Eyes Adrift (known in Australia as Bud, Curt & Krist) was a three-piece

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consisting of

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(bass guitar, formerly of

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(guitar and lead vocals, of

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), and

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). They released a self-titled album in 2002, which was a mixture of

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, and

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, taking all of their previous backgrounds and putting them together. They toured the

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in mid-2002. They later broke up in 2003, after their debut album flopped. Kirkwood and Gaugh went on to form the supergroup band known as

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. The album is currently out of print. Novoselic went on to record songs with

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, before forming

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. In

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, there was another group called "Eyes Adrift", and rather than pay to license that name, the trio called the band and album "Bud, Curt & Krist".

Discography

Self-titled album

''Eyes Adrift'' (''Bud, Curt & Krist'' in Australia), the band's only album, was released on September 24, 2002. "Alaska" was the album's only single, released on March 3, 2003 in the UK.

Track listing

# "Sleight of Hand" – 4:11 # "Alaska" – 2:51 # "Inquiring Minds" – 2:46 # "Untried" – 3:56 # "Blind Me" – 4:01 # "Dottie Dawn & Julie Jewel" – 3:04 # "Solid" – 3:37 # "Pyramids" – 5:13 # "Telescope" – 4:06 # "Slow Race" – 5:00 # "What I Said" – 4:34 # "Pasted" – 15:33 "Inquiring Minds" is dedicated to JonBenét Ramsey. The

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ese edition of the album, released on January 29, 2003 includes two additional tracks; "Son of Pasted" (also known as "The Jerk") and "The Cup & The Lip".

"Alaska" single

The

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to "Alaska", released on December 2, 2003 includes the tracks: "The Jerk" and "The Cup & the Lip".

Personnel

–

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on "Inquiring Minds", "Dottie Dawn & Julie Jewel" and "Pasted" *

–

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, lead vocals on "Sleight Of Hand", "Alaska", "Untried", "Blind Me", "Solid", "Pyramids", "Telescope", "Slow Race" and "What I Said" *

–

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* Jimmy Shortell –

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on "Sleight of Hand" *

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References

External links

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at the

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