Lungfish is an American rock band formed in 1987 in

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. All of their music has been released by the

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punk label

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, except for their first album.

History

As of 2005, Lungfish's lineup consisted of Daniel Higgs (vocals, occasional guitar), Asa Osborne (guitar),

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(bass), and Mitchell Feldstein (drums). Two previous bass players were John Chriest and Nathan Bell.

Related projects

Daniel Higgs sang in the 1980s hardcore/punk band

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, and has released numerous solo works under his own name and also Cone of Light. He has recently made numerous solo performances, usually with the long-necked banjo and jaw harp (his recent albums document this as well: 2006's ''Ancestral Songs'' and 2007's ''Metempsychotic Melodies''). In 2011, Higgs also collaborated with Swedish band Skull Defekts on the album ''Peer Amid'' (

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). Since 2015, Higgs has released two full-length albums in Fountainsun, a duo with Fumie Ishii. Asa Osborne has released a CD and 7-inch with Charles Brohawn of

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under the name Tear Jerks. Osborne also released an album on Dischord in 2002 with Daniel Higgs under the name The Pupils. In early 2008, the record label Holy Mountain announced a new solo project by Osborne called Zomes.

has played in numerous bands including

June of 44 June of 44 is an American rock band which was formed in 1994 from ex-members of Rodan, Lungfish, Rex, and Hoover. The band's name refers to the period during which writers Henry Miller Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1 ...

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, and many lesser-known bands from the

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music scene. Mitchell Feldstein has published three volumes of prose/poetry: ''Hurl'' on Apathy Press, ''Teen Cardinal'' on Shattered Wig Press, and ''Even Change'' on Paradigm Publishing. He also played the drums with

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. In 2019 a cassette recording of Feldstein's spoken word with musical backdrops, ''Pretty Boss'', was released on Flag Day Recordings. Nathan Bell played bass on Kogumaza's ''Kолокол'' (2014), which featured the song "Ursids", which was used as a double-A-sided single with the band Hookworms. Bell has also worked with David Heumann from Arboureteum as Human Bell.

Discography

Albums

* ''Necklace of Heads'' (1990) * ''Talking Songs for Walking'' (1992) * ''Rainbows from Atoms'' (1993) * ''Pass and Stow'' (1994) * ''Sound in Time'' (1996) * ''Indivisible'' (1997) * ''Artificial Horizon'' (1998) * ''The Unanimous Hour'' (1999) * ''Necrophones'' (2000) * ''Love Is Love'' (2003) * ''Feral Hymns'' (2005) * ''A.C.R. 1999'' (2012)

Singles and compilation appearances

* 1990: "Nothing Is Easy" on '' Simple Machines Records#1 "Wedge" 7-inch'', re-released on '' The Machines: 1990-1993'' comp. (

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- SMR 19, 1994) * 1990: "Nothing Is Easy" (live version) on ''" Pre-Moon Syndrome Post Summer (of Noise) Celebration Week!"'' * 1993: "Abraham Lincoln" on '' Simple Machines Working Holiday#2 "Working Holiday Series"'' split 7-inch (with The Tinklers) * 1993: "Abraham Lincoln" on ''" The Machines Compilation CD"'' * 1993: "Abraham Lincoln" on ''" Echoes from the Nation's Capital (A Washington D.C. Compilation) 1"'' * 1994: "Abraham Lincoln" on ''

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'' CD Compilation * 1995: '' 10 East'' 3-song 7-inch * 2002: "Friend to Friend in Endtime" on ''" Dischord 20th Anniversary Compilation"''

Related projects: Daniel Higgs

* 1998: ''Cone of Light'' (as Cone of Light) * 2002: ''The Pupils'' (as

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with Asa Osborne) * 2005: ''Magic Alphabet'' * 2006: ''Plays the Mirror of the Apocalypse'' * 2006: ''Ancestral Songs'' * 2007: ''Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot'' (book & CD) * 2007: ''Metempsychotic Melodies'' * 2009: ''Devotional Songs of Daniel Higgs'' (cassette) * 2009: ''Hymnprovisations for Banjo by the (A.I.U) with Piano & Raindrops'' * 2010: ''Say God'' * 2010: ''Clairaudience Fellowship'' (with Twig Harper) * 2011: ''Peer Amid'' (with The Skull Defekts) * 2011: ''2013–3012'' (with The Skull Defekts) * 2011: ''Ultraterrestrial Harvest Hymns'' (cassette) * 2011: ''Beyond & Between'' * 2012: ''The Measure of Mystery'' (cassette) * 2013: ''The Godward Way'' * 2014: ''Dances In Dreams of ihe Known Unknown'' (with The Skull Defekts) * 2014: ''Street Metal'' (with The Skull Defekts) * 2015: ''VIV'' (LP) * 2016: ''The Fools Sermon, Part 1'' (LP) * 2016: ''The Fools Sermon, Part 2'' (Cassette)

Zomes (Asa Osbourne + Hanna Olivegren)

* 2007: ''Zomes'' * 2011: ''Earth Grid'' * 2013: ''Time Was'' * 2015: ''Near Unison'' * 2016: ''Who Shall Be the Sun'' * 2018: ''The First Stone''

References

External links

Dischord's Lungfish page

Baltimore City Paper feature article

Daniel Higgs solo performance on 88.1 BSR's Phoning It In

Daniel Higgs at Arcane Candy
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