Dec 29th @ Black Cat in Wash DC
Dec 31st @ Bottom of the Hill SF w/Fucking Champs
(also playing this show as Fucking AM which is both bands together)

Their first self-titled album and Red Line are phenomenal.

That long song about half-way through Red Line (The Dark Gift?) is incredible. That drummer makes me jitter with glee.

Most of their stuff can be summed up by the last two tracks off Van Halen's Fair Warning.

If they just released a mini-"best of", it would be fun.. and I liked the first two albums and Futureworld for a while, but I ended up selling them all back. They are a bit entertaining live certainly.

CRAP but 7 or so.

jwurth wrote:

Angry_Dragon wrote:I adore old Trans Am and I saw the next to last show they ever did. Fucking amazing.

Heh heh...I think they say that at every show...according to ThrillJockey.com they've got two shows coming up.

That Trans Am...buncha jokesters.

What they said at the show was "this is it... FOR NOW." Considering that Phil's playing with TFC now and Nathan's moved to New Zealand or something, they are at best an occasional band.

I talked to Seb. Thompson at the Weird War show a couple months ago. He said that they will be making a record/tour/etc. happen in 2006. I said, "so you haven't actually broken up since Phil moved to San Fran to play with the Champs etc." He said, "yeah, and I just actually moved to London; long story. But, no, we've been doing this way to long to stop, we're already talking about what will happen for the next record, and we'll start working on it next year."

And by the way, I love 'TA'...

ironyengine wrote:

jwurth wrote:

Angry_Dragon wrote:I adore old Trans Am and I saw the next to last show they ever did. Fucking amazing.

Heh heh...I think they say that at every show...according to ThrillJockey.com they've got two shows coming up.

That Trans Am...buncha jokesters.

What they said at the show was "this is it... FOR NOW." Considering that Phil's playing with TFC now and Nathan's moved to New Zealand or something, they are at best an occasional band.

sebastian has a band called The Frequency that we play on zero art. it's not bad, but it's not Trans Am.

tate

zeroart wrote:

ironyengine wrote:

jwurth wrote:

Angry_Dragon wrote:I adore old Trans Am and I saw the next to last show they ever did. Fucking amazing.

Heh heh...I think they say that at every show...according to ThrillJockey.com they've got two shows coming up.

That Trans Am...buncha jokesters.

What they said at the show was "this is it... FOR NOW." Considering that Phil's playing with TFC now and Nathan's moved to New Zealand or something, they are at best an occasional band.

sebastian has a band called The Frequency that we play on zero art. it's not bad, but it's not Trans Am.

tate

I enjoy the Frequency record. You're right though, it's not Trans Am.

not crap. futureworld is amazing.

Apparentely this isn't from the band, but:

http://www.myspace.com/transamrocks

This is easily my favorite release by Trans Am.

Gramsci wrote:What about the option:

Were really good and then all of a sudden released TA, one of the worst albums of all time.

The best part of that record is how hard everyone tried to like it.

However, this band definitely brought it with the previous albums. Each one has its own unique merits.

NOT CRAP. : 1