League of Blind Women was a short-lived

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supergroup that included Rob Buck (lead guitar) from

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(drums) from 10,000 Maniacs, Casey Orr (bass) from

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(guitar) from Ministry and Rigor Mortis, Kol Marshall (keyboards) from Critical Mass and See No Evil, and Chris Kelly (vocals). When Casey Orr left the band in March 1999 to return to Gwar,

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took his place on bass. Dave Dunn played drums with the band after Jerry Augustyniak left. The band produced two known sets of demos, a five-song EP and an additional song later on. They recorded at least some of their material at Nomad Studio in

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. Buck left 10,000 Maniacs for several months in 1998-1999 to concentrate on League of Blind Women and was replaced in the Maniacs by Michael Lee Jackson of the band Animal Planet. Jackson returned to Animal Planet. Buck returned to 10,000 Maniacs in 1999 and it was apparent he was ill. Buck died on December 19, 2000 of liver failure. In 2001, League of Blind Women released the five-song EP ''League of Blind Women''. Credits say it featured Chris Kelly on vocals, Mike Scaccia on guitars, and Kol Marshall on keyboards, but these were slightly remixed versions of the demos that had been recorded featuring Rob Buck on guitar. All songs were written by Chris Kelly, Rob Buck/Mike Scaccia.

Unofficial Discography

*''Demos (Dogs) 1998'' ''electric demos'' ** songs:
1. "Tom Dooley" ''(3:17)''
2. "Carried Away" ''(5:24)''
3. "Things Left Unsaid" ''(4:59)''
4. "Wait Here Now" ''(5:43)''
5. "Another Like You" ''(6:12)'' *''Demos (Cats) 1998'' ''acoustic demos'' ** songs:
1. "Angel of Conspiracy" ''(4:31)''
2. "Hopeless" ''(6:05)''
3. "Heavy Smoke" ''(5:15'')
4. "Between the Lines" ''(4:46)'' *''Other'' ''recorded after Buck left the band'' ** song:
1. "Memories Remain" ''(5:18)''

Discography

*''League of Blind Women'' ''(released: 2001, ©1998 Milo Music, mp3.com, DAM_CD 741937714186-20478)'' ** songs:
1. "Another Like You" ''(6:17)''
2. "Hopeless" ''(6:38)''
3. "Things Left Unsaid" ''(5:02)''
4. "Carried Away" ''(5:32)''
5. "Angel of Conspiracy" ''(4:33)''

References

League of Blind Women's former official website

Kol Marshall's official website
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