Quasi (phonetics 'kwa - zee') is an American indie rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by former spouses Sam Coomes (vocals, guitar, rocksichord, various keyboards, bass) and Janet Weiss (vocals and drums). Joanna Bolme performed and recorded with the group as a bassist from 2007 to 2011.
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Links to Peel[]
At the end of August 1999, the BBC Radio One “Peel Night” special to mark Peel’s 60th birthday included a special session cover version of ‘I Only Have Eyes” for you by Quasi. Introducing the track, Jo Whiley suggested that Peel first heard the original by the Flamingos when he was living in Dallas in the early 1960s.
Including the one-off track, Quasi recorded four sessions for Peel across the turn of the century, although he apparently thought the last one in 2001 was their first for his show, until corrected by a listener. The DJ explained the memory lapse by claiming he only had enough brain cells left to remember his “name, rank and serial number.”
Both Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss also toured and recorded separately with other bands played by Peel, including Sleater-Kinney, Heatmiser and Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks.[1] [2]
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
Quasi - I Only Have Eyes For You (Peel Session)
Four sessions. No known commercial release.
1. Recorded 1998-12-08. First broadcast 05 January 1999.
- Smile / The Poisoned Well / Do You Love Me Now? / Under A Cloud
2. Recorded outside studio (date unknown). First broadcast 31 August 1999 (Peel Night 60th birthday special)
- I Only Have Eyes For You
3. Recorded 1999-09-12. First broadcast 16 November 1999 (John is enthusiastic about the fact that Quasi are planning to form a Stackwaddy tribute band.) Repeated 24 February 2000 (a member of session band Quasi is currently cycling around South America. “If he’s lucky he’ll go to Machu Picchu. Never been there. One of those places I would like to go to enormously but probably never will.”)
- Seal The Deal / The Star You Left Behind / Not Much Else / Paint It Black
4. Recorded 2001-08-15. First broadcast 04 October 2001.
- Master & Dog / Goblins & Trolls / No One / Queen Majesty
Other Shows Played[]
- 1998
- 02 September 1998: In The First Place (CD - R&B Transmogrification) Up
- 06 September 1998 (BFBS): In The First Place (CD-R&B Transmogrification) Up
- 09 September 1998: Two-Faced (LP - R&B Transmogrification) Up
- 04 November 1998: Ape Self Prevails In Me Still (CD-Featuring "Birds") Domino
- 1999
- September 1999 (FSK): I Only Have Eyes For You (John Peel's 60th Birthday Album)
- 2000
- August 2001 (FSK): The Sword Of God (7") Domino
- 08 August 2001: The Sword Of God (7") Domino
- 30 August 2001: The Sword Of God (7") Domino
- 12 September 2001: Nothing, Nowhere (CD-The Sword Of God)' (Domino
- 13 September 2001: It's Raining (CD - Sword Of God) Domino
- 03 October 2001: The Sword Of God (LP – The Sword Of God) Domino
- 04 October 2001 (Radio Eins): The Sword Of God (7")
- 18 October 2001 (Radio Eins): The Sword Of God (LP – The Sword Of God) Domino
- 2003
- 31 July 2003 (Radio Eins): Seven Years Gone (album - Hot Shit)
- Heatmiser (Sam Coomes)
- 07 May 1993: Stray (7") Cavity Search
- Sleater-Kinney (Janet Weiss)
- 02 September 1995: The Day I Went Away (CD-Sleater-Kinney) Chainsaw
- 09 September 1995 (BFBS): The Day I Went Away (CD-Sleter-Kinney)' (Chainsaw)
- 16 September 1995: How To Play Dead (CD - Sleater-Kinney) Chainsaw
- 07 October 1995: A Real Man (album - Sleater-Kinney) Chainsaw
- 01 March 1996: I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone (LP-Call The Doctor) Chainsaw
- 09 March 1996 (BFBS): I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone (LP-Call The Doctor) Chainsaw
- 28 January 1999: A Quarter To Three (single) Matador
- 11 February 1999 (Radio Mafia): Start Together (CD-The Hot Rock) Matador
- 17 February 1999: A Quarter To Three (Single) Matador
- 25 February 1999 (Radio Eins): Don't Talk Like (album - The Hot Rock) Matador
- 04 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Burn, Don't Freeze (album - The Hot Rock) Matador
See Also[]
- Cover Versions
- Peel Sessions: The Best 125
- Record Collection: Q
- August 2001 (Peel's Record Box)
- September 2001 (Peel's Record Box)
- October 2001 (Peel's Record Box)