- Trollin Withdrawal
Trollin Withdrawal were a band from
Boston, Massachusetts that existed between 1990 and 1995, whose musical style had its roots inhip hop music and was sometimes referred to aschimp rock .The band was lead by singer/songwriter Non-Robot #27 (a.k.a. "The Homeless Valet") on vocals,
guitar s andpercussion , andcartoonist /producerRon Regé Jr. (a.k.a. "The Discombobulated Ventriloquist") on backing vocals, drums and miscellaneous instruments. Morgan F.P. Andrews (who released most of the band's material through hisanticapitalist Chimp/Order of Higher Primates non-label) occasionally playedbanjo , guitar and percussion, and Andy "Bunny" Bernick played drums for the band's live set.Trollin Withdrawal's hard-to-find recordings are typically characterized by Non-Robot #27's rapid-fire, seemingly stream-of-consciousness lyrics mumbled, whispered, sung and/or shouted over some kind of
guitar . Ron Regé overdubbed percussion, messed with the speed during mix-down and contributed a great number oflo-fi instrumental tracks. The band saw the release of fourextended play records, one 40-minuteaudio cassette , and appeared on a few compilations. A full-length LP and CD of Trollin Withdrawal's final sessions was sequenced, but never released. All of Trollin Withdrawal's members were either in or appear on recordings by theSwirlies .Discography
*"Drumzena Drumpet Vol. 1" 10-song EP (1993, Chimp)
*"Drumzena Drumpet Vol. 2" 7-song EP (1994, Chimp)
*"Shit Power!" 16-trackcassestte (1994, Chimp)
*"Magazine Apocalypso" 8-song EP (1995 in music, 1995 , Chimp)
*"Emil Eye" 4-song EP (1996, Erroneous Records)
*"Live at WHRB" web download (2005, Richmond County Archives)ee also
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Ron Regé Jr.
*Swirlies
*Chimp rock External links
* [http://www.rcarchives.com/trollin.htm History and pictorial discography]
* [http://www.geocities.com/ronregejr/ Ron Regé]* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=swirlies Trouser Press article]
* [http://www.rcarchives.com/trollin/trollin_wingnutvol2_1995.pdf Interview]
* [http://www.rcarchives.com/sound.htm Downloads]
* [http://www.stefangruber.com/mysteries_exist/ Video]
*MySpace|trollinwithdrawal|Trollin Withdrawal
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