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Ayin Stats

Record Labels:

Happy Fun Time, Thrown Brick

Started By:

Jacob Gotlib, Josh Shapero

Based In:

Louisville

Largest show:

600+ people @ Jillian's with Mindless Self Indulgnece 4/20/05

Smallest show:

3 people @ The Muse, Nashville TN 6/3/04

Reunion show:

N/A

Number of Members:

5 currently

Ayin is post-every-stupid-generic-genre-name-you-can-think-of. Started in 1998, and around in present form since 2003, they have only recently started to get a fair amount of respect and generate a measurable amount of excitement. After seven years, three albums, hundreds of shows, and several tours, Ayin went on indefinite haitus in 2007.

Members: Current:

Jacob Gotlib - Guitars, laptop
Brandon Thompson - Drums
Sarah Patrick - keyboard, vocals
Shane Simms - Vocals
Daisy Schwartz - Bass, guitar

Past:

Josh Shapero - keyboards, alto sax

Releases:

Initial EP {2001; Happy Fun Time Records}
A Solitary Strider On The Grey Desert Of The Sea {2002; Happy Fun Time Records}
Dead Sexy Future EP (2003; Happy Fun Time Records)
Pocket Bomb/Ayin split cassette
Rock n' Roll Killed My Baby 7" (2004; Thrown Brick Records)
Nothing Islands CD (2004; Thrown Brick Records)
Fear of Tigers CD (2006; Shrodinger Records)

Merch:

Crack Lighters- only a few made as a joke. Jacked-up cigarette lighters w/ AYIN vinyl lettering on the side.
Slap Bracelets- tyedye slap bracelets w/ "ayin" screened on.
"Enlarge Your Penis To Mammoth Dimensions!" poster.
(lots of other shit)

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-|Record Labels: || Happy Fun Time, [[Thrown Brick]]
+|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Record Labels: || Happy Fun Time, [[Thrown Brick]]
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-|Started By: || [[Jacob Gotlib]], [[Josh Shapero]]
+|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Started By: || [[Jacob Gotlib]], [[Josh Shapero]]
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-|Based In: || [[Kentucky:Louisville|Louisville]]
+|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Based In: || [[Kentucky:Louisville|Louisville]]
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-|Largest show: || 300 people
+|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Largest show: || 600+ people @ Jillian's with Mindless Self Indulgnece 4/20/05
 |-
-|Last show: || 8/27/04 @ KDC w/ Black Cross
+|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Smallest show: || 3 people @ The Muse, Nashville TN 6/3/04
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-|Next show: || 10/2/04 @ First Unitarian Church w/ Breather Resist, also 10/2 @ Belveredere (Zerofest II)
+|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Reunion show: || N/A
 |-
-|Reunion show: || Ulan Bator, Mongolia @ TBA, sometime in 2065
+|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Number of Members:
-|-
-|Number of Members:
 |5 currently
 |-
 |}
+Ayin is post-every-stupid-generic-genre-name-you-can-think-of.  Started in 1998, and around in present form since 2003, they have only recently started to get a fair amount of respect and generate a measurable amount of excitement. After seven years, three albums, hundreds of shows, and several tours, Ayin went on indefinite haitus in 2007.
-Ayin is post-every-stupid-generic-genre-name-you-can-think-of.  It was started by two nerds in 1999, and its current lineup features an assortment of circus freaks,  prostitutes, ex-convicts, and pantless winos picked up on the side of Dixie Hwy.
+'''Members:'''
+''Current'':
-'''Members (current lineup):'''
+*[[Jacob Gotlib]] - Guitars, laptop
---Jacob Gotlib: guitar, electronics
+*[[Brandon Thompson]] - Drums
---Brandon Thompson: drums, drum machines
+*[[Sarah Patrick]] - keyboard, vocals
---Alyce Hatfield: keyboards
+*[[Shane Simms]] - Vocals
---Shane Simms: vocals
+*[[Daisy Schwartz]] - Bass, guitar
---Daisy: bass
-'''Releases (the ones we want you to hear):'''
+''Past:''
---''Big Sexy Dead Future EP'' (2003; self-released)
+*[[Josh Shapero]] - keyboards, alto sax
---''Rock n' Roll Killed My Children 7"'' (2004; Thrown Brick Records)
+Releases:
---''Nothing Islands'' (2004; Thrown Brick Records)
+*[[Ayin:Initial EP|Initial EP]] {2001; Happy Fun Time Records}
+*[[Ayin:A Solitary Strider On The Grey Desert Of The Sea|A Solitary Strider On The Grey Desert Of The Sea]] {2002; Happy Fun Time Records}
+*[[Ayin:Dead Sexy Future|Dead Sexy Future]] EP (2003; Happy Fun Time Records)
+*[[Pocket Bomb/Ayin]] split cassette
+*[[Ayin:Rock n' Roll Killed My Baby|Rock n' Roll Killed My Baby]] 7" (2004; Thrown Brick Records)
+*[[Ayin:Nothing Islands|Nothing Islands]] CD (2004; Thrown Brick Records)
+*[[Ayin:Fear of Tigers|Fear of Tigers]] CD (2006; Shrodinger Records)
-'''Booking/Info:'''
+Merch:
-ayin@popstar.com
+*Crack Lighters- only a few made as a joke. Jacked-up cigarette lighters w/ AYIN vinyl lettering on the side.
-[http://www.ayinkillsyou.org]
+*Slap Bracelets- tyedye slap bracelets w/ "ayin" screened on.
+*"Enlarge Your Penis To Mammoth Dimensions!" poster.
+*(lots of other shit)