Medicine (band)

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Medicine is an alternative noise-pop/rock band from Los Angeles, USA. They were formed in 1991 by guitarist Brad Laner and signed to Rick Rubin's American Recordings label the following year. Medicine was/is considered the American response to such shoegazing bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Chapterhouse. With a signature guitar tone, created by running guitarist's Brad Laner's guitar through a Yamaha 8-track recorder, Medicine's music managed to distinguish itself from some of the more noisier and ambiguous endeavours of the shoegazing movement.

Medicine made a brief appearance as themselves in the film The Crow.

Contents 1 Members 2 Albums 3 Singles and EPs 4 Compilation appearances

[edit] Members

1990s lineup

• Brad Laner: Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Noise.
• Beth Thompson: Vocals
• Jim Goodall: Drums
• Eddie Ruscha: Bass on Shot Forth Self Living
• Justin Meldal-Johnson: Bass on Her Highness

2000s lineup

• Brad Laner: Guitars, Programming
• Shannon Lee: Vocals

[edit] Albums

• Shot Forth Self Living (Def American/Creation, 1992)
• The Buried Life (American, 1993)
• Her Highness (American, 1995)
• The Mechanical Forces of Love (Wall of Sound, 2003)

[edit] Singles and EPs

• Aruca (Creation 1992)
• 5ive (a.k.a. Come Here To Drink Milk) (Creation, 1993)
• Never Click (Beggars Banquet, 1993)
• Sounds Of Medicine (American, 1994)
• Time Baby 3 (Beggars Banquet, 1994)
• Off The Vine (double 7") (Ectoplasm, 1995)
• Wet on Wet EP (Wall of Sound, 2002)
• I Smile To My Eyes (Wall of Sound, 2003)
• As You Do (Wall of Sound, 2004)

[edit] Compilation appearances

• The Crow OST (Atlantic, 1994)
• The Doom Generation OST (American, 1994)
• Tigerbeat6 Inc. (Tigerbeat6, 2001)
• The Faint - Danse Macabre Remixes (Astralwerks, 2003)
• Themroc - Into the Light (Wall of Sound, 2003)
• Wall of Sound 10th Anniversary (Wall of Sound, 2003)