Game Theory

I was Scott Miller's rock band from ~1982-1990 (between Alternate Learning and The Loud Family). My records were produced by Scott, one EP with Michael Quercio (Three O'Clock), and four LPs with Mitch Easter (Let's Active/early REM producer). I had ~13 members over the years. The San Francisco 5-member line-up (Scott, Shelley LaFreniere/keyboards, Gil Ray/drums, Donnette Thayer/guitar, Gui Gassuan/bass) is remembered by most fans as the quintessential Game Theory: they recorded Lolita Nation and 2-Steps From The Middle Ages. The previous 4-member line-up (Miller, LaFreniere, Ray, Ziegler) recorded The Big Shot Chronicles. Earlier Davis lineups (Miller, Becker, Juhos, Gill/Irwin) recorded 2 EPs (Pointed Accounts of People You Know & Distortion) and 2 LPS (Blaze of Glory & Real Nighttime). From 1989-1990, the Scott, Gil, Michael Quercio and Jozef Becker Game Theory line-up toured the West Coast, performing and recording demos of songs that were later recorded by The Loud Family. This is an unofficial fan site created by Game Theory photographer 'Photo' Robert Toren, partially to flesh out the history of the 1980s Davis, California music subculture (davis80smusic.com & myspace/davis80smusic) and partially because a band as good as Game Theory deserves its own damn page.