The Nightcreelers with Dave Joyce, 1994

There was a brief period in 1994 where Dave Joyce played bass in The Nightcreelers, due to Tony Brown's high school schedule conflicting with practice, shows, etc. This lineup lasted long enough to record a few songs, though I guess at the rate we were recording back then, that doesn't really mean much. These photos were taken at Dave's parent's house, where we had temporarily relocated to rehearse. These photos are credited to Amy Hill, 4-18-94, "Anything Goes".

Bear/Nightcreelers timeline

Apparently, I noted everything Bear was doing at the time. Where we played, when we recorded, and who was playing bass, etc. I didn't know this existed until I was going through ye olde ish lyric notebook I had packed away in the archives. I had forgotten Nathan Mercer played bass with us for 1 show. Wow.

The Nightcreelers 4 track (1994)

Recorded sometime around 1994 (I think) on a 4-track in Brian C's living room, this was a brief period of The Nightcreelers without a bass player. I am not sure if this was after Tony B in between Dave J, or after Dave and in between Tony returning. Regardless, it is Joel L in Drums and Brian C on guitar and bass. "Holly Portal" was Brian's knock on the Jolly Mortals, but sounding nothing like them. "Firebell" was obviously an homage to the firebell I had mounted on my bass drum, though there is no firebell anywhere in the track."Let It Ride" was one of the first songs ever we ever wrote as Ladybug, then Bear, and then passed on to The Nightcreelers. You can hear Amy singing backup on the last chorus. "Telescope Man" was our attempt at writing a trashy surf rocker. Apparently we were listening to a lot of surf music and trash rock at the time and Brian must have just recently got the tremelo/pan pedal as it's everywhere on these recordings.

Let It Ride

Holly Portal

Telescope Man

Firebell