Creedle

Creedle
Origin	San Diego, California, United States
Genres	Punk Jazz Rock & Roll Noise Surf rock Metal Klezmer Bossa Nova Prog Rock Math Rock
Years active	1991–1998 2007–
Labels	Cargo Music Headhunter Records
Associated acts	The Greyboy Allstars Morricone Youth Pretendo Robert Walter's 20th Congress Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings Pillowhead The DaoSon For Rob Crow Schmaltz Pinback
Website	creedle.com
Members
Devon E. Levins Pieboy Dr. Gein Cochemea Rob Crow Gabriel Sundy
Past members
Robert Walter Scraps Pete Skinbus Rob de Molay Pierre de Gaillande

Creedle is an avant-jazz-punk-art-damaged band based in San Diego, California which released three full length albums on Cargo Music/Headhunter Records in the 1990s along with numerous 7" singles. The band was primarily composed of Devon E. Levins a.k.a. Devon Goldberg (guitar/vocals), PieBoy a.k.a. Tim Blankenship (bass/vocals), Dr. Gein a.k.a. Dion Thurman (drums), Stretch a.k.a. Robert Walter (keyboards and samples) and Cheme a.k.a. Cochemea Gastelum (saxophone). Creedle was formed after the nearly simultaneous break ups of San Diego bands The Pull Toys, Daddy Long Legs, Holy Love Snakes and If Tomorrow.

Half Man Half Pie, Creedle's first album, was recorded and mixed by Donnell Cameron at Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood, California. The artwork was created by Fip Buchanan. The second album, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, was a concept album pertaining to freemasonry, the Knights Templar and related conspiracy theories which was also recorded and mixed at Westbeach Recorders but instead by Bill Jackson, who had worked with Prince, Danny Elfman and Elvis Costello. The album features the Skinbus Horns, composed of Pete Kellers on alto saxophone and Pierre de Gaillande on trumpet. The final album entitled When The Wind Blows added alto saxophonist Cochemea Gastelum. The album was recorded and mixed by Mark Trombino at Big Fish Studios in Encinitas, California and included the vocals of Rob Crow and Pierre de Gaillande on various tracks.

Members of the band continue to record and perform with The Greyboy Allstars, The DaoSon For, Morricone youth, Pretendo, fluf, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Schmaltz and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. Creedle, joined by Rob Crow on vocals, keyboards and samples, played a reunion show on December 30, 2007 at the Casbah in San Diego which is where the band played its first show in 1991. The band has since played sporadic shows in California and Nevada and commenced working on a new album in May 2010 tentatively entitled The San Diego Music Awards. Rob Crow and Gabriel Sundy have respectively replaced Robert Walter and Cochemea Gastelum on the upcoming album. On March 29, 2011 the band performed an album's worth of new material at the Casbah under the name "The San Diego Music Awards."

Discography

Albums

• Half Man Half Pie - Cargo Music/Headhunter Records 1992
• Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars - Cargo Music/Headhunter Records 1994
• When the Wind Blows - Cargo Music/Headhunter Records 1996

EPs

• Bad Radio - Cargo Music/Headhunter Records
• Trip 3 split 7" with Deadbolt "Bicycle Moto Cross" - Trademark Records
• It's Not Cool To Like Green Day Anymore - Rhetoric Records

Compilations

• 91X Mas "Wake Up Baby Jesus"
• Musica Del Diablo "Maiden (SD Version Live)" - Cargo Music/Headhunter Records
• Saint Doug "Takin' Dick to the Bridge"
• IMS - I'm A Mess
• Kills Majors Dead "Otto the Tentmaker" - Cargo Music/Headhunter Records

References

Allmusic
San Diego Reader
NCTimes

External links

• Creedle.com