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The Poison Control Center

The Poison Control Center

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  • Formed: in Iowa
  • Years Active: 2000s

Biography

Angular, distortion-kissed indie rockers the Poison Control Center came together in the early 2000s with Patrick R. Tape Fleming, Devin W. Frank, Joseph P. Terry, and Donald Ephraim Curtis III. Hailing from the college town of Ames, IA, the Poison Control Center gained a strong local following in the early 2000s with an intelligent garage rock sound that nodded to influences like Archers of Loaf and Guided by Voices and welcomed comparisons to contemporaries like Tapes 'n Tapes and the Subjects. In the six-year period between 2001 and 2007, the group independently released several EPs and singles, toured the U.S., made two appearances at the CMJ Music Marathon, were featured on NPR, and eventually found a home on the Minneapolis-based label Afternoon Records. Their debut full-length, A Collage of Impressions, was released in the fall of 2007, and a split single with indie pop veterans the Apples in Stereo was slated for release soon after.
— Margaret Reges , All Music Guide

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Los Campesinos!, The Subjects, Comet Gain, Tapes 'n Tapes

Roots and Influences:

Pavement, Guided By Voices, Eels, Archers of Loaf, Spoon

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