Game Theory (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Game Theory


Background = group_or_band
Origin = Davis, California
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Years_active = 1981–1989
Label = Enigma
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Past_members = Scott Miller
Shelley LaFreniere
Gil Ray
Donnette Thayer
Guillaume Gassuan

Game Theory was an American rock band from 1981 to 1989. The group's lead singer, Scott Miller, went on to front the band The Loud Family. Game Theory is best known for its double LP "Lolita Nation". It and "Two Steps from the Middle Ages" were listed among the top 25 albums of all time by Joe S. Harrington. [http://www.blastitude.com/14/pg4.htm] The band favored hyper-literary references, a la Jean-Luc Godard, including the evident tip-of-the-hat to Vladimir Nabokov. The CD version of "Lolita Nation" has become a collector's item, fetching upwards of $75US in online auctions and elsewhere.

The band had been given positive reviews in rock magazines, and had enjoyed much airplay on college radio. However, many factors got in the way of greater success. Soon after the release of their 1989 album, "Two Steps From the Middle Ages", their record label, Enigma Records, went out of business. In addition, there were conflicts within the group as their guitarist and vocalist Donnette Thayer left the group to form Hex with Steve Kilbey of The Church. Finally, drummer Gil Ray sustained an injury, causing him to bow out part way through their promotional tour.

The band lineup as of "Two Steps from the Middle Ages" consisted of:

* Scott Miller (lead vocal, guitars)
*Shelley LaFreniere (keyboards)
*Gil Ray (drums)
*Donnette Thayer (backing vocal, guitars)
*Guillaume Gassuan (bass)

Discography

Albums

*"Blaze of Glory" (1981)
*"Pointed Accounts of People You Know" (1983)
*"Distortion" (1984)
*"Dead Center" (1984)
*"Real Nighttime" (1985)
*"Big Shot Chronicles" (1986)
*"Lolita Nation" (1987)
*"Two Steps from the Middle Ages" (1988)
*"Tinker to Evers to Chance" (1989) compilation
*"Distortion of Glory" (1993) remix

External links

* [http://www.loudfamily.com/game.html Game Theory: The Band]
* [http://www.loudfamily.com/gtdiscog.html Game Theory Discography]
* [http://www.gassuan.com/Music/Game%20Theory/The%20Band/the%20band.htm Game Theory Members]
* [http://www.gassuan.com/Music/Game%20Theory/The%20Characters/characters.htm Game Theory Characters]
* [http://www.angrylambie.com/game%20theory.htm Game Theory Photographs]
* [http://www.davis80smusic.com College music scene GameTheory grew out of]