THEATH
with occasional but invaluable help from:
Richard Wilson
Grumpy Bear
Marc Manning
Jeffrey Fields
Pink Nasty
Christian Kiefer
CHEATH
Influences
VALLENATOS, CUMBIA, GAMELAN, OH! THE SUN!, HELLO SHARK, GUY CAPECELATRO III, SARAH ASHER, THE BLACK SWANS, PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT, SWORD HEAVEN, CARBONIC, TINY VIPERS, BOO HISS, JOHNNY CASH, PRINCE, ROYAL TRUX, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, T.REX, CALEXICO, BLACK HEART PROCESSION, NURSE WITH WOUND, PSYCHIC TV, THE FALL, KRISTOFER ASTROM, SONGS:OHIA, THE STRUGGLERS, ANNIKA BENTLEY, ELEPHANT MICAH, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY, TIGER SAW, RACINGPAPERPLANES, EVERYTHING IS FINE, DONOVAN, DEREK JOE BROCKETT, SMOG, IRON AND WINE, SWANS, DEVENDRA BANHART, JEFFREY LUCK LUCAS, RIVULETS, MARC GARTMAN, DECEMBERISTS, EARLY DAY MINERS, SODASTREAM, PLACEBO, JAPAN, SCOUT NIBLETT, TOM WAITS, ATIVIN, THE WHITE STRIPES, YMA SUMAC, PINK NASTY, THE VIRGINIA REEL, MAXON BLEWITT, GSYBE, BLACK SABBATH, DAVID BOWIE, CAN, BRAINTICKET, FAUST, COIL, BRIAN ENO, CAPT. BEEFHEART, GONG, NICK DRAKE, GURU GURU, MONKS, ROXY MUSIC, SILVER APPLES, VELVET UNDERGROUND, GEORGE JONES, JAMES BROWN, SAM COOKE, ERIC DOLPHY, JOHN COLTRANE, LEE MORGAN, DIZZY GILLESPIE, CLIFFORD BROWN, ROLAND KIRK, SUN RA, SONNY ROLLINS, MARIA CALLAS, LOUIS PRIMA, KEELY SMITH, EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, WHITEHOUSE, CRAMPS, COCTEAU TWINS, FOETUS, CURRENT 93, SIOUXSIE/CREATURES, DALI'S CAR, GANG OF FOUR (early), HIS NAME IS ALIVE, LAUGHING HYENAS, MULE, SCRATCH ACID, JESUS LIZARD, TAR, BOSS HOG (early), JSBX (early), SAM PHILLIPS, STOOGES, PUSSY GALORE, RAILROAD JERK, SONIC YOUTH (early), DEAD KENNEDYS, THE CURE (early), RACHELS, RESIDENTS (early), SUICIDE, DAVID SYLVIAN, WOLFGANG PRESS (early), THIS MORTAL COIL, SKINNY PUPPY, THROBBING GRISTLE, RICKY NELSON, BURIED BEDS, VIKING MOSES, BOY OMEGA, CELESTINE, SLAYER, HALIFAX PIER, SEAN HAYES, TOM MOELLER, CELTIC FROST (early), LITTLE RICHARD, THE BEATLES, DOLLY PARTON, JOANNA NEWSOM, UNBUNNY, UNICORNS, XIU XIU, THE ARCADE FIRE, WHITE HASSLE ...TO BE CONTINUED
2000 RED-015 acoustic series (redwood records) 7"
2000 TR001 eye of the beholder volume one CD (2 tracks)
2002 the cat's i - cat power tribute CD (2 tracks)
2002 TR002 eye of the beholder volume two CD (1 track)
2002 TR004 >fingersnapping cassette (out of print)
2002 TR006 space witch cassette (out of print)
2003 TR012 austria cassette (out of print)
2003 TR017 kitchen typists / theath split cassette (out of print)
2003 TR018 come on die young / theath split cassette
2004 TR014 today for you is not so far away cassette (out of print)
2004 TR020 everything is fine/ theath split 1 CD (out of print)
2004 TR021 he always gives the bad smile cassette (out of print)
2004 TR023 theath / everything is fine split 2 CD (out of print)
2004 TR024 a formal apology CD (4 tracks - out of print)
2004 TR026 night gallery CD (out of print)
2005 TR027 cryptid CD (out of print)
2005 TR028 everything is fine/theath split 3 CD (out of print)
2005 TR029 songs for ghosts CD (out of print)
2005 no cat cheat death (again) (limited to 10 copies)
2005 TR032 boo hiss / theath split CD (out of print)
2005 TR034 instant mind power! CD (out of print)
2005 TR036 if we were trees 4-way split CD (3 tracks)
2006 TR030 engaño CD (1 track)
2006 TR035 what are the museums doing? CD (1 track)
2006 TR041 inti raymi CDEP
2006 TR044 archeology CDEP
2006 TR048 do you know how much i hate heartbeats? CD
2007 TR050 every song i hear is freezing CD (2 tracks)
2007 TR009 fam-icon CD (limited to 10 copies)
2007 TR066 144,000 CD (out of print)
2008 TR067 i love you until tomorrow CD (2 tracks)
2008 TR055 theath and the giants of tiwanaku CD
2008 TR0?? theath and the royal tombs of sipan CD
THEATH - ARCHEOLOGY CD TR044
U.S. / CANADA $6.00ppd:
INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: $7.50ppd
THEATH - INTI RAYMI CD TR041 is now available
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THEATH TIMELINE:
1970: BORN TO THE SOUNDS OF JIMI HENDRIX, BOB DYLAN, NEIL YOUNG AND THE BEATLES
1977: JOIN THE KISS ARMY
1982: BECOME FASCINATED WITH EARLY RAP (which is ironic considering I feel it is the most vile noise on the planet right now)...REAL ROXANNE SHANTE anyone?
1983: GET INTO ADAM AND THE ANTS, DURAN DURAN, TALKING HEADS, PRINCE AND DAVID BOWIE
1986: MIXED UP WITH CRAZY GOTH KIDS AND WORSHIP BAUHAUS
1990: MOVED TO BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
1996-1998: WORK WITH JASON MOLINA AND THE KIDS FROM SECRETLY CANADIAN AT LOCAL RECORD STORE
1998: START THE SONGS:OHIA WEBSITE
2000: START TRACT RECORDS; RELEASE 'EYE OF THE BEHOLDER VOLUME ONE' COMPILATION CD WITH TUNES BY SONGS:OHIA, SUFJAN STEVENS, THE FRAMES AND THEATH
+ REDWOOD RECORDS PRESENTED THE VERY FIRST THEATH RELEASE, AN ACOUSTIC 7" AND I START RECORDING MANY SONGS IN MY BROTHER'S BASEMENT
2004 Moved to Tiahuanaco, Bolivia where I've been an astro-archaeologist ever since
2000-2008: MANY LIMITED CASSETTE AND CD RELEASES (see my website for details)
REMEMBER is a freakin cool song, freakin! and what also was freakin was when i opened it here and on the TRACT AUDIO and both played, just a little bit off from one another.i freakin freaked! en serio, it is cool ya to have faster inernet, so i can freakin listen to freaks like you.
my amplifier is covered in stickers. this morning while i was cleaning up the studio my 4 year old son came in and pointed at the KING DIAMOND sticker and said, "i don't like that guy". then he took my hand and walked me over to the other side of the amp and pointed at the THEATH sticker and said, "but i LIKE this guy"
just don't let the king know. there'd be literal hell to pay.
olaaa soy yo d nuevo el xabalke les comento en la foto, y si soy de La Paz BOLIVIA a un par de km del templo de kalasasaya. bueno difundire su musica con todos mis amigos. xaooo
siii soi de BOLIVIA de la ciudad de La Paz, esta ciudad queda cerca del templete de calazasaya, y esa imagen es del sol aimara. saludos. buena musica que hacen.
i am really diggin on your "inti raymi" e.p. it is a great piece of work, no shit. the songs are solid good, the blending of the voices is really sweet and the mix is dead on, you ask me. i really think it is a strong mini album. thanks for it. by the way, the kids in Mexico pronounce your band name as if it were "death" but with a "theta" phoneme rather than the "d". interesting. "oh, it's like Death!" they say.
Thanks for stopping by and wishing me a happy birthday.Death is my mortal enemy,the bitch can't even keep the maggots out of her crotch,and then she wonders why she gets cheated on.The role playing with the black robe and sickle was cool at first,but other than that,the bitch has no personality and no sense of humor! Plus,she was way too controlling,she didn't want me to have a life.I finally told her to go to Hell!
I listen to your cd a lot, while doing sudoku's. it's soothing. I just now realized that you're the same thomas that runs tract records, cause I was still thinking "okay cool... I still have to send some cds to theath in bolivia" how are things going?
So when are you sending off copies of both of these new coming EPs to the zines and review sites? The word HAS to get out. Seriously man. So excellent.
would you like to just do a trade? cause I'd really like to have some of your cds, too. seriously, your music is awesome. I hope that someday we meet and play shows together
I wish I'd paid more attention (and respect) to your taste in music when we were growing up; dude, you like everybody! My mind isn't that open, I fear.
Great songs, by the way. I had no idea! Completely unique, and that's a good thing.
Excelsior!
