JOHN VANDERSLICE

'John Vanderslice' (born May 22, 1967 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American musician, formerly of mk Ultra but now performing with his own band.
After mk Ultra broke up in 1999, Vanderslice began building a solo career. In 2000, he gained national media attention over his single "Bill Gates Must Die" after concocting an elaborate hoax in which Microsoft supposedly threatened legal action over trademark violations (the disc had a similar etching to a Windows installation disc).
Subsequent albums, Time Travel is Lonely, Life and Death of an American Fourtracker, Cellar Door, Pixel Revolt and Emerald City have gained critical acclaim for their melodic quality and sophisticated narrative lyrical content. Vanderslice has spent much of the last few years on tour across North America, Europe, and Japan.
Vanderslice also founded a recording studio in 1997 called Tiny Telephone[1]. Located in the Mission District of San Francisco, Tiny Telephone has carved out a niche as the last all-analog recording studio in the Bay Area, and has a policy of setting recording rates under market prices. Bands who have used Vanderslice's studio include Beulah, Death Cab for Cutie, Okkervil River and Spoon.
Vanderslice is a proponent of using analog instruments and recording equipment to produce a richer, more raw sound which he has sometimes called "dirty hi-fi". He has collaborated closely with Scott Solter in the production of his recent albums, with Pixel Revolt being notably shaped by Solter.
Vanderslice was a contributing producer on the Spoon album, Gimme Fiction, and has collaborated and toured with The Mountain Goats. He is strongly influenced by film and is a fan of David Lynch, whose work is referenced in his song "Promising Actress". His declared musical influences are diverse, ranging from Neutral Milk Hotel to Public Enemy. He has incorporated the poetry of William Blake and Robert Lowell into his music.
In addition, Vanderslice is an avid photography hobbyist.
Several songs on the album Pixel Revolt referenced the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent global political situation. This is also true of Vanderslice's most recent album, Emerald City.

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Discography

External links

Discography

★ ''Mass Suicide Occult Figurines'' (2000)

★ ''Time Travel Is Lonely'' (2001)

★ ''Life and Death of an American Fourtracker'' (2002)

★ ''Cellar Door'' (2004)

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★ '' (2004)

★ ''Pixel Revolt'' (2005)

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★ '' (2006)

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★ ''Scott Solter Remixes Pixel Revolt in Analog'' (2007) [2]

★ ''Emerald City'' (2007)

External links

★ JohnVanderslice.com

★ TinyTelephone.com

★ All Songs Considered Episode 55 (24 February 2004)

★ ''San Francisco Chronicle'' article (26 January 2005)

★ Audio interview on public radio program The Sound of Young America

★ "Make It Beautiful and Trash It", ''PopMatters'' interview (10/2005)

★ "John Vanderslice: Interview",
★ Sixeyes - August 2005

★ Mobile Man Boston, hosting live recordings of Boston area performances

★ John Vanderslice collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

★ "The Merlin Show 004 John Vanderslice Interview" The Merlin Show with Merlin Mann - February 2007

★ "John Vanderslice: Interview PART ONE",
★ Sixeyes - August 2007

★ "John Vanderslice: Interview PART TWO",
★ Sixeyes - August 2007

★ Short story review of ''Emerald City'' at The Wheel's Still In Spin