Ayin
From Louisville Punk/Hardcore History
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| 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. Their offical website is located at http://www.ayinkillsyou.org
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)