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Dustdevils

The Dustdevils (sometimes styled as DustDevils, Dust Devils, or DUSTdevils) were a noise rock band which was based in New York City for most of its history. It was active from the 1980s to the mid 1990s, and was among the first artists to be signed to Matador Records. Its members included bassist Mark Ibold, who later joined Pavement and Sonic Youth in 1992 and 2006, respectively. Ibold met the band while working at a restaurant in the East Village and performed on their album Struggling Electric and Chemical. Sasha Frere-Jones also played guitar in the group for a time.

The band's history first dates back to 1984, when British expat Michael Duane, the band's guitarist, met Jaqi Dulany (also known as Jaqui Delaney and Jacqui Cohen), the band's Australian-born vocalist, in New York City. The band then relocated to Leeds from 1986 to 1988, during which time they released several records on Rouska and Keith Gregory of the Wedding Present joined the band as their bassist. They released a Kramer-produced 7" entitled "Is Big Leggy" on TeenBeat Records in 1989, followed by Geek Drip later that year and Struggling Electric and Chemical in 1990. The Wharton Tiers-produced Struggling was released jointly by TeenBeat and Matador, and opened with a cover of "Hip Priest" by The Fall, which was described by Greg Kot as "a mind-blowing masterpiece of corrosion and decay." Jaqi and Michael split in 1993, which left Michael to look for replacement vocalists. Also that year, Gerard Cosloy stopped playing with the band as their stand-in bassist.

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Peel seemed to have discovered the group via the Rouska label in 1987 when he started playing tracks from their debut album, 'Rhenyards Grin'. Further material from the group were played by Peel, but surprisingly didn't seem to play their cover of Hip Priest by the Fall, a band that he was very fond of.

Shows Played[]

1987
Oyster_Catcher

Oyster Catcher

1988
  • 15 March 1988: Ordinary Madness (LP - Gutter Light) Rouska
  • 22 March 1988: Whim Of Iron (album - Gutter Light) Rouska
  • 04 April 1988: Oyster Catcher (LP - Gutter Light) Rouska
  • 26 April 1988: Oyster Catcher (LP - Gutter Light) Rouska (Peel mistakenly calls the track Oyster Devils)
  • 09 May 1988: The Freeze Whistle (LP - Gutter Light) Rouska
1989
1991
  • 03 February 1991: Feet Head High (album - Struggling Electric And Chemical) Matador/Teenbeat
  • 16 February 1991 (BFBS): 'Feet Head High (LP-Struggling Electric And Chemical)' (Matador)
  • 23 February 1991: Throw The Bottlefull (album - Struggling Electric And Chemical) Teen Beat 48
  • 28 July 1991: Throw The Bottle Full (v/a album - New York Eye And Ear Control) Matador
  • 04 August 1991: 'Throw The Bottle Full (Compilation LP-New York Eye And Ear Control)' (Matador)

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