Demonstrations 1995-1998

by Mark Lint

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1.	The Fake Johnson Trio - Woe Is Me (FJT EP) 03:06	info	buy track
2.	The Fake Johnson Trio - No Mind (FJT EP) 04:13	info	buy track
3.	The Fake Johnson Trio - Cool Down (FJT EP) 03:22	info	buy track
4.	The Fake Johnson Trio - I Like Life (FJT EP) 04:12	info	buy track
5.	The Fake Johnson Trio - Some Act (FJT EP) 04:21	info	buy track
6.	The Greatest F'in Song in the World (FJT EP) 02:58	info	buy track
7.	The Fake Johnson Trio (Mk II) - No Mind (New & Improved FJT EP) 04:42	info	buy track
8.	The Fake Johnson Trio (Mk II) - A Few Gone Down (New & Improved FJT EP) 03:52	info	buy track
9.	The Fake Johnson Trio (Mk II) - Wonderful You (FJT Live 2-19-96) 02:13	info	buy track
10.	The Fake Johnson Trio (Mk II) - Retrogress (+ Intro Manifesto) (FJT Live 2-19-96) 04:07	info	buy track
11.	The Fake Johnson Trio (Mk II) - I Like Life (FJT Live 2-19-96) 04:37	info	buy track
12.	The Fake Johnson Trio (Mk II) - The Greatest F'in Song in the World (FJT Live 2-19-96) 03:14	info	buy track
13.	The Fake Johnson Trio (Mk II) - Manic Depression (FJT Live 2-19-96) 06:15	info	buy track
14.	Luscious You (Fake Demo) 02:47	info	buy track
15.	Mark Lint and the Fake (Beta) - No Relief (Fake Demo) 02:24	info	buy track
16.	Mark Lint and the Fake (Beta) - So Whaddaya Think? (Fake Demo) 04:02	info	buy track
17.	Mark Lint and the Fake - I Die Desire (Fake Live Demo) 03:06	info	buy track
18.	Mark Lint and the Fake - Her Death (Fake Live Demo) 03:11	info	buy track
19.	Mark Lint and the Fake - No Relief (Fake Live Demo) 02:58	info	buy track
20.	Mark Lint and the Fake - Suspicious Minds (Fake Live Demo) 05:20	info	buy track

about

When I moved to Austin for graduate school in the fall of 1994, I was blown away by the large number of venues, the sheer amount of music, and the degree to which local music was apparently valued.

I conceived of a project and an image that would throw aside my psychedelic or folky tendencies in favor of brash power pop: The Fake Johnson Trio would present a unified, trendy sound that would surely fit into this new alternative rock scene! This was a pose, i.e. a fake, though maybe not moreso than any performance. I wanted a fake name, and having the name actually be "Fake" struck me as a good joke.

After recording an initial EP (my first time in a professional studio!), the other two guys quit (they weren't fond of my decision to distort my acoustic guitar during the mix). However, the entirety of my Ann Arbor friends who made up the band Violet Wine moved down and became my backing band. I liked the added fakery that our "trio" was actually four or sometimes five people.

In late 1995, we recorded "The New and Improved Fake Johnson EP." While the three tracks on side A of that were all tweaked to appear on our eventual album (look for "Mark Lint & the Fake Johnson Trio" on bandcamp here), I here present the first two tracks of side B, as those recordings were redone entirely for eventual album. I'm told that perhaps these versions are tighter.

In February 1996 we were recorded live at The Steamboat, and that audio filled out not only that second EP but was released as a separate live demo made of tracks of 9-12 here. I'm also throwing in our cover of "Manic Depression" to show off the great arrangement skills of my bandmates.

That band had entirely broken up by spring '98. But with a new, authentically Texan guitarist and bassist (and me additionally playing drums as a temporary measure) as well as a (very temporary) manager who urged us to incorporate more Texas swing, a transformed band now called Mark Lint and the Fake recorded two songs for an acoustic demo (tracks 15 and 16). An added solo tune (14) completed the release.

The final Mark Lint and the Fake lineup came together very shortly after that, and for our "real" demo, we recorded a two-hour live set in a skate shop with a friend of our guitarist Jamie's setting up the board for our recording. Since he did not actually "man" this board throughout the show, much of this is unlistenable, but we used four tracks (17-20) as our live demo, and these are likely as fiery and tight as the performances we recorded several months later for our album, "So Whaddaya Think?"

While these 3 1/2 bands did not gain fame and glory for any involved, they made some sweet, energetic music, as well as indelible memories. I hope you find wading through my misspent young adulthood worth your time.

credits

released October 1, 1998

All songs written by Mark Linsenmayer except 13 by Jimi Hendrix and 20 by Mark James.

For The Fake Johnson Trio EP (tracks 1-6), I worked with bassist Shane Walker (whose melody-driven lines were vital) and drummer Steve Henao to record in Feb. 1995 at George Coyne's Parrot Tracks Studio.

Tracks 7-13 are by the 1996 lineup of The Fake Johnson Trio, featuring Errol Siegel on guitar, Lee Abramson on bass, and Matt Miller on drums. Errol recorded and mixed 7 and 8. Tracks 9-13 were recorded by whoever was mixing at the Steamboat.

Tracks 14-16 are from the first Mark Lint and the Fake demo featuring (on 15 and 16) Jamie Nichols on guitar and Doug Anthony on bass.

Tracks 17-20 were recorded and engineered live by I don't know who in fall '98, featuring Jamie Nichols on guitar and harmonies, Dave Hamilton on drums and harmonies, and Sam Ray on bass (and possibly harmonies).

I did some very minor remastering for this release to raise the volumes of most of the tracks, but it remains a record of how we presented ourselves at the time.

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Catchy, homespun tunes ranging in style from power pop to folk ballads to alt country, laced with a sense of the absurd.

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