Rasputina

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   Anyone ever heard of these guys?  I got an advance copy of Melora Creager's second solo album a while ago and it blew me away!  Now I'm scrounging around to find all the stuff Rasputina put out.  Duel cellos with a sound that is sort of a mix of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables and the Decemberists, only with lots of cellos and corsets.

Listen here and here.  

Turns out this Melora Creager is about my age and grew up an hour away from where I did, smack in the middle of Kansas; small world.

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ClemofNazareth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Researcher Joined: August 17 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4659	Topic: Rasputina Posted: February 09 2009 at 20:17
	Anyone ever heard of these guys? I got an advance copy of Melora Creager's second solo album a while ago and it blew me away! Now I'm scrounging around to find all the stuff Rasputina put out. Duel cellos with a sound that is sort of a mix of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables and the Decemberists, only with lots of cellos and corsets. Listen here and here. Turns out this Melora Creager is about my age and grew up an hour away from where I did, smack in the middle of Kansas; small world.
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Plankowner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 09 2008 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 4006	Posted: February 09 2009 at 22:47
	Yeah, Melora toured with Nirvana then went on to form her own band. I picked up "Thanks for the Ether" in 1996, they were touring with Marilyn Manson. Their EP "Transylvanian Regurgitations" was mixed by Manson and Twiggy Ramirez... Shortly after that NIN drummer Chris Vrenna joined them as the drummer and producer and he helped them with alot of creative input with the electronic effects and distortion they previously had been playing around with on the EP I mentioned... His contributions to their sound can be found on their second album "How We Quit the Forest"... I have the above mentioned albums and their EPs: "The Lost & Found" EP "My Fever Broke" EP Their next two full lengths: "Cabin Fever" "Frustation Planet" (which is a double cd) .. After "Frustation Planet" in 2004, they had alot of difficulties and was rumored to be dissolving so I haven't kept up with them after that, but looking now it looks like they've released two new full length albums in 2007 and a new one this year... "Oh Perilous World" "Sister Kinderhook" Another album you may enjoy was released in 1997, Lili Haydn's "Lili" Her next album wasn't anything like "Lili" and it isn't recommended...

Jozef Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 17 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 2204	Posted: February 10 2009 at 11:34
	I've listened to them before and they are enjoyable. I only have "Thanks for the Ether", but its still neat to listen to.