All songs by Gates & Clarke except "Buried In The Sand" which is by Gates.
All lyrics by Gates.
Produced by Matt Wallace and Monkey Rhythm at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California, except "Happiness Died At The Willow Tree" and "Heaven's Gate", produced by John Baccigaluppi and Monkey Rhythm at Heavenly Recording Studios, Sacramento, California.
All songs mixed at Prairie Sun Studios by Matt Wallace.
Run-off groove etchings:
A: ...GOD CREATED RIDDUM ...AND HE SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD
Adam Gates - lead and backing vocals, bass, keyboards, and drum machines
John Baccigaluppi - guitar, keyboards, drum machine, and backing vocals
Craig Lavaich - voice
Engineered by John Baccigaluppi and Pat Docker
"Here's one that clearly aimed at springboarding the artists, Adam Gates and John Baccigaluppi, at a guest spot on William Buckley's "Firing Line", maybe the April Fools edition. Over a polyrhythmic bed that sounds like two King Crimson tracks laid on top of one another, the heart of this offering is a desultory spoken-word amble through a series of subjects only brave men would dare raise on a record. Red-hot topics like soap operas, girlfriend abuse, sexual forbearance and it's relation to Buddy Ebsen, Ronald Reagan and his inability to...well, I'll just let them tell it. I don't even mind that it doesn't rhyme."
"Adam Gates appears courtesy of Monkey Rhythm and 415 Records"
Hey Are You Going To Burning Man? (7:46) - Electric Apricot
Backroads Of My Mind (4:13) - Electric Apricot
Uncle Pete's Party (7:36) - Electric Apricot
Sugar Train Blues(6:30) - Electric Apricot
Yog Sagoff (Live) (19:48) - Electric Apricot
Electric Apricot members are: Les Claypool, Adam Gates, Bryan Kehoe, Jonathan Korty. Adam is credited as Steve 'Aiwass' Hampton Trouzdale.
Per Wikipedia, all Electric Apricot tracks were recorded at Rancho Relaxo on May 25, 2005 except for "Yog Sagoff" which was recorded on the same day at the Sweetwater Saloon.
"worked with Asphodel Records' Naut Human on the "Iso Ambient Orchestra" (Throne of Drones)"
"A yet to be released break beat album titled "The Filthy Ape Presents DJ Win Win's House of Irrefutable Chop Chop" is slated for release on the Gonerville Records Label"
"an "all bass" album with DJ Disk"
"an electro album with DJs Disk, Flare, and Toad Man"
"The Filthy Ape is also part of the trio "Tornado of Urine" with DJ Disk and Butthouse (from the dub influenced band Ben Wah)"
"Gonervill Breaks Vol. 3: DJ WinWin, the premier DJ from Saipan! The Filthy Ape presents "DJ WinWin's House Of Irrefutable Chop Chop""
Monkey Rhythm
Additional Monkey Rhythm members: Graham Clarke [guitar, keyboards], Charles (Chuck) Risby [drums], Brian MacLeod, Jeff Trott.
Known song titles: The Animal, Buried In The Sand, Happiness Died At The Willow Tree, Heaven's Gate, I've Been Burned, This Must Be The Place
Adam's wikipedia page (lots of un-sourced, un-verified data added by an unknown contributor, possibly Adam Gates, reader beware): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gates
Primus' "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese": additional fisherman, Bastardos bass, Bastardos vocals
Primus' "Tales From The Punchbowl" album: illustration for "Over The Electric Grapevine"
Primus' "Tales From The Punchbowl" interactive CD-ROM: art & animation
Primus' "Rhinoplasty": backing vocals on "The Family And The Fishing Net"
Primus' "Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People" DVD/CD Packaging: Creative Direction, Design & Layout (credited as Adam Gates, FilthyApe Creative Services)
Primus' "Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People" DVD: Creative Director and Interface Design (credited as Adam Gates, FilthyApe Creative Services), Sound Design (credited as FilthyApe)
Primus' "Hallucino-Genetics Live 2004" DVD: Interface, Packaging & Live Projects: Adam Gates - FilthyApe, also credited under "Primus Crew"
Primus' "Blame It On The Fish" DVD: Interface & Packaging by Zoltron Vs Adam Gates
Primus' "The Revenant Juke" 7" vinyl box set: Artwork for 6 sleeves and the box
Primus' "Conspiranoid" EP: Adam is credited as one of the Conspiranoids - presumably the background singers on "Conspiranoia"
Les Claypool's "5 Gallons Of Diesel" DVD: Interface & Packaging by Zoltron Vs IfThenWhy, Illustrations by Adam Gates
Les Claypool's "Adverse Yaw: The Prawn Song Years" vinyl box set: box artwork
The Claypool Lennon Delirium's "South of Reality": Adam is credited as one of the Ask Your Doctor voices for "Cricket Chronicles Revisted"
Appears in multiple videos: Jerry Was A Race Car Driver, My Name Is Mud, Mr. Krinkle, etc.
Multiple sources describe Gates as having filled in on bass with Blind Illusion after Les Claypool left the band during a tour in either 1987 or 1988 (sources conflict). There is YouTube footage of a Blind Illusion show in New York City on September 24, 1988 that features Les, so presumably Adam replaced him after that. The liner notes to Blind
Illusion's "The Demos: Ultimate Anthology Vol 2" say "Les was very professional having designated his close freind Adam Gates as his understudy. Adam played bass at some of the
best gigs with Blind Illusion on the East Coast and Canada." This undated footage appears to show Adam.
Misc. Audio/Visual/Graphic Design/Software Work:
Air King Sound's album "Moonshot": cover art
Ben Wa's album "Disciples Of Retro-Tech": Graphic design for the packaging (credited as The Filthy Ape)
DJ Disk's album "Scarecrow Willie - Platinum Lobster Breakbeats": The Filthy Ape is credited for "creative"
"Brain Has Made The Worst Drum Instructional DVD Ever" DVD: Artwork, Print & Menu design (credited as Adam Gates)
M.I.R.V.'s album "Dancing Naked in a Minefield" features Adam's narrating on the track "Intermission with Bob C. Cock", Adam is listed in the "Additional Musicians" credits, and Bob C. Cock is listed in the "Thanks To" section of the liner notes.
Buckethead's album "Monsters and Robots: Adam is credited as Bob Cock as part of the Chicken Scratch Choir performing background vocals
Various sources online credit Adam as being involved in the track "Smudgeon" by Iso Ambient Orchestra (featured on "The Throne Of Drones" compilation) but the liner notes do not provide sufficient detail.
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