Ayin

Ayin Stats

Record Labels:	Happy Fun Time, Thrown Brick
Started By:	Jacob Gotlib, Josh Shapero
Based In:	Louisville
Largest show:	400+ people @ First Unitarian Church 10/2/04
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)

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)