Tarnation

小簡(jiǎn)介
Tarnation由Paula Frazer成立于1992年，他們的作品主要由4AD出版。最初Tarnation只有Frazer一個(gè)人，1993年負(fù)責(zé)*夏威夷吉他的Brandan kearney加入，同年Brent Johnson也加入了Tarnation。不久之后Michelle Cernuto, Lincoln Allen ，Matt Sullivan相繼加入了Tarnation，使樂(lè)隊(duì)實(shí)力大增。1993年，在Kearney的廠牌Nuf sed Records下發(fā)行了他們的第一張專輯I’ll Give You Something to cry about。1995年，在完成了專輯Gentle Creatures的錄制之后Cernuto, Allen 和Sullivan三人離開(kāi)了樂(lè)隊(duì)，同年4AD發(fā)行了這張專輯，這張專輯中包含了一些I’ll Give You Something to cry about中的一些重新制作的歌曲。很快，F(xiàn)razer就協(xié)同吉他手Alex Oropeza負(fù)責(zé)貝斯和*夏威夷吉他的Bill Cuevas和鼓手Joe Byrne重組了Tarnation。
1997年，貝司手Jamie Meagan 加入了樂(lè)隊(duì)，一行人開(kāi)始錄制專輯Mirador
1997年，在Mirador發(fā)行之后樂(lè)隊(duì)就解散了，F(xiàn)razer 開(kāi)始了他的個(gè)人巡演生涯，Orapeza和Byrnes組了新樂(lè)隊(duì)，名字叫做Broken Horse
The country art band Tarnation was essentially a vehicle for Paula Frazer, a talented singer and songwriter who returned to roots music only after a successful foray into 1980s post-punk. Frazer was born and raised in Sautee Nacoochee, GA, a tiny community located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, where as a child she sang in her fathers church choir, developing a remarkably adept soprano. At the age of 14, the Frazers moved to Arkansas, where she began performing with local jazz groups.
After graduating high school, Frazer relocated to San Francisco, where she followed a stint in a Bulgarian womens choir with tenures in a number of area punk groups, most notably the all-female Frightwig. In 1992, she formed Tarnation with former S.F. Seals members Lincoln Allen and Michelle Cernuto, along with steel guitarist Matt Sullivan. Setting their dark ballads and love songs against a stark, ominous backdrop dominated by reverb-soaked guitars, Tarnation debuted in 1993 with Ill Give You Something to Cry About. In 1995, they issued Gentle Creatures, their first LP for the arty British label 4AD. Shortly after the records release, Allen, Cernuto, and Sullivan left the group and were replaced by guitarist Alex Oropeza, drummer Joe Byrnes, and bassist/lap steel player Bill Cuevas.