Eerie Materials was an independent record label started in the early 1990s, first based in

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, and later in

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History

Before the label began, in the late 1980s, brother and sister Troy Fiscella and Tristana Fiscella, along with their friends Mark, Frances, and Scott H., formed the band Eeyore Power Tool (which went by various names depending on the release, examples are "Eeyore Fiend Magnet", "Eeyore Prayer Tool", and "Eeyore Crypt Orchid", among many others). They became an important influence in the cassette culture of the time, and formed several other interesting musical projects, including Cave Clown Microwave (which included contributions from the people of Wheelchair Full of Old Men, Thought Balloon Tapes, Nauscopy, and many others); and Kingdom Scum, who later had LPs and CDs not only on Eerie Materials but on

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and Turn of the Century as well. Releases by Eeyore Power Tool included a split 7-inch with

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, another one with

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, and an LP with hand-decorated covers. There was also a remarkable video release, "Eeyore Grumpy Ghoul: Scenese From the 1902 Virgin Scary Tour" (where "1902" was their way of saying "1992"). Other bands on the Eerie roster included

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, Faxed Head, Brown Cuts Neighbors, and Hemorrhoy Rogers and the Rrhoid Boyz.

Legal Trouble

In 2000, the label released a 7-inch by the

called "Rocked By Rape", a criticism and parody of violence on television which used words spoken by

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and sampled music from AC/DC.

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threatened legal action against Eerie Materials on the grounds of copyright infringement. This threat outraged members of the Evolution Control Committee as well as

. Nevertheless, Eerie discontinued further sales of the record and no further legal action was taken.

Artists (partial list)

* Anachronauts * Breathilizor * Brown Cuts Neighbors *

* Cave Clown Microwave * Colon On The Cob * Dum Dum TV *ENE *

* Eeyore Gorilla Cookies * Faxed Head * Friendly * Gang of Pork * Hemorrhoy Rogers more info on Hemorrhoy here: http://pingpongdingdong.com/ * Kingdom Scum *

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* Sludgecrypt *

* Sonique Rabbit Fists * Teenage Larvae * The Popsicle Melts

External links

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Press release of CBS' litigation threatKingdom Scum on DiscogsPartial discography of Eerie Materials
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History

Legal Trouble

Artists (partial list)

See also

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