Fablefactory is a band from

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. The band was officially formed on May Day 1996, consisting of Davey Wrathgabar ( The Visitations,

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), Hank Wren (Ned Kelly,

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, and, FM51), and Freckles Le Chat ( Dixie Blood Mustache) with Dallas Longhorne joining the band prior to recording their first album. Their debut single, ''Fowell Byrd'', was released in October 1997 and received a warm review in

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. Then, they released their first album ''American Custard'' in 1999. It was lauded by both

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(Athens, GA) and Penny Black Music (U.K.) as one of the top albums of 1999. In 2000, ''AC'' was released in Japan with the addition of the ''Fowell Byrd'' single. The band toured and played in '99/'00 with Of Montreal,

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, Radio 4, The Impossible Shapes, etc. The band self-released a second single, ''Chocolate Rainbow b/w They Come From Planet Goo!'' in 2000. In 2001, the band began compiling an assortment of outtakes, demos, the 2 singles, and oddities for a release in the run up to their "new album" plans. That compilation would eventually become ''We Won't Rock You!!!'' (2002), the second album. During the final two weeks of June, 2001 Fablefactory would record their most accomplished, professional, and least heard album, ''Freak Out Hard On You''. A brief two-legged dog version of the band did reconvene for a week of shows in Seattle, El Paso, Austin, Denton, New Orleans, and Athens in the spring of 2003. Currently, the band is planning a self-released boxset of "greatest hits", live, demo, outtake, cover, and "genesis" recordings titled, ''Go Home Fablefactory!: A Parallax Spew''. Release date: 10/10/10. Wrathgabar also records under the moniker The Visitations, which released a self-titled album on

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in 2001, self-released a follow-up, ''Propaganda'' in 2004, and ''The Conundrum Tree'' through

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in 2008.

Discography

Albums

* ''American Custard'' (CD) - Red Carpet Ring/ Vivid Sound Corporation - 1999/2000 * ''We Won't Rock You'' (CD) - HHBTM- 2002 * ''Freak Out Hard On You'' (CD/CD limited package/LP) - HHBTM - 2002

Singles and EPs

* ''Fowell Byrd'' (7") - Uncomfortable Chair Co. - 1997 * ''Trot Not On The Poop Deck'' (cass.) (split w/Mr Whiggs ) - 1999 * ''Chocolate Rainbow b/w They Come From the Planet Goo'' (7") -

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- 2000

Compilations

* ''Live in the Lobby WUOG 90.5FM Athens, GA'' * ''Hydrponic Mascara Vol. 2 - a various artist compilation'' * ''Happy Happy Birthday to Me Vol. 2'' * ''The Winter Report: a hype city compilation'' Rock music groups from Georgia (U.S. state) The Elephant 6 Recording Company artists {{US-rock-band-stub