Creeper Lagoon

Creeper Lagoon
Origin	San Fransisco, California, United States
Genres	Rock Indie
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Dreamworks, Arena Rock, Neglektra
Website	www.creeperlagoon.com
Members
Sharky Laguna Rachel Lastimosa Miles Tuffli
Past members
Ian Sefchick Dan Carr Dave Kostiner Geoffrey Chisholm Patrick Magnan Bush Brengleman Steve Borgerding Alex Laipenicks Fraser McGill Graham Bonnar Jason Bassler

Creeper Lagoon is a San Francisco indie rock band originally started by Sharky Laguana as a solo project in 1991. They are currently on Sharky's digital record label, Neglektra.

History

Sharky Laguana and Ian Sefchick both played in a punk band called the Rottweilers in their high school days in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1990, Laguana moved out to San Francisco with his four-track and started Creeper Lagoon as a solo project. He rejoined forces with Sefchick some years later, after the latter followed him out West and did a brief stint with the Brian Jonestown Massacre. In time, they recruited bassist Geoffrey Chisholm and drummer Patrick Mangan (later replaced by David Kostiner). The quartet released its self-titled five-song debut EP in 1997 on Oakland rap label Dogday. Four of those songs reappeared (albeit in a different, rather more polished form) on the band's '98 full-length debut, I Become Small and Go, released on the Dust Brothers vanity label, Nickelbag, and featuring the production of Dust Brother John King on a few tracks. The success of that record earned the group a place in the DreamWorks juggernaut, where they recorded their second album, Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday, in 2001. The remainder of the band aside from Sharky Laguana departed. Sharky has carried on the band with various members, releasing another EP and album.

Band members

1991-1995 Sharky Lagoon (with occasional assistance from Bush Aubrey Brengleman)
1995-1996 Sharky Laguna, Steve Borgerding (ex-Meices), Graham Bonnar (ex-Swervedriver), Fraser McGill
1996-1997 Sharky Laguna, Steve Borgerding, Alex Laipenicks (ex-MTX), Fraser McGill
1997-1998 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Bush Brengleman, Patrick Magnan
1998-1999 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Geoffrey Chisholm, Patrick Magnan
1999-2000 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Geoffrey Chisholm, Dave Kostiner
2000-2001 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Dan Carr, Dave Kostiner
2001-2002 Sharky Laguna (with assistance from Walt Szalva)
2002-2005 Sharky Laguna, Rachel Lastimosa, Jason Bassler, Miles Tuffli
2005–present Sharky Laguna, Rachel Lastimosa, Miles Tuffli

Discography

Creeper Lagoon (cassette, Slabco Enterprises)
Shasta Complex (cassette, Shrimper 1994)
Death Sentence (cassette, Cactus Rum Recordings 1995)
Creeper Lagoon vs The Dead C (7" LP, Ratfish Records)
Creeper Lagoon EP (Dogday Records 1997)
I Become Small and Go (NickelBag 1998, Dreamworks 2000)
Wonderful Love single (Nickelbag Records 1998)
Dear Deadly single (Nickelbag 1998)
Dear Deadly single (Shifty Disco 1998)
Fountain single (Subpop 7", 1998)
Watering Ghost Garden EP (SpinArt Records 2000)
Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday (Dreamworks 2001)
Wrecking Ball single (Dreamworks 2001)
Insound Tour Support (Insound 2001)
Remember the Future EP (Arena Rock Recording Co. 2002)
Long Dry Cold (Neglektra 2006)

External links

• Creeper Lagoon Official Website
• Neglektra Record Label
• Arena Rock Recording Co.