Side Projects of Gastropod

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Most of the members (past and present) have done their share of non-Gastropod recordings. So, in order to make your Gastropod collection complete, we present to you: The Side Projects of Gastropod.

Brennan Hughes' Side Projects:

The Slacks: this was the preliminary name for a pseudo-techno-rock band that featured Brennan as the lead singer and bass player. The band never released anything officially under this name. Shane Dickson and Kevin White were the other two members.

Magneto Men: The Slacks changed their name (another band was already in existance with that name) to the Magneto Men, and an album was released called "Do Not Eat." It featured a haunting rendition of the Gastropod song "Deaths of Angels," as well as the Brennan-penned "Astro Girl." They also filmed a music video for one of their songs.

Boivin: This band was the next in an evolution of the Slacks/Magento Men. They finally dropped the urge to do electronic stuff, and went straight-ahead rock. They also added a drummer, Jeff, and started doing some live gigs. They released an album titled "USDA Choice Select Cuts "which featured songs like "Cave Rock" and the eerie "One Voice." They later released an untitled EP. Brennan left the band last year to concentrate on Gastropod material. The band later added a new lead singer, but it didn't work out and the band broke up.

Jason McDougal's Side Projects:

Bach: Jason was a member of a Henderson/Jackson, TN area band called Bach. The band was signed to a major label, and Jason left the group to concentrate on school and his girlfriend (now wife), Tina. Bach has not ever released an album that the webmaster knows of. They were signed in 1997 or 98.

Boivin: Jason McDougal played two shows as the drummer of the above mentioned band.

Jason and Brad: This was a short-lived collaboration. Jason teamed up with Brad Cobb (another former member of Gastropod) for an impomptu acoustic show over the airwaves of WFHC radio. They invaded the studio and convinced their friend, Lucas Gates--the DJ on duty--to let them play at random intervals. Highlights of this session include their version of "...Baby One More Time," which was a hit for Britney Spears a few months earlier. They also did a couple Weird Al Yankovic songs, some Beatles tracks, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," and even a couple Gastropod songs, including an aborted effort to do "To Thee Our Dearest FHU." The sessions are not available at this time due to some really crappy renditions that they never want heard by anyone ever again.

Jeremy O'Clair's Side Projects:

White and Half-White: This was a compilation album of random FHU musicians and it featured an O'Clair original, the instrumental "Stairwell." This song was also played live over the WFHC airwaves when he was a member of Gastropod.

Bradley S.Cobb's Side Projects:

Brad released two solo albums before joining Gastropod: "Bradley S. Cobb-->The Album," and "Regrets." The first album was all recorded straight to a tape recorder, the second was all done on Brennan Hughes' 4-track machine. The second album boasted the hit songs "Internet Girlfriend," and "Happy For The Times." They are called "hits" because people actually called in and requested them once while he was a DJ on WFHC radio.

After dissolving from Gastropod's membership, he released two other albums and an EP. The two albums were released simultaniously, and were "alter-egos" of eachother. "Ballads for Broken Hearts" featured more softer love songs than anything else, and "Dubios Distinction" had some heavier tracks, but there were 6 songs that appearer on both albums. The EP was the first to appear on CD. It had 5 songs on it, including the infamous ska-version of the Gastropod "Happy Bunny Song," which was recorded with former Gastropodlian, Brent Dooley (more on that in Brent's section).

Brad is still writing new material, and plans on recording a new album by June of 2004.

Kevin White's Side Projects:

Magneto Men: This project was originated by Kevin, who added Shane Dickson, and later Brenna Hughes to the group to form this pseudo-techno-rock trio. They later morphed into the indie-rock band of legend, Boivin.

Boivin: This band had two releases, played quite a few shows, and underwent some membership changes, but in the end, it just dissolved into nothingness. Kevin wrote most of the songs, and Brennan was the main vocalist. Brennan left to concentrate on Gastropod stuff, another singer joined the group. Shane left to join Pro-T76, and eventually Boivin ceased to be.

Mild Red Sorrow: This is Kevin's current recording project. Not much is known yet about this venture.

Brent Dooley's Side Projects:

The Brent/Brad sessions: This was a week-long pow-wow of talking ideas that eventually spawned the above-mentioned "Happy Bunny Song" remake. These sessions also gave birth to a newer recording of "All My Life" (a Brad Cobb song) and the suprisingly moving "Strum Away" (a Brent Dooley original). There were some other songs recorded, but none that they feel are worth going nuts over, so they remain unreleased.

The Brent/Brad Sessions (part 2): Currently, this project is still in the infancy stages, but the plans are to do an album completely made up of Gastropod and Boivin songs, done mostly acoustic. The success and novelty value of the "Happy Bunny Song" inspired this idea. More on it if it happens.

Brent Dooley has appeared in other projects, but research is still being done on those.

Nathan Provencio's Non-Gastropod Projects:

Pro-T76: This is a band that got recognition when they played over the airwaves of WFHC (with local disc jockey, Brennan Hughes, running the show). Brennan later went on to be the producer/engineer for their last three releases before they broke up. There are a couple Pro-T76 websites, the best of which are in the links section where they have merchandise listed (it's unsure if any is still available though).

Shane Dickson's Projects:

Ok, so he's not a member of Gastropod, nor was he ever, but he did do a split EP with Gastropod, and he's one cool cat anyway, so he's worthy of note!

Magneto Men: What else can be said about this group now? They released one album, then later dropped the techno-y stuff and became Boivin.

Boivin: Shane was one of the founding members of this group. He later left the group to join the touring band, Pro-T76.

Pro-T76: Shane was a late addition to the group, replacing one of their guitarists. The group broke up after the release of their third Brennan-Hughes-produced album.