Blonde Vinyl Memorial

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Blonde Vinyl Memorial
Scaterd Few
Scaterd Few is a punk band heavily influenced by Jane’s Addiction and Bad Brains. They are considered one of the first Christian punk bands. They combine honest lyrics with top-notch musicianship to create music that is very original. Scaterd Few was also playing and working with Circle One after the lead singer became a Christian in the early 1980s.Their one album recorded for Blonde Vinyl was never completed or released, even though it was re-recorded, completed, and released independently by the band in 1994.

All Scaterd Few and Spy Glass Blue albums have been remastered and released on CD and vinyl. Scaterd Few also has a semi-active Facebook Page. Allan Aguirre has stayed active in worship music with a bands called Men as Trees Walking. Omar Domkus is also active as a session bassist.

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Scaterd Few

Pre-Blonde Vinyl Career

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First Demo
Independent (1983)

Omar Domkus – vocals on track 2, bass, BGV
Rämald Domkus (Allan Aguirre) – vocals on track 1, guitars, drums
Lou Becaria – lead guitar on track 2
01) Gave Us Life 2:28 R. Domkus
02) Untitled 1:29 O. Domkus
Other Information:
This was the demo that got Terry Taylor’s attention.
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11 Song Demo
Independent (1983)
Produced by Terry Taylor

Allen Pelerin – vocal
Brian Anderson – drums
Omar Domkus – bass, BGV
Rämald Domkus (Allan Aguirre) – guitars, BGV
P.T.T.C.P. 1:52 R. Domkus
The End 2:48 R. Domkus
Anti-I’m Right 1:37 R. Domkus
Anti Ape 1:48 R. Domkus
Tid Bit 0:16  
Death 0:40 O. Domkus
Other Information:
This was originally an 11 song demo produced by Terry Taylor. The song names above were the only ones released on Out of the Attic in 1994. The names of the other songs recorded at this time are unknown.

Allan Aguirre and Drew Domkus were in a band called Cygnet from about 1986 until 1989 while Scaterd Few was on hiatus.

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Sin Disease
Alarma Records (1990)
Burnt Toast Vinyl (2015) (vinyl re-issue)
Retroactive Records (2023) (gold disc re-issue)
Produced by Terry Taylor and Rämald Domkus with Omar Domkus

Samuel West – drums, percussion, background vocals
Omar Domkus – bass guitar, background vocals
Jamie Mitchel – Electric Guitars, background vocals
Rämald Domkus (Allan Aguirre) – vox, electic/acoustic guitars, keys, percussionTerry Taylor – additional string arrangements on “Look Into My Side”, additional voices
Riki Michele – female vox on “A Freedom Cry”
Jav – additional BGV’s
Drew Domkus – additional keys on “Look Into My Side”
Tools, Ed Lover – additional guitars
Greg Flesch – lounge piano & horns on “Kill the Sarx II”, additional guitars
01) Kill the Sarx 1:26 R. Domkus
02) While Reprobate 1:41 R. Domkus
03) Beggar 2:22 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
04) Lights Out 2:50 R. Domkus
05) Later (L.A. 1989) 3:37 R. Domkus / O. Domkus / Drew Domkus
06) Groovy 2:56 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
07) Glass God 2:07 R. Domkus
08) As the Story Grows 1:27 R. Domkus
09) U 1:53 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
10) A Freedom Cry 2:30 R. Domkus
11) Scapegoat 1:17 R. Domkus
12) Wonder Why 1:36 R. Domkus
13) DITC 1:09 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
14) Self 1:13 R. Domkus
15) Look Into My Side 4:09 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
16) Kill the Sarx II 7:05 R. Domkus / O. Domkus / Taylor / Greg Flesch
Other Information:
ACM Journal #2 listed this album as coming out on Narrowpath Records, but might have been speculation.
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Out of the Attic 1983-1984
Cassette version: Sacrosanctus Records (1991)
CD version: Flying Tart (1994)
Vinyl version: Retroactive Records (2023)
Scaterd Blüe Box Set version: Retroactive Records (2023)

Rämald Domkus (Allan Aguirre) – vocals on track 1, guitars on tracks 1-11, drums on tracks 12 – 20, BGV
Omar Domkus – bass, BGV, vocals on track 2
Lou Becaria – lead guitar on track 2
Allen Pelerin – vocal on tracks 3 – 20
Brian Anderson – drums on tracks 3 – 11
Andy Zachari – guitars on tracks 12 – 16
Ben Eschbach – guitars on tracks 17 – 20
01) Gave Us Life 2:28 R. Domkus
02) Untitled 1:29 O. Domkus
03) Death 1:33 O. Domkus
04) Echo 1:31 R. Domkus
05) Sin Face 1:03 R. Domkus
06) P.T.T.C.P. 1:52 R. Domkus
07) The End 2:48 R. Domkus
08) Anti-I’m Right 1:37 R. Domkus
09) Anti Ape 1:48 R. Domkus
10) Tid Bit 0:16  
11) Death 0:40 O. Domkus
12) Tid Bit 0:33  
13) P.T.T.C.P. 2:05 R. Domkus
14) Gave Us Life 2:13 R. Domkus
15) Anti Ape 2:19 R. Domkus
16) Anti-I’m Right 1:49 R. Domkus
17) Tid Bit 0:35  
18) Ratzak At The Beach 2:18 B. Eschbach
19) (the beach cont.) 1:56  
20) Solo 0:10  
  2023 Re-Issue Bonus Tracks
21) With Him 2:22  
22) Knock, Knock 3:17  
Other Information:
This album was released three times: once as a cassette, then as a CD, and much later on vinyl. All songs were on both versions, although some weren’t listed on the casseette. Tracks 1 – 11 are listed as the 1983 side, tracks 12 – 20 are listed as the 1984 side. Tracks 1 and 2 were the demo that Omar and Rämald played for Terry Taylor. Tracks 6 – 11 are from the 11 song demo recorded with Taylor. The rest are live songs. The bonus tracks on the 2023 version are by The Aspects, Allan and Omar’s first band.

Blonde Vinyl Recordings

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Jawboneofanass
Sopa Records (1994)
Vinyl version: Retroactive Records (2023)
Scaterd Blüe Box Set version: Retroactive Records (2023)
Produced by Scaterd Few

Drew Domkus – keyboards
Paul Figueroa – electric guitars, samples
Samuel West – drums, percussion
Omar Domkus – electric fretless, acoustic/electric fretted bass
Allan Aguirre – lead vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboards, percussionJyro – additional keyboards on “Once Upon”, other vocals
Edie Goodwin – female voices
Eric Clayton – other vocals?
01) Witchcraft 3:04 Scaterd Few / J. Mitchell
02) Dreams 4:04 Scaterd Few
03) Sinking In Sorrow 4:21 Scaterd Few / J. Mitchell
04) Sheets 4:09 Scaterd Few / J. Mitchell
05) Stretch 4:10 Scaterd Few / J. Mitchell
06) Once Upon… 3:38 Scaterd Few
07) Oom Pah Pah 2:03 Scaterd Few
08) Reel Not Real 4:53 Scaterd Few / J. Mitchell
09) Holding Stare 4:33 Scaterd Few
10) Dame 3:56 Scaterd Few
11) Ransom 4:18 Scaterd Few
12) Pinnacle 4:26 Scaterd Few
Other Information:
This album was actually recorded three times – once for Vox Vinyl (1991), then again for Blonde Vinyl (1992), and finally as an independent project in 1994. The information listed above is for the 1994 independent release, which may or may not be the same as the Blonde Vinyl recordings.Steve Ruff was able to interview Allan Aguirre recently and had this to add about the Blonde Vinyl contract situation:”The band signed with Blonde Vinyl in 1992, but that was short lived. The label where they originally tried to make JawBoneOfAnAss pitched a fit and served Blonde Vinyl with cease and desist papers. That left Allan with two versions of the album only 65% done. The first version had Terry Taylor co-producing and Gene Eugene engineering. The second version had Taylor again, and Dave Hackbarth engineering. Broken records wanted in on the album as well, but the original label blocked that also. The album was finally recorded in the fall of ‘93 at Blood’s Knotty Pine Studio. Blood as you may remember was Mark Rodriguez and Gyro & Jerome from Mortal. Mark and Allan engineered and Allan held the reins of producer. JawBoneOfAnAss was finally released at Cornerstone in ’94.”

Post-Blonde Vinyl Career

Allan Aguirre formed Spy Glass Blue in 1995, releasing several albums of gothic music. Several Cygnet songs were re-recorded by Spy Glass Blue.

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Grandmother’s Spaceship
Jackson Rubio (1998)
Vinyl version: Retroactive Records (2023)
Scaterd Blüe Box Set version: Retroactive Records (2023)
Produced by Allan Aguirre

Steve Martens – drums, percussion
Steven Meigs – fretted, fretless bass guitars
Russell Archer – electric guitar, special effect, keyboard, background vocals
Allan Aguirre – vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboards/treatmentsCristina Aguirre – background vocals in “Vanishing”
Corin Aguirre – as Bobby in “Bobby’s Song”
Lee Harbaugh – trombone
Diane Morren – as Grandmother in “Bobby’s Song”
Joshua Pyle – keyboards, sampling
01) Intro 0:39  
02) Space Junk 3:42 Aguirre
03) Lullaby 2:33 Archer / Aguirre
04) Win The Fisher 2:32 Meigs
05) Arbitrator 5:27 Aguirre
06) Future Love 1:59 Archer / Aguirre
07) Species 2:46 Aguirre
08) Incorruptible 3:19 Meigs / Aguirre / Archer
09) Vanishing 2:51 Aguirre
10) (Untitled Oddity) 3:09  
11) Suspension My Love 4:34 Meigs / Aguirre
12) Bobby’s Song 4:38 Aguirre
13) Twinkling Of An Eye 1:54 Aguirre
14) Worm Hole 2:11 Archer
15) Splendor 3:00 Archer
16) As The Story Grows (v.2) 16:09 Aguirre
  2023 Re-Issue Bonus Tracks
17) Arbitrator (demo) 4:51  
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Sin Disease / Jawboneofanass
KMG (1998)

(see listings above for credits)
01) Kill the Sarx 1:26 R. Domkus
02) While Reprobate 1:41 R. Domkus
03) Beggar 2:22 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
04) Lights Out 2:50 R. Domkus
05) Later (L.A. 1989) 3:37 R. Domkus / O. Domkus / Drew Domkus
06) Groovy 2:56 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
07) Glass God 2:07 R. Domkus
08) As the Story Grows 1:27 R. Domkus
09) U 1:53 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
10) A Freedom Cry 2:30 R. Domkus
11) Scapegoat 1:17 R. Domkus
12) Wonder Why 1:36 R. Domkus
13) DITC 1:09 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
14) Self 1:13 R. Domkus
15) Look Into My Side 4:09 R. Domkus / O. Domkus
16) Witchcraft 3:04 Scaterd Few / J. Mitchell
17) Dreams 4:04 Scaterd Few
18) Sinking In Sorrow 4:21 Scaterd Few / J. Mitchell
19) Sheets 4:09 Scaterd Few / J. Mitchell
20) Once Upon… 3:38 Scaterd Few
21) Oom Pah Pah 2:03 Scaterd Few
22) Reel Not Real 4:53 Scaterd Few / J. Mitchell
23) Holding Stare 4:33 Scaterd Few
24) Dame 3:56 Scaterd Few
25) Ransom 4:18 Scaterd Few
26) Pinnacle 4:26 Scaterd Few
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Omega No. 5
Accidental Sirens (2002)
Vinyl version: Retroactive Records (2023)
Scaterd Blüe Box Set version: Retroactive Records (2023)
Produced by Allan Aguirre

Allan Aguirre – guitars, vocals, drums
Brad Bevill – guitar, background vocals
Chris Smyers – bass, background vocalsLetha Gaines – vocals on “Rise Up”
Raymond Abbey – vocals on “Rise Up”
01) Run If You Can 1:30 Aguirre
02) Resistance 2:03 Aguirre
03) Fair Is He 2:02 Aguirre
04) This Is… 1:59 Aguirre
05) Rise Up! 5:00 Aguirre
06) Parental Advisory 2:44 Aguirre
07) Anybody – Everybody 3:02 Aguirre / Smyers
08) Shark Attack 2:04 Aguirre / Bevill
09) Camel Crawl 2:04 Aguirre
10) Tomorrow 3:13 Aguirre
11) Only 3:32 Aguirre
12) Sleeper 2:44 Aguirre
13) Life Bleeds Out 2:07 Aguirre / Bevill / Smyers
14) Sheol 4:01 Aguirre / Bevill / Smyers
15) Secret – Secret 1:52 Aguirre
16) Hidden Track 0:29 Aguirre

Allan Aguirre formed Men as Trees Walking in 2007.

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Scaterd Blüe Box
Retroactive Records (2023)

This box set contained remastered versions of Jawboneofanass, Out of the Attic, Grandmother’s Spaceship, and Omega No. 5 along with Spy Glass Blue’s Shadows, Loud as Feathers, and The Blue EP as well as bonus tracks from Cygnet and The Aspects.

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