Band: Minerva Strain

Album: Fissure / Strum

Release Date: August 1992

Music Genre: Punk Rock Indie Rock

Label: Jettison

Release Country: United States

Record Type: 2 Tracks Vinyl Album 7"

Formed in Chapel Hill, NC in 1990, Minerva Strain maintained a consistent line up for all six years of the band’s existence. Pat Johnson, Nick Lingg, Andy Shull, and Jason Summers all met while working at UNC student radio station WXYC. Shull was the primary songwriter, but Summers and Lingg also wrote. Todd Goss, who ran Jettison records, attended the band’s first show and agreed to release a single. "Fissure," backed with REM-ish "Strum," appeared in early 1992. Minerva Strain followed their debut single with two more singles and eventually Blue Tarantella, a 73-minute album that appeared in 1995.

Recorded & mixed @ Lloyd Street Studios Oct. 1991



Mastered by John Golden @ K Disc LA



© 1992 Spouting Chromium Music