Stick Against Stone is a

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/ no wave band from

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, that later resided in

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. They remained active (in no less than six incarnations) between 1981 and 1990. The group returned to performing in 2011 and currently resides in the

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area. Since their founding, the band went through several line-up changes, but never released a full album until 2010 – and it wasn't until the 2014 release of
The Oregon Bootleg Tapes - Live
' (a live recording from 1985) that critical attention finally arrived in the form of positive reviews in

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) and Pitchfork, where writer Miles Raymer remarked about the group: ''“They had their eyes on the 'there and then', but they were playing 20 years into the future.”''

Discography

Releases * MediaGroove Music: **
The Index of Directions

- (MG-001 - 2010) (digital)
**
Live At Danny's Pub -
'
(MG-002 - 2012) (digital)
**
Get It All Out

(as Stick Against Stone Orchestra) - (MG-003 - 2013) (CD, LP & digital)
**
The Oregon Bootleg Tapes - LIVE

- (MG-004 - 2014) (CD, digital)
**
Leonard / The Hopping Frog

(MG-005 - 2014) (7" vinyl single)
**
INSTANT

(MG-006 - 2015) (CD, digital)
**
The Rippel Tapes

(MG-008 - 2018) (digital)
** Eponymous 4 song cassette - released on their own label (SAS - 1985). * T.M.I. Records: **
Body Motion

- (TMI-015 - 1982) (1 track on a vinyl compilation LP)

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Official Discogs page

Official Bandcamp page

Official Musicbrainz page

Discography

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