Gerwin Era

dimbulb originally began at Wild Wilburs Storage Units where many bands managed to seek refuge and play LOUD! Mike Gerwin and I had been trying to get our bearings after drummer, Dawson Roark, left to pursue other avenues. Luckily, Mike Pflieger had just moved to Albuquerque from Madison Wi, and answered our feeble little newspaper ad touting free beer. Things were fun, and felt good right off the bat. A few years down the line we managed to record a 10 song Cassette with Mike Whitten bringing his 8 Track into my living room. It was recorded quickly and somewhat drunkenly, but it definitly captured the raw grit that characterized dimbulb.

We continued until mid 1996 when Mike Gerwin decided to volume was having detrimental effects on his ears and sorta fell into a general funk, not wanting to play. Jeff Bracey, previously in the fine band Splinterfish, stepped right into the Bass slot with zest and zeal! Jeff's playing, being more refined, sent us in a sleightly different direction. It really wasnt quite the same furious punk, rarely did my strings break and even less often did my picking hand get torn to bloody shreds pounding out the power chords. It is unfortunate that we never got a chance to record because we had managed to work out a few really good tunes before carreer searchs & children closed that chapter. In 1998 Jeff moved to Canada in search of employment as well as getting married to Heather (a very cool person!). Soon after Jeff's departure, Mike took a job in the midwest and my second, Bailey, was born.

Just before Mike moved away, we did manage to book some studio time and capture two of the better Bracey era tunes to tape. Dave Gutierrez and Linus Carver were recruited to help with Guitar and Bass duties and studio time was booked. Dubbed "Justus Traut", we got Bottle Rocket and Geologic worked out in a coupla of practices and recorded in one night with Quincy at the helm. I am mostly satisified with the results, but it certainly could have had better vocals and maybe a bit more care with the mixing. Overall it serves as a great reminder of the second phase of dimbulb, even without Mr Bracey being present.

Bracy Era