Moldy Ghetto

Moldy Ghetto
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Genre:	Experimental, Indie, Lo-Fi, Noise, Noise-Rock
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Theme:	Experimental, Indie, Lo-Fi, Noise-Rock
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Years:	1993 — 1996 / 2016 — now
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Country:	United States
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City:	Orange County, California
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Labels:	Completely Gone Recordings, Hot Damn! Tapes
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Gears:	Amps, Bass, Drums, Effects Pedals, Guitar, Recording Equipment, Tapes, Voice
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Members:	Joshua McCurdy (left) Jeff Hassett (middle) Tim Whiteford (right) Chris Hawthorne Deny Samoree Anne Hassett Mike Foster Tim Horran Dan Seida Rob Rizzo Heather Jane
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Side Projects:	Completely Gone Recordings, hCrink, Hot Damn! Tapes, Kosmik Leprechaun, Rusty-Like, VL
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Contact:	[1] CGR at Bandcamp
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Site:	[2] Moldy Ghetto at Bandcamp
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Biography

Moldy Ghetto was a Southern California-based experimental, lo-fi, indie, noise-rock group formed by singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Josh McCurdy (aka Kosmik Leprechaun) and drummer Tim Whiteford, while both were still in high school. Later, the group included creative input from bassist Jeff Hassett (aka hCrink). The band was originally active from 1993 — 1996; and went through many auxiliary members. Initially, MG published and released limited edition homemade 4-track cassette recordings of extremely noisy material, via McCurdy's label, Hot Damn! Tapes (later known as Completely Gone Recordings), only adopting a much mellower sound by the original end of the bands' existence.

In 1995, McCurdy and Hassett merged with singer, songwriter Deny Samoree, forming the indie-rock group, known as Rusty-Like, which subsequently released a number of albums, via Samoree's own label Pink Monkey Tapes. A good portion of MG's live shows were totally impromptu, with many gigs happening mere hours after acquiring them that same day. RL often opened MG's gigs, usually with McCurdy performing on the drums before joining MG on vocals and guitar. In 1996, the members of both groups went their separate ways, not performing together again, until a brief spate of reunion gigs and recording sessions with Rusty-Like, back in 2003 (successfully yielding 4-track cassette demos for their 2005 "Pirouette" album). Since 2007, all surviving Moldy Ghetto (and Rusty-Like) material has been remastered and re-published, in digital format, by Completely Gone Recordings.

In 2016, McCurdy reunited on guitar with original drummer Tim Whiteford, for recording sessions featuring new material by the duo, some of which was released.

Current Members

Josh McCurdy: Artist, Bass, Drums, Engineer, Guitars, Keyboards, Photography, Producer, Vocals (1993 — 1996 / 2016 — now)
Tim Whiteford: Drums (1993 — 1995 / 2016 — now)

Past Members

Jeff Hassett: Artist, Bass, Drums, Engineer, Guitars, Keyboards, Tapes, Vocals (1994 — 1996)
Anne Hassett: Artist, Drums, Photography, Vocals (1994)
Chris Hawthorne: Guitar (1993)
Mike Foster: Drums (1995-1996)
Deny Samoree: Guitar (1995)
Rob Rizzo: Drums (1995)
Dan Seida: Drums (1995)
Tim Horran: Bass (1993)
Heather: Viola (1995)
Jane: Drums (1996)

Discography

• Demos ~ Cassette on Hot Damn! Tapes (1993)
  
• Live at Totally Coffee EP ~ Cassette on Hot Damn! Tapes (1994)
  
• Lavender Disaster ~ Cassette on Hot Damn! Tapes (1995)
  
• 4-Track Demos ~ Cassette on Hot Damn! Tapes (1996)
  
• Live at The Whisky A Go Go ~ Video on Hot Damn! Tapes (1996)
  
• Free Sessions EP ~ Cassette on Hot Damn! Tapes (1996)
  
• The Giving Tree EP ~ Cassette on Hot Damn! Tapes (1996)
  
• Lavender Disaster (Deluxe) ~ Digital reissue of all surviving material on Completely Gone Recordings (2007)
  

Contributions

Compilation Appearences

• Punk-A-Rhea ~ Cassette on Hot Damn! Tapes (1995) – provided the "Live at Totally Coffee EP"
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun Addendum ~ Digital release on Completely Gone Recordings (2018) – provided cover of "Ex-Chest" by Slug
  

External Links

"Lavender Disaster (Deluxe)" Album