist Bär whilst our singer was off gallivanting with some SF indie rock band. Trey & I pooled our sources and reignited things just in time to put together what would become OU818.