Ghost Mice

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Ghost Mice
Origin Bloomington, IN, USA
Genre(s) Folk-punk
Years active 2002–
Label(s) Plan-It-X Records, No Idea Records, Hill Billy Stew Records, Anti-Creative Records, Friends and Relatives Records, Valiant Death Records
Members
Chris Johnston ("Chris Clavin")
Hannah Jones

Ghost Mice is a two-piece folk-punk band that hails from Bloomington, Indiana. Ghost Mice was created from the ashes of former pop-punk bands The Devil is Electric and Operation: Cliff Clavin. Chris Johnston (aka Chris Clavin) and Hannah Jones who played guitar and bass respectively for OP:CC and TDIE, decided to make their act acoustic so they could tour more easily and play almost anywhere. At the same time, Hannah dropped her bass in favor of a violin.

Ghost Mice's lyrics mostly involve trying to hold onto a positive outlook on life in the midst of fear and depression. Common themes of their songs include riding bikes, eating healthy food, love, stealing, scamming, traveling, building sustainable radical communities, death, family, depression and suicide.

Ghost Mice's records are available through Chris Johnston's record label Plan-It-X Records or the respective labels that released them.

In their own words: "We play 100% acoustic. We never use amps or mics (except at Plan-It-X Fest and on Oct. 28, 2006 for The fest V]). We have been playing in bands together for about 7 years. We started Ghost Mice in 2002 because we tired of being restricted. We were tired of having to travel in big vans and depend on amps, PA systems and electricity. With Ghost Mice we can travel very light and we need nothing to play. We often play in back yards or on the street corner in front of the venue. We have toured the USA many times and we toured Europe (Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, France, Spain, Belgium, England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland) by foot. We hitch-hiked and took trains to all of our shows. It was fun and very liberating. We sing a mix of personal and political lyrics, we are anarchist, we are dedicated to the DIY ethic and the struggle to make the world a better place. We play music and travel for fun and to meet new people. Music is our lives. We love travel. We are nice and a little shy." The previous quote can be found here.

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[edit] Members

  • Chris Johnston - acoustic guitar, vocals, harmonica, tamborine
  • Hannah Jones - violin, vocals

And sometimes:

  • Pascal Benvenuti - ukulele, mandoline, concertina, backing vocals
  • Matty Pop Chart - accordion, drums
  • Lily Richeson - cello
  • Greg Wells - howling and breathing

[edit] Discography

[edit] Full-Length Albums

[edit] Splits

[edit] Live Albums

  • Live At The Nest - CD - DIY Bandits, 2006


[edit] Compilations

  • The Three Dollar Gallon CD
    Crafty Records, December 16 2006

[edit] External links

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