Deerhoof
When the short-lived garage punk band Nitre Pit split in 1992, drummer Greg
Saunier and bassist Rob Fisk nobly decided to fulfil the band's scheduled gigs
on their own, clattering away raucously and making up for a lack of material and
equipment by improvising furiously. Audience member Slim Moon was so impressed
that he offered them the chance to record a 7" single on his Kill Rock Stars
label and years later they have gone on to become one of the company's defining
groups. Recruiting Santomi Matsuzaki as their hyperactive Japanese front woman,
the band's scattergun blasts of pl...
