THEE FOURGIVEN 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION CD OF "IT AIN'T PRETTY DOWN HERE" IS NOW OUT!
Contact Dionysus Records for more information.
This CD has all of our first record, as well as tracks from the next 2 albums, Testify and Salvation Guaranteed.
THEE FOURGIVEN was formed out of the ashes of the Unclaimed. I wanted to do more of my songs, which were still very 60's influenced, but had a more hi-energy, 60's MC5 tinge to it rather than a Count V influence! The band started with Ray Flores (bass/vocals) & Matt Roberts (drums,garbage can,screams), both also from the Unclaimed. This line-up played around for about a year, recorded a couple compilations tracks and did an album called IT AIN'T PRETTY DOWN HERE on Dionysus Records. Matt left the country for "a couple of weeks" and didn't return for several years, so we brought in Ray's skater buddy, Bela Horvath. With Bela, we toured Europe twice, once with the awesome Miracle Workers and once with the latest (and last!) version of the Unclaimed (last because singer Shelley quit the band a week into the tour!). We also put out more comp cuts, a 45 and 2 more LPs before adding Mojo Jones on second guitar for several months before breaking up in early 1989.
Matt, Ray & Rich - 1st Lp photo session in LA river
another pic from that session
Rich, Bela & Ray
Discography:
It Ain’t Pretty Down Here - 1st LP on Dionysus Records
Voila!
- French version of the 1st LP with 3 different songs on Lolita Records
Testify!
- 2nd LP on Dionysus
Salvation Guaranteed - 3rd & final LP on Dionysus
Rock
& Hard Rolls – Live in Europe (with the Unclaimed and Lee Joseph solo) -
Dionysus
“Hang
Up” on Sounds Of Now compilation on Dionysus
“Spiders
in my Sink” on ROIR’s GARAGE
SALE! Cassette (The first song we ever recorded!)
“Yeah!”
on Voxx’s BATTLE OF THE GARAGES VOL 3 (recorded live in the studio!)
“Wrong
Side of Your Mind” on Bonafide’s DEADLY SPAWN compilation
“She
Shines”/”Be My Lover” 45 on Mystery Scene Records (Germany)
Songs
of Ordinary Madness mini-lp on LSD Records (Germany)
“Love
is Fading” on Mystery Scene Records comp DIMENSIONS OF SOUND
“I'm Telling Ya” on Og Records comp MR. GARAGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD
“Me On The Prowl” on "What's All The Fuzz About" cassette compilation, given away with What Wave magazine #17
(Mojo, Ray, Bela,Rich)
Bela, Rich, Ray (from Salvation Guaranteed CD)
real early flier!
with Bela in the band!
Thee 4G with Little Richard's 50's girlfriend!
Great 4G flier artwork by Mojo Jones!
