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Loose Fragments lived in Gainesville from about 1992-1997. During that time we brought funk, math rock, and avant-music to drunk people everywhere from Mississippi to Maine. We traveled in a blue Chevy Astro crammed with four guitars, an electric bass, a washtub bass, three amps, a drumset, a P.A. system, a portable vibraphone, tons of weird percussion and toys, our camping gear, and our Coleman stove which heated up the water that transformed many a box of potato flakes into a side dish with our Tabasco-soaked canned turnips and corn.

Discography and mp3s --fill up your iPod--
Radio Interviews
2006 Reunion
Photos
Press Clips (~200KB images)
Contact us (via Codi)

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L to R: Jesse Maines (mostly bass), Codi Lazar (mostly drums), Erik Alford (mostly guitar); photo by Kyle Scott 1993

DISCOGRAPHY

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GO PARK THE VAN (1997)
  1.  Yo Yo (4:42, 4.4MB)
     Erik: gtr/vox, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr/vox
    3.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: vox/bass, Codi: dr/vox
  3.  Grandfather Zen (5:05, 4.7MB)
    4.  Erik: gtr/lead vox/sampler, Jesse: bass
     Codi: dr/vox/sampler/sheet metal, Josh: bees
  4.  Mo Fishin' with Les (6:16, 5.8MB)
    5.  Erik: gtr/vox, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr/vox
    6.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass/horn, Codi: dr/piano/horn
    7.  Erik: perc, Jesse: washtub bass, Codi: gtr/vox
  7.  FOD (5:53, 5.4MB)
    8.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass, Codi: dr/vibes
  8.  Washing Machine (5:10, 4.8MB)
    9.  Erik: drums, Jesse: washtub bass
     Codi: vibes/piano/toys, Josh: washing machine buzzer
  9.  Double It Up (3:06, 2.9MB)
    10.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr
  10.  Broken Door (3:10, 3MB)
    11.  Codi: berimbau/vox/perc
Recorded by Josh Lederman at his house. This was to be our first CD, but we never released it.

Studio jam outtakes:
Jam 1 (4:37, 4.3MB)
 Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass, Codi: dr
Jam 2 (14:19, 13.2MB)
 Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass, Codi: dr
Jam 3 (10:50, 10MB)
 Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass, Codi: dr, Josh: sampler
Didjeridoo (1:03, 1MB)
 Codi: didj, Josh: night recording

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TWO SHAKES OF A JIFFY (1995)
  1.  Spastik Chicken (4:10, 3.9MB)
    2.  Erik: gtr/vox, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr/vox
  2.  Live Oak (4:18, 4MB)
    3.  Erik: drums, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: gtr/vox
  3.  States' Rights (2:46, 2.6MB)
    4.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass, Codi: dr
  4.  Lordosis (4:13, 3.9MB)
    5.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr
  5.  Ichabod (4:12, 3.9MB)
    6.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass, Codi: dr/vox
  6.  A Coração Da Pepita (3:54, 3.6MB)
    7.  Erik: perc, Jesse: washtub bass, Codi: berimbau, cuica
  7.  Papa Was A Woman (5:22, 5MB)
    8.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr/vox
  8.  Circus Of Rumors (5:18, 4.9MB)
    9.  Erik: gtr/vox, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr/vox
  9.  Pell Mell (7:22, 6.8MB)
    10.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr/vox
  10.  Second Season (4:02, 3.7MB)
    11.  Erik: gtr/vox, Jesse: bass, Codi: gtr/vox
Recorded by Rob McGregor at T.U.R.D. Studios.


Fried Okra EP (1994)
  1.  This Moon's Wane (6:10, 5.7MB)
    2.  Erik: gtr/vox, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr/vox
  2.  Silly (4:52, 4.5MB)
    3.  Erik: gtr/vox, Jesse: bass/vox, Codi: dr/vox
  3.  Pell Mell (6:46, 6.2MB)
    4.  Erik: gtr, Jesse: bass, Codi: dr
Recorded by Rob McGregor at T.U.R.D. Studios.

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LOOSE FRAGMENTS (1994)

All tunes: Erik-gtr, Jese-bass, Codi-drums except *
  1.  Yo-Yo (3:16, 3MB)
  2.  6-8 (5:58, 5.5MB)
  3.  FOD (3:36, 3.3MB)
  4.  Amalgam (live at AMH1) (5:32, 5.1MB)
  5.  Mo' Fishin' with Les (5:00, 4.6MB)
  6.  Ichabod (5:35, 5.2MB)
  7.  Pasta Salad (4:24, 4.1MB)
  8.  Mystery Tune (1:06, 1.1MB)
    9.  *Erik: gtr, Jesse: trombone
     Codi: cuica, Josh: water-filled pot with spoon
  9.  Jam Snippet (live) (1:28, 1.4MB)
The original "cult classic": all instrumental, all the time. Recorded by Josh Lederman at Marshall Lowe's house on a six-track cassette tape recorder.


OTHERS
She Rides For Free (6:12, 5.7MB)
Recorded live at the 2nd Alachua Music Harvest, 1995.

Pasta Salad (4:30, 4.2MB)
Recorded live at the 1st Alachua Music Harvest, 1994.

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RADIO INTERVIEWS

 ROCK RADIO AM 1390 WAJD (1995)
Interview by Wayne Irwin, the heroic founder of the only good indie station in Gainesville in the 90s.
  1.  Part 1 (1:17, 456KB)
  2.  Part 2 (2:54, 1MB)
  3.  Part 3 (3:51, 1.4MB)
  4.  Part 4 (5:34, 2MB)
  5.  Part 5 (4:26, 1.6MB)
  6.  Part 6 (4:16, 1.5MB)
  7.  Part 7 (5:02, 1.8MB)

ROCK 104 FM WRUF (1995)
We did this interview around midnight on a Sunday, the only timeslot the FM station would air local bands.
  1.  Part 1 (1:02, 368KB)
  2.  Part 2 (0:58, 345KB)
  3.  Part 3 (0:59, 352KB)
  4.  Part 4 (1:13, 434MB)
  5.  Part 5 (1:25, 502MB)

2006 REUNION

 On April Fools 2006, we got together to play a 30-45 minute set at the Side Bar in Gainesville. We did it old school: no vocals or weird instruments or strange time changes, just instrumental funky stuff. That night, Super Insecto (featuring Chris and Craig from Soma), Rebecca Jean Smith, and Funky Miracle joined the fun. Kansas City Mack jumped up for the Spladow! tune, "Black Helicopter". A bunch of old townies came out of the woodwork: it was a fun reunion. Here's a few photos and a clip from the show: Rush Hour (6:14, 5.8MB).

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