Dianogah

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Dianogah
Origin	Chicago, USA
Genre(s)	indie rock
Years active	1995 – present
Label(s)	Southern Records
Members
Kip McCabe Jay Ryan Jason Harvey

Dianogah (pronounced Dye-ah-NO-gah) is a Chicago, Illinois based indie rock outfit formed in 1995, noted for their use of two bass guitars. Members include Kip McCabe, Jay Ryan and Jason Harvey. Dianogah's first full-length album, As Seen From Above, was recorded by Steve Albini, who also produced their second full-length album, Battle Champions, which was released on May 29, 2000. Dianogah named their band after the garbage compactor monster (the Dianoga) in the 1977 motion picture Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

The group was one of about half-dozen performers that contributed to the soundtrack for 1998's Reach the Rock, a motion picture directed by William Ryan and whose script was written by acclaimed director John Hughes. Producer John McEntire (of The Sea and Cake and Tortoise) was at the helm for the recording of the soundtrack, and would later on go on to work with the band on their third full-length album Millions of Brazilians. This record, released on April 16, 2002, also featured Rachel Grimes (of Rachel's) and John Upchurch of Coctails.

On January 15, 2000, the band joined M.O.T.O to serve as opening acts for the final show at the Lounge Ax, an event which had the Coctails reunite briefly to perform as headliners.

1 Discography
2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

qhnnnl CD/LP (Southern Records / 2008)
Millions of Brazilians CD/LP (Southern Records / 2002)
Battle Champions CD/LP (Southern Records / 2000)
As Seen from Above CD/LP w/bonus 7" (CD on Ohio Gold/LP on Actionboy Records/ 1997)

[edit] Singles

"Hannibal"/"A Bear Explains" (Southern Records / 2001)
"Team Dianogah 2 Swedish" (Red Blue Yellow / 1998)
"Dianogah"/"Log Letters" Split 7 (Hi-Ball / 1998)
"Old Material New Format" CD/EP (My Pal God / 1996)
"Garden Airplane Trap" (Actionboy / 1995)
"100% Tree" (Actionboy / 1995)

[edit] Compilations & soundtracks

Good One Buck V/A When the cat returns, the mice are fucked (Southern / 2005)
Dreams of Being King V/A Reach The Rock soundtrack (Hefty / 1999)
Bad Houses/Lone Tree Point V/A My Ohio Action Pal, Boy Gold God 300 (My Pal God / 1998)
Strongdar V/A Zum No. 2 comp (Zum / 1998)
What Is Your Landmass? Ground Rule Double compilation CD,2xLP (Actionboy /Divot / 1995)