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Tarpit

Thunderous Mammonth Stomp!

About Me

Ex-members of Inspite (Jim), Kerum (Clint, John, & Jim), Minnesota Fats (Jim & John), Jersey Longhairs (Mike) and current members of Deceiver (Clint & John/formerly known as Shit Dogs of War) and Skip Dynamite (Mike)
Discography
1.) Practice Demo 1 Jim- vocals, Clint- guitar, Brittany- bass, John- drums (songs: Choke On It, Scrabble, Sandscape, Walking With Prehistoric Beasts) self-released
2.) Practice Demo 2 Jim- vocals, Clint- guitar, Mike- bass, *Brittany- bass, John- drums (songs: Choke On It, Smoke-a-saurus Rex, Cemetery, *Sandscape, *Scrabble, Tricratops, Mesozoic Lung Crusher, Walking With Prehistoric Beasts) self-released
3.) Live From the Cup CD-R Jim- vocals, Clint- guitar, Mike- bass, John- drums (songs: Cemetery, Sandscape, Smoke-a-saurus Rex, Scrabble, Triceratops, Choke On It, Mesozoic Lung Crusher, Walking With Prehistoric Beasts) Death Agony & Screams cassettes and vinyl
4.) Self-Titled 6 song ep CD Jim- vocals, Clint- guitar, Mike- bass, John- drums (songs: Walking With Prehistoric Beasts, 'N Feather, Choke On It, Triceratops, Smoke-a-saurus Rex, Mesozoic Lung Crusher) Death Agony & Screams cassettes and vinyl/Bluetrane Productions
5.) Trace Fossils: Limited Edition Tour Only CD Jim- vocals, Clint- guitar, Mike- bass, John- drums (songs: Another Day, Velociraptor, Andrewsarchus, Cemetery, Loch Ness) LIMITED TO 50 COPIES
6.) "Tremulous Ear Terror" cassette comp. w/ Blood Stained Cross, Baby Bird, Sick Fix, Build Your Weapons, Dissystema, Violation, Deceiver, Tarpit, CTTF, Merkit, xBrainiax, Pyramid Scheme, Man the Conveyors, and more that came with issue 4 Tremolo photo zine (song: 'N Feathered (same version from the six song ep)
7.) There Is Nothing After Extinction (Full length CD) Jim- vocals, Clint- guitar, Mike- bass, John- drums (songs: Velociraptor, Compsognathus, Another Day, Cemetery, Loch Ness, Motivation, Andrewsarchus, Basilosaurus)
COMING SOON
"Blue Collar Blood" comp CD on Static Migration Records (song: Walking With Prehistoric Beasts)
Oppressive Sound System Releases' online comp (song: Andrewsarchus)
Some merch we have:
Drop us a note if you want anything. We don't really do trades at the time being.
There Is Nothing After Extinction CD $8 ppd
Tarpixies shirt. Two-sided design $10 in person/$12 ppd via mail in the USA
Thunderous Mammoth Sludge shirts $8 in person/$10 ppd via mail in the USA
We only currently only have size medium in this design
SORRY! We no longer have Smoke-a-saurus Shirts. They have gone extinct.
Six Song ep CDs $5 ppd

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/25/2005
Band Members: Jim - Throat
Clint - Axe
Mike - Mud
John - Battery
Influences: Dinosaurs, Prehistoric creatures, Son House, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, The Blues, Sabbath, Grief, Corrupted, 13, Noothgrush, Iron Monkey, Pixies, Hayden, hip hop, La Brea, our crippling depression...
Sounds Like: Like a diplodocus trying to hang itself.
Record Label: Death, Agony, & Screams
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

*NEWS* (6/5/08)

(6/5/08)   Here are a few reviews our CD, "There is Nothing After Extinction."  Thanks to both Ray and Jay for the kind words...   TARPIT  "There Is Nothing After Extinction" CD '08 (...
Posted by Tarpit on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 06:48:00 PST

There Is Nothing After Extinction CD ... OUT NOW!!!

Tarpit  "There Is Nothing After Extinction" 54 minutes of misanthropic prehistoric sludge from Baltimore.  Cover art by Mid. $8ppd US/$10 ppd World We accept cash or paypal (although if you want...
Posted by Tarpit on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:59:00 PST

Lyrics (Updated 4/16/08)

NEW SONGS   CARCHARODON MEGALODON It filters through me in an instinctive lustfulness That overloads my realm of senses into frenzy I can't smell it, but I have that gut feeling And I go where i...
Posted by Tarpit on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:57:00 PST

Past shows

1. 5/27/05 @ Bachman/Dave's old Apartment w/ SANS, Smokestack, Acrobtics Macorocosm (Set list: Walking With Prehistoric Beasts, Sandscape, Scrabble, Choke On It) 1 1/4. 6/2/05 @ The Side Bar...
Posted by Tarpit on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 05:12:00 PST