Gas Huffer

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Name = Gas Huffer


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Origin = Washington, USA
Genre = Garage rock, grunge
Years_active = 1989 – 2006
Label = Sub Pop, Empty Records, Epitaph Records, Estrus Records, Kill Rock Stars Records, Sympathy for the Record Industry
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Current_members = Tom Price - Guitar
Don Blackstone - Bass
Matt Wright - Vocals & Guitar
Joe Newton - Drums
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Gas Huffer was a band from Washington state that played a sort of rockabilly punk, with lyrics both formal and comical, with antic stage presence. They classified themselves loosely in the Garage punk genre. The band created comic books with each album (drawn by all four members of the band, including Joe Newton, now deputy art director for "Rolling Stone" magazine), that contain the lyrics to the songs. This was done for every album up to (and including) "Just Beautiful Music". They are contemporaries of many, much more famous, Pacific Northwest rock groups.

Gas Huffer played its final show - dubbed "The Last Huffer" - at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe on January 14, 2006. Opening the show were Girl Trouble from Tacoma, Washington, and Canned Hamm [http://cannedhamm.com/] from Vancouver, British Columbia. At the conclusion of Girl Trouble's set, K.P. Kendall called Gas Huffer's Tom Price (who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease) to the stage and presented to him a "Certificate of Achievement".

Prior to Gas Huffer, Tom Price played with The U-Men.

The term "huffer" often refers to a form of substance abuse known as huffing.

Discography

Full-Length

*"Janitors of Tomorrow" (1991) on Empty Records
*"Integrity, Technology & Service" (1992) on Empty Records
*"One Inch Masters" (1994) on Epitaph Records
*"The Inhuman Ordeal of Special Agent Gas Huffer" (1996) on Epitaph Records
*"Just Beautiful Music" (1998) on Epitaph Records
*"The Rest of Us" (2002) on Estrus Records
*"Lemonade for Vampires" (2005) on Estrus Records

EPs

*"Beer Drinkin' Cavemen from Mars" (1992) on Empty Records (European release only)
*"The Shrill Beeps of Shrimp" (1993) on Empty Records

ingles

*"Firebug" (1989) on Black Label Records
*"Ethyl" (1990) on Black Label Records
*"Mole" (1992) on Sympathy for the Record Industry
*"Washtucna Hoe-down" (1992) on Hayseed Records
*"Beer Drinking Cavemen from Mars/Hotcakes" (1992) on Sub Pop
*"Ooh Ooh Ooh!/Flaming Star" (1996) on Lance Rock Records
*"Rotten Egg/Old Summertime" (2000) on Au Go Go Records

plits

*"King of Hubcaps" (1991) split with Fastbacks
*"Knife Manual" (1992) split with Mudhoney ("You Stupid Asshole") on Empty Records (pressed on saw-shaped clear vinyl)
*"Bad Guy Reaction" (1992) Gearhead magazine split with Supercharger
*"Teach Me to Kill" (1994) split with Red Aunts

Compilations

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*"Runnin' On Fumes"
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*"Punk-O-Rama Vol. 3"
*"All Punk Rods!"
*"Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack"
*"Twisted Willie"
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*"Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1"
*"Dope, Guns 'N Fucking In The Streets Vols. 4-7"
*"Teriyaki Asthma Vols. 1-5"
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*"Empty Records Sampler"
*"Playin with my skin flute- The Joe Newton Solo Compilation"

External links

* [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002736170_gashuffer13.html "Enduring Seattle band Gas Huffer shuts off the pump and floors it"] - Jan 13th 2006
* [http://www.kuow.org/thebeat.asp?Archive=02-03 Interview on KUOW] February 3, 2006. 28 minute interview, with some music samples from "Lemonade for Vampires".