B i o g r a p h y (by Heather Phares)
By after the overwhelming success of "Cannonball" and Last Splash took the Breeders by surprise — and led to their quick burnout — singer/songwriter/guitarist Kim Deal formed the Amps in 1994 as a way to release new material while the Breeders took a break. With her other group's drummer Jim MacPherson, Deal assembled a new band from members of other bands around her hometown of Dayton, OH, including Nathan Farley and Luis Lerma of the Tasties. Originally called Tammy & the Amps, the band sounded like a rougher, rawer version of the Breeder's skewed pop. The Tipp City EP heralded Pacer, their first and only album, which was released in late 1995. That year, the Amps toured with friends and like-minded acts such as Helium and Sonic Youth. The following year, Deal folded the Amps lineup into a new version of the Breeders — which also included Pod-era member Carrie Bradley — for a handful of California dates with Primus. As the Breeders' notoriously unstable lineup changed, all of the former Amps left the group within two years.
Pacer - 1995-10-30 -
Pacer Tipp City I Am Decided Mom's Drunk Bragging Party Hoverin' First Revival Full On Idle Breaking the Split Screen Barrier Empty Glasses She's A Girl Dedicated
Pacer Pacer Now I like to get loud I like to go to the other side Just to think, you were just passin' by Ridin' around You spat in my eye Just to think, you were just passin' by We were hike to hike Breezing by You broke the pace Just a twisted kid, never learned to ride Now I like to get loud I like to go to the other side Just to think, you were just passin' by We were hike to hike Breezing by You broke the pace Just a twisted kid, never learned to ride Now my wheels are off the ground They keep spinnin' 'round Just to think, you were just passin' by Now I like to get loud Go to the other side Just to think, you were just passin' by
*** Thanx to Kim for this one *** Tipp City Cottonhead, cottonhead I say I will not Go to Sobercity I won't Curtailed times, Once all the best was mine Tipp City, I'm still here Tammy all day I hate old people I do Everything dispensed that we missed The busting studs said it was good Whoa-----yea! You got me going, You got me going Peacock caught looking in a mirror Stop drinking my beer With dawn patrol on I wanna be a city official 'Cause no one gets ya Whoa-----yea! You got me going, You got me going Cottonhead, cottonhead I have relations With anonymous internet nation Curtailed times Once all the best was mine Tipp City yea, I'm still here. Whoa-----yea! You got me going, You got me going I Am Decided I'd like to fly out Fly away from here Find you up with beers Man I'm stoned I want to change And not make a sound I'm out of town I am decided I will be better to fly tonight I need to learn How you look so well And you glow I want to know Better watch your ass The time is moving fast I am decided I will be better to fly tonight
Mom's drunk
Oooooh how Generate the wave On the ground Deep cleeeaow A photopass Four words of hate Me I'm packing bleak, yeah Her refrain Spred over the stars A stock went by Me I'm satisfied Oooooh how Generate the wave Generate the way Oooooh how Generate the way Bragging Party From the valley of the missing High lonesome, no pity boy Bragging party just beginning All the tales, mythic noise No cotton, no chloroform Don't throw me off the dorm You know what I mean Fur is flying, I'm on your team Here are hills, dales, and depths You are what I need, to hear So fill the air, with memorized breaths.....memorized breaths From the valley of the missing T-T-Tammy's stoned on dope No kids, no dogs, no fucking daughters Just my business loop I don't know a thing about it Crazy dipper thanks a lot You ride with Rome in your sleep I'm up but the last one-off Here are hills, dales and depths You are what I need, to hear So fill the air, with memorized breaths.....memorized breaths From the valley of the missing High lonesome Bragging party just beginning Mythic, mythic, mythic men
*** Thanx to Kim for this one *** Hoverin' Hoverin' Hoverin' above the universe We were floatin' We didn't know where we were Flyin' down the street But our feet not touchin' Ah we saw it all But we don't remember nothin' Hoverin' That's with everybody dazed Hoverin' We do it everyday Don't do it if you plan to stick around! Straight Yeah, we're straight We get high on our music Meant to Made to smoke until we're too sick They're hoverin' They don't need their starships Cause they're hovering they're on eternal eclipse Hoverin' That's with everybody dazed Hoverin' Through everyday Don't do it if you plan to stick around!
*** Thanx a lot to Edges who corrected some mistakes *** First Revival
Distant time Eternal pact in me Where the spites despise Were whispered in my sleep Here no crickets, no praise Under the water, under the waves Purely count whistles in time And our last of the leisurely wine You're too fast for me
Full On Idle Say you're one man's taste "Want what?" Fall and break We've seen the dream, folks, in our day What? Fought The Father the Pope Finally sent away Warden, lock it Free love's fought our battles thru the day We were full on idle, A lot of them say, "Obey your colorist, Bleach it all away Free reign, good rest Break, every brunette in the way When we're full on idle, A lot of them say, "Obey your violence" Well, It's kinda late Say you're one man's date Want WHAT? fall and break We were full on idle, A lot of them say, "Obey your violence, Look close- hate tide all white Row on the glass surf He pulled the paddle Okay with me in silence What I'd like to do With your violin And it's bow
** Thanx to Clint & Kim to correct some lines of this song ** Breaking the Split Screen Barrier You gave me no assist At the holidays Now that they're dead and gone Power on Humming eighty venus Humming eighty venus Humming eighty venus I know you're not sane anymore That doesn't mean you're fine One in this alter-sound Die around Humming eighty venus Humming eighty venus Empty Glasses Empty glasses There's just ice cubes Where's the waitress?!? Where's my other shoe?!? That's the boy I like now (?) Got this full cup I have a chance At the boy I was depantsed! Dry heaves on the stair! Empty Empty Empty glasses Empty glasses Dry heaves on the stairs!! Empty Empty glasses There's just ice cubes Where's the waitress?!? Where's my other shoe?!? (There's my other shoe!) Dry heaves on the stairs! Empty Empty I had a chance At the boy; I was depantsed! Dry heaves on the stair! Empty Empty
She's A Girl Sent away for a wonderful girl She'll be there soon Now she's a girl We talked on the phone She just showed up the next day Stay for a wonderful while I was enriched in ways I really can't describe I'll whine I'll live, no memory I remember it I see Here eternities For wound and kind (?) Like all the signs Once you've got it Once is all the time Here eternities For wound and kind Like all the signs Once you've got it Once is all the time Wonderful girl She's a poet You know it Need a ride to the store I'll whine I'll live, no memory I remember it I see Here eternities For wound and kind Like all the signs Once you've got it Once is all the time
** Thanx to Clint to correct some lines of this song ** Dedicated If you wore one big mask You'd never get a chance to kick ass Demons in the spring I can hear them sing "I'll be coming" Whenever no one follows, nope Dedicated all to you (me) Dedicated all to you (me) Aaaaaaah hope you've got a minute Yeah, I'd love a minute of time Or they all go "Fuck it if your winded" You know, given me the rhyme Demons in the spring I can hear them sing "I'll be coming" Whenever no one follows, nope Dedicated all to you (me) Dedicated all to you (me) Aaaaah, hope you've got a minute Yeah, I've got a minute of time For they all go, "Fuck it if your wasted" You know, givin' me a rhyme Demons in the spring I can hear them sing "I'll be coming" Whenever no one follows, nope Dedicated all to you (me) Dedicated all to you (me) Dedicated all Dedicated, dedicated, dedicated If you wore one big mask You'd never get a chance to kick ass De-mons in the spring I can hear them sing "I'll be coming" Whenever no one follows, nope Dedicated all to you (me) Dedicated all As long as no one follows, nope The string things out for string So many for "moi" Dedicated all Dedicated, dedicated