| Plague of Ethyls was described as a post-punk garage grunge “girl group.” Influences included X, Sonic Youth, Breakfast With Amy, and L.S.U. The sound was overall dark. Plague of Ethyls was not an all female group, however, because Steve Hindalong of The Choir played drums. They went on to release one seven-inch vinyl and then disappeared without a trace. |  |
Pre-Blonde Vinyl Career
See Breakfast With Amy.
Blonde Vinyl Releases
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Post-Blonde Vinyl Career
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I was their bass player for a while after they and The Choir moved to Nashville, TN, and also moved Neverland Studios there, where they recorded their Abandoned EP. I wrote and played the bass lines for “Warped And Twisted” and “What Do I Do when I’m Alone”, to Karen’s scratch vocal and guitar tracks. Steve later added drums, and her husband Chris added guitars and mixed it. I was playing a Samick 5 string bass, through a n amp which, I was elated to be told, belonged to Tim Chandler, bassist for DA, Swirling Eddies, and also for The Choir, and one of my favorite bassists, (some of my favorite bands also). Had some great times working and performing with them. This was back in ’93-’94.
Interesting note about the Abandoned EP, four alternative Christian bands, including us (Ethyls) and The Throes, were given the opportunity to record a vinyl EP at no cost to the bands, on the condition they each cover a Sesame Street song. I believe The Throes did “Rubber Ducky”. I don’t know about the others. When I asked Chris (Colbert) what he envisioned for our cover, he said “just trash it”. So I improved the whole thing, and tried to make it sound garage band, and that’s the take you hear on the track. 🙂