davis80smusic, UC Davis, Davis California, California, rock, music, Alternate Learning, the Loud Family, Scott Miller, Gil Ray, Shelley LaFreniere, Suzi Ziegler, Gui Gassuan, Donnette Thayer, Fred Juhos, Dave Gill, Nancy Becker, Michael Irwin, Mitch Easter, Michael Quercio, Joe Becker, Photo Robert, Robert Toren, San Francisco, Sacramento, California, Blaze of Glory, Pointed Accounts of People You Know, Distortion, Real Nighttime, Big Shot Chronicles, Lolita Nation, 2 Steps From the Middle Ages, Tinkers to Evers to Chance, Samurai Recording Studio, rats, computer languages, art, art rock, creativity, True West, the Twinkeys, Donnie Jupiter, Don Marquez, Thin White Rope, Lazy Boys, Kevin Staydohar, Steve Wynn, Russ Tolman, Sean O'Brien, Guy Kyser, the Suspects, the Meantime, KDVS, college radio, design, art, creativity, words, Lez-Y Boys
Music
Game Theory, Alternate Learning, Lobster Quadrille, The Loud Family, True West, Thin White Rope, The Suspects, The Twinkeys, Russ Tolman, Steve Wynn, Aimee Mann, Iggy Pop, Alex Chilton, The Boxtops, The Hollies, The Shondells, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, The Beatles, Guy Kyser,
Movies
2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, anything Kubrick
Television
Star Trek, Twilight Zone
Books
Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake
Heroes
Alex Chilton, James Joyce, TS Eliot, Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, The Doors, Chuck Berry, Brian Eno
Game Theory's Details
Status:
Single
Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn
Game Theory's Schools
North Allegheny Ihs
Pittsburgh,PA
Graduated: 1971
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
1969 to 1972
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About me: I was Scott Miller's rock band from ~1982-1990 (between Alternate Learning and The Loud Family). My records were produced by Scott, one EP with Michael Quercio (Three O'Clock), and four LPs with Mitch Easter (Let's Active/early REM producer).
I had ~13 members over the years. The San Francisco 5-member line-up (Scott, Shelley LaFreniere/keyboards, Gil Ray/drums, Donnette Thayer/guitar, Gui Gassuan/bass) is remembered by most fans as the quintessential Game Theory: they recorded Lolita Nation and 2-Steps From The Middle Ages. The previous 4-member line-up (Miller, LaFreniere, Ray, Ziegler) recorded The Big Shot Chronicles. Earlier Davis lineups (Miller, Becker, Juhos, Gill/Irwin) recorded 2 EPs (Pointed Accounts of People You Know & Distortion) and 2 LPS (Blaze of Glory & Real Nighttime). From 1989-1990, the Scott, Gil, Michael Quercio and Jozef Becker Game Theory line-up toured the West Coast, performing and recording demos of songs that were later recorded by The Loud Family.
This is an unofficial fan site created by Game Theory photographer 'Photo' Robert Toren, partially to flesh out the history of the 1980s Davis, California music subculture (davis80smusic.com & myspace/davis80smusic) and partially because a band as good as Game Theory deserves its own damn page.
Who I'd like to meet: Live audio Metal and Glass Exact 1983
STEVE WYNN & the MIRACLE 3 perform MEDICINE SHOW 25th Anniversary of the seminal Dream Syndicate album “Medicine Show”. New York and Los Angeles shows only!
SAT. JUNE 27 - NEW YORK @ The Bell House (Park Slope, Brooklyn) Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 @ 9:30 Paramount Styles (feat. Scott McCloud of Girls Against Boys) @ 8:30 Doug Gillard (of Guided by Voices and Death of Samantha) @ 7:30 http://www.thebellhouseny.com
SAT. JULY 9 - LOS ANGELES @ The Echo (Echo Park) Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 @ 9:30pm The Urinals @ 8:30pm http://www.attheecho.com
I remember discovering Game Theory when I saw them play at Stevenson College at UC Santa Cruz....yikes! that was about 20 years ago I think! They blew me away....I've been hooked ever since...
Thank you. Game Theory were the most underrated band of the 1980's. RE-ISSUE CAMPAIGN!!! C'mon Rhino, somebody, do it! Scott Miller is a genius and everyone should know!
I once went to a Monks of Doom show, sporting my GT t-shirt. During the set, Victor's bass string popped and had to take the time out to change it. Jonathan Segel spots my t from the stage and we have a 5 minute conversation in front of everyone just how great Game Theory is.
Tolman Comes Alive On KDVS: A Two Hour Retrospective covering 80s Davis Music, True West, and more. Archived at: http://www.kdvs.org/shows/view/show_id/61
everyone should listen to Game Theory, one of the most creative and inventive band of all times...timeless...dare I say even the drum sound? :-) Love you guys! Remi
Thanks for adding us! Love Game Theory - especially Two Steps from the Middle Ages and Lolita Nation - although Big Shot Chronicles has some really great moments.
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