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The Flashing Astonishers

1995-2003

About Me


see the "top 8" in our friends list for other related musical endeavours by gregg yeti, etc... check out www.substandard.com or order the albums via Mordam or most major marketers. Amazon & Ebay seem to always have them, as do most big stores when last checked.
The Flashing Astonishers created a cloudy-sounding, beautiful racket that didn’t necessarily fit under any genre you aspire to cast upon them. Their protocol of avoiding any genre-clique or fashionable scene made them unique. The noise they made is a hybrid of many various influences, starting with indie rock steeped in tradition & affection, plus some post-rock and shoegazer material, mixing with punk, lo-fi & spacerock.
2002’s visceral album “On Involuntary Bliss” (on Substandard - New Red Archives Records out of San Francisco) was their best achievement. The disc was stocked with some fresh yet vague pop songs for lovers’ scorned, and layers of grinding & soothing guitars. "To be on the same label that launched Samiam is perfect," Yeti said at the time. Previously, the band put out 2 albums that zine-land critics seemed to like a bit, 1998’s “Everything Is Gonna Stop”, and 2000’s “The Star Off Machine,” both on Yeti’s label Koala Records. Most of their recorded output occured with Doug White at Watchmen Studios in Lockport, NY just minutes from Niagara Falls.
They played numerous shows with bands a bit more familiar to wider audiences, including the likes of Guided By Voices, Saves The Day, Swirlies, H2O, Nada Surf, Radio 4, Cropduster, Longwave, Electric Frankenstein, Whippersnapper, Selby Tigers, Ultimate Fakebook, & more. MyGen Profile Generator

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Music:

Member Since: 10/29/2005
Band Members: dan musclow - guitar & voice
gregg yeti - guitar, bass
chuck gwynn - bass
bob kane - drums
-----see also: dan conrad, greg pier, jay fabbri, josh loomis, dave kane, adam, fred cousineau, sean trinkhaus...
Influences: poverty & disease
Sounds Like: in no particular order: sonic youth, r.e.m., my bloody valentine, slowdive, pavement, gbv, catherine wheel, swervedriver, nightblooms, swirlies, mandate of heaven
Record Label: koala syndicate, substandard, new red archives
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

interview .11

this one is from the zine called jersey beat & is with kenyata sullivan of wefest & pandora's lunchbox fame - he is now in the majestic 12 & they rule.    Gregg Yeti is a megalom...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:33:00 PST

interview .10

this one is from a website called big indie or something like that, i forget...   > 1. Where and when was On Involuntary Bliss Recorded? We did it in 2000 at Watchmen Studios in Lockport NY, whic...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:29:00 PST

interview .9

this interview originally appeared in the colorado zine "the new scheme" The Flashing AstonishersInterviewed by Nate Perry (of Chicago real-rock quartet Mil Mulliganos) N: There are a lot of bands and...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:25:00 PST

interview .8

this was originally printed in the U.K. zine "A Cheery Wave For Stranded Youngsters"   1. The band-member introduction bit: Who are you, what do you do (musically/non-musically) and what are you ...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:23:00 PST

interview .7

Flashing Astonishers Interview by Rob Coye   This interview is with all four members of Syracuse NY indie rock band The Flashing Astonishers, and was conducted by Rob Coye, who is guitarist of th...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 07:10:00 PST

interview .6

another one by michael haight   MH: What are your early music influences? Gregg: When I was a kid, well, up till high school, I was quite open to anything, any genre. Looking back I think I neve...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 06:56:00 PST

interview .5

This one is by Michael Haight, who used to do a Syracuse based music website...   Q. So whats new, fellas?   D. Whats new G.  A few songs. C. Yeah, a couple of new songs. G. Actually ...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 06:54:00 PST

interview .4

This one is by the Holy Reverend Shoebox of the infamous Worm Quartet. THE FLASHING ASTONISHERS INTERVIEW   Shoebox333: Let we begin? TheRealGreggYeti: yes Shoebox333: Q: Hi, The Flashing Aston...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 06:51:00 PST

interview .3

This one was by this cool chica named Joanne who used to have a website where she posted pictures of random people's asses that she ran into at shows... Flashing Astonishers Interview by Joanne Droptr...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 06:48:00 PST

old interview .2

This one was by Seth from the great band Dufus, again it wasn't ever published I don't think...   Q: Do you have any special and confusing religious or non religious views?   Gregg: My relig...
Posted by The Flashing Astonishers on Wed, 10 May 2006 06:44:00 PST