The Rub
The Rub is a band formed in Los Angeles, California from the remnants of post-punk group FUN (who are in no way related to currently active Indie Pop group Fun.). FUN included Michael Mooney, Dan Duarte, Steve Stain (later of the Blue Daisies and solo recordings on New Alliance Records) and Eddie Mooney. After the departure of Stain and Michael Mooney, Duarte and the remaining Mooney recruited drummer Tim Baker and renamed themselves The Rub.[1] The Rub recorded the LP Bikini Gospel for Happy Squid Records.[2] Bikini Gospel included a reworked version of Michael Mooney's song Movies, and contained performances by Steve Stain, John Talley-Jones (Urinals, 100 Flowers), Louis Vandenberg (performer and producer on Stan Ridgway recordings), John Rocknowski (Tragic Comedy), Paul Halliburton (Christ Pistols), and Dave Brown (Black Randy and the Metro Squad). The song "The Death of Pop" was a critic's favorite and has received extensive alternative and college radio airplay.[3]
The Rub recorded their second album, Day Off From Karma with drummer Dirk Vandenberg, formerly of TragicComedy (New Alliance Records), and a studio and live performer with The Minutemen and Firehose. Day Off From Karma was released as a CD in July 1999 on Happy Squid Records (HS-019)[4] and featured performances by Richard "Crane" Kreiger (performer with TragicComedy, The Minutemen) and Vitus Matare (The Last, Trotsky Icepick). One track, A Thousand Days, was released on a compilation album by VIVA Records, "VIVA - Los Angeles II." Four songs by The Rub were also included on one of the first MPEG digital/audio CDs, Browser Barbarians released by DMR Diversions (Ridgecrest, California).[5]
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