History
The band was formed by
guitarist Drew St. Ivany and
bassist
Ben Armstrong after the dissolution of
Laddio Bolocko. Beginning with solo acoustic recordings by St. Ivany, they soon booked a European tour with a very short time to find a drummer. Finding Tatsuya Nakatani, the band had less than a week to practice before setting out for multiple shows in
France and
Italy. From this tour came the CD
Live 2002: The Franco-Italian Tour
, featuring recordings at locations throughout the tour, as well as a Super 8 video shot by New York filmmaker
Aran Tharp. Nakatani left the band soon thereafter, but a new drummer was found in
Sabers drummer Jeff Conaway. The band went into the studio this time to record 2005's
Gamelan Into the Mink Supernatural
, released by
No Quarter Records. In the spring of 2007, they toured the USA with
Trans Am and
Zombi.
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The Psychic Paramount have a raw, loud and harshly distorted sound to their music, often compared to the likes of
Acid Mothers Temple,
Lightning Bolt,
Boredoms and
High Rise.
Discography
- Origins and Primitives Vol. 1
CD, Bewilderment and Illumination Records
- Live 2002: The Franco-Italian Tour
CD, Bewilderment and Illumination Records/Public Guilt Records
- Gamelan Into the Mink Supernatural
CD, No Quarter Records (2005)
- Origins and Primitives Vol. 1 & 2
2XCD/LP, No Quarter Records (2006)
References
- Trans Am tour diary