FMGreen

Today only (December 25, 2011) you can download a free copy of Victory! from our Bandcamp page.

FMGreen - Nadine

10 years ago today we recorded this song.

"next we attempted nadine a couple more times to no avail.  finally, on the 11th full take of nadine, we nailed it.  the one break before the solo that had been screwing up every previous take came out perfect and no one made any mistakes that were worth redoing the whole song for."

-Steve's Yellow #5 recording log - September 3, 2001

FMGreen Fun Fact:

The analog MCI console at GFI - through which we recorded our debut album (Yellow #5) - was the same console through which Metallica recorded their seminal debut album Kill 'Em All in 1983.

I don't mean it was the same model, I mean it was the exact console they used.

"We spent six weeks up in Rochester, New York, recording the album at the Music America Studio. The actual studio is in the basement of this huge old colonial-type of club house. Up on the second floor there's this huge ballroom which is perfect for getting a good drum sound. The only problem is the place is fucking haunted, so I had to have someone else up there the whole time I was recording. My cymbals would start spinning, you know shit like that. It was scary, but I would love to record there again."

— Lars, August 1983, Metallica: In Their Own Words  (via)

10 years ago today, FMGreen was at GFI Studios in Rochester where we were in the process of recording our debut album, Yellow #5.

We went in early on August 31, 2001 and left late on September 3rd. We spent a total of about 38 hours in the studio for those tracking sessions. Later we would return to GFI for our mixing sessions which lasted over 80 hours spread across ten days starting January 2nd, 2002.

Here's the audio from our May 29th interview with Frank & Woody on 98.9FM The Buzz's Sunday Night Shakedown.

Roughly 14 minutes including two interview segments and the songs Bug Collector and Tell Me Lies.

Topics include a bit of band history, our influences, and literally-painful memories.

We stopped by the WBER studios to visit the Local Show.

Included among the interview segments were the radio-debuts of Kill You and Yellow Plants as well as another spin of Bug Collector.

We discussed the inspiration for Victory!, FMGreen's history, the evolution of our music, our trip to Electrical Audio in Chicago and hanging out with Steve Albini, and the prospects of touring.

Also spun were some of our favorite local bands: Gonculator, Burning Snella, Velvet Elvis.

Total time is approximately 43 minutes.

FMGreen takes to the airwaves tonight at 9:30PM.