Steel Pole Bath Tub

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Steel Pole Bath Tub
Also known as	S.P.B.T., Steelpole Bathtub
Origin	Bozeman, Montana
Genre(s)	hardcore punk, noise rock
Years active	1986–2002
Label(s)	Boner, Slash, Zero To One
Associated acts	Milk Cult, Tumor Circus
Website	steelpolebathtub.com
Members
Mike Morasky, Dale Flattum, Darren Mor-X,

Steel Pole Bath Tub was a hardcore punk/noise rock band, formed in 1986 in Bozeman, Montana by Mike Morasky (guitar/vocals)and Dale Flattum (bass/vocals). Morasky and Flattum moved the band to Seattle, Washington where Darren Mor-X (drums) joined the band before they all moved to San Francisco, California. The band became known for their chaotic, noisy style and frequent use of television and movie samples, with several 7" singles and albums on Boner Records, before being signed to Slash Records and releasing their major label debut in 1995. Their signing to Slash was part of a mid-1990's free-for-all signing bonanza of alternative rock bands, particularly bands from the Northwestern United States in the wake of the surprising commercial success Geffen Records had with Nirvana, many of which ended in creative and ownership conflicts. Steel Pole Bath Tub and Slash's relationship was no different. The only album they ever released on Slash contained very few samples, which had previously been a staple of the band, at the insistence of Slash's legal department. The band hoped their second album for Slash would be a cover of The Cars' first album in its entirety, but the label would not allow that idea and then deemed the demos the band submitted (which contained three Cars covers) unlistenable and refused to release them. The band wouldn't release any more significant material until the rights to the music they recorded for Slash would revert to them 2002. In 2002, the band released those recordings as the album "Unlistenable", the title a play on a Slash executives comments on the material and reformed to play the [Beyond the Pale festival at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco in November of 2002.

[edit] Side projects

The band joined with Jello Biafra to form the group Tumor Circus, releasing a self-titled album in 1991.

Milk Cult, another side project, with Morasky and Flattum (using the names C.C. Nova and Bumblebee), released 4 albums between 1992 and 2000. Their last album, Project M13, was the result of an invitation from the French Government to be guests of the La Friche Art Collective in Marseille.

[edit] Discography

As Steel Pole Bath Tub:

Butterfly Love (1989), Boner Records
Lurch (1990), EP, Boner
Tulip (1991), Boner
Best of Steel Pole Bathtub (1993), Sento
The Miracle of Sound in Motion (1993), Boner/Tupelo
Your Choice Live Series (1993), Your Choice Records
Some Cocktail Suggestions ... From Steel Pole Bath Tub! (1994), EP, Boner/Tupelo
Scars From Falling Down (1995), Slash Records/London
Tragedy Ecstasy Doom and So On (1995), EP, Genius
Unlistenable (2001), Zero to One