Live @ The Heartsong Chai Hut

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In 2008, Andy Warstar returned to Ashland, Oregon U.S.A. after his 2007 "Go Folk Yourself" Australian Tour. He began to book gigs at various gigs in his hometown and play them with very little promotion. This is Andy's first performance upon return to the States.

Whereas Andy Warstar had been playing to packed houses (they were already packed for other reasons when he showed up), there were maybe three people at this particular gig at the old converted Pizza Hut building (known after closing down as The Chai Hut, as that's where a bunch of hippies sold their liquids, and then that place eventually closed down too).

Andy's friend Terry showed up to the gig and stayed for the whole thing, even indulging Warstar in a personal one on one interview. Now you, the Warhead, have a chance to hear these very personal moments when a young, upcoming rock star is hanging out with his good friend and drinking hippie liquid. Oh yes, there were some flyers put out the day of the show. Someone was said to have remarked to Andy Warstar "Oh yeah, the flyer looked cool, and I was gonna come to the show, but then I had other stuff to do." Enjoy & Rock On!

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Live @ Cultureworks

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In 2010, Andy Warstar stopped into Cultureworks in Ashland, Oregon to pay a visit to his friend Sylvia who worked therein. She was very happy to see him, and requested that Andy get up on stage and play some music for her and everyone else that was sitting having lunch.

So Andy Warstar went out to his van, grabbed his guitar and harmonicas, along with his portable Playskool cassette recorder. He went inside and up onto the stage and proceeded to play alternative, underground punk folk music, the likes of which had seldom been seen, encouraged, or allowed on that stage (or any other in Ashland). A celebrity audience appearance by Panther Sequoia (of Violent Femmes fame) is contained herein, as well. Panther makes a request for the classic Warstar song, Virginia's Vagina, and Andy Warstar obliged.

And as Andy had suspected, an establishment run by pretentious out-of-towners (not Sylvia), and with such a pretentious name (what, like we didn't have any Culture in Ashland before you people came along?) was not meant to last. Andy Warstar's performance at Cult-sure-works (as he was fond of calling it) marked the end of an era. Warstar went on to perform in Australia, Sylvia got a crush on some other guy and had a baby, and Panther Sequoia recorded a cover of Virginia's Vagina that become a smash hit in German discoteques. Enjoy & Rock On!

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Live @ The Arts Factory

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In 2011, Andy Warstar returned to Byron Bay, Australia to live and work in a house by the ocean. It was there that Warstar produced a number of live albums, including this one entitled "Live @ the Art's Factory". These songs were performed at Byron's oldest and most famous backpacker's hostel at their weekly open mike.

There are two performances here, the first from the Arts Factory open mike, and the second from the open mike song competition at the Buddha Bar (right next door, and previously associated business establishment). The audio from the first half of the album was culled from a high quality digital camera, so the sound is quite nice. The second half of the album was recorded with an HP mini 1000 mini netbook. To the dismay of the sound man, Andy set the laptop behind him (and the monitors) so as to avoid any distracting the audience from his performance. This lends for a lovely, low fidelity recording that will remind you of those recordings by the great folk artists of the 60's.

And as it happened, Andy Warstar won second place in the competition at the Buddha Bar (and $50.00, the most money he'd ever made at a gig). First place went to this overly emotional blonde chick. It's funny how society applauds guys who can rock hard while keeping their cool, and women who can rock hard while singing about heartbreak and what have you. It takes all kinds of people to make the world go 'round, as they say. So sit back, relax, and become One with everything. Enjoy & Rock On!

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Live @ Nimbin Mardi Grass

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In 2007, Andy Warstar visited Nimbin, Australia on his "Go Folk Yourself" tour. It was there that he met the denizens of this small town, rediscovering the intricacies of small town life, but from an Australian perspective.

Most fascinating of all, perhaps, is that Nimbin is home to Australia's largest pro-cannabis festival (and perhaps the world's largest!). With over 10,000 people rumored to be in attendance, and with the likes of Tommy Chong making appearances, this festival really is a lot of fun! Andy Warstar did his part to bring joy to the hearts of hundreds in attendance that fine weekend in 2007.

Presented here are both performances by Andy Warstar. The first set was played on the small stage on Saturday. The second set was performed on the big stage on Sunday. Coming off the stage to applause, laughter, and whispered rumors that Warstar was the next big folk singer of a generation, Andy Warstar's friend's comment hit closer to the mark:

"Mate, you're like a mutated cross between Bob Dylan and Sid Vicious!"

That being said, you know what you're in for. Additionally, these performances were recorded with a Radio Shack microphone plugged into an old Pentium II Panasonic Toughbook laptop running Cool Edit Pro. To the average sound production engineer, that might mean it could be pretty decent sound quality. Well, it is what it is, and being digital, this music is good enough quality to enjoy with or with a number of bong rips. Enjoy & Rock On!

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Retrospective 2008-2012

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In 2012, Andy Warstar began uploading the Andy Warstar Collection to  the internet. In doing so, he was prompted to submit songs to Reverb Nation, a nice website that makes music available to people for FREE via a Facebook application. This album is the result of Andy submitting his favorite Warstars songs to that site.

Starting from the underground hit "Inside Job", the album rocks on through to "The Queen of Extreme" there in the middle, and finishes off strong with the epic "Ganja Farm". These songs capture Andy Warstar, Low Road Warstar, J Galactic Warstar and Galileo Warstar in peak formation. We also have some of the most accurately played and recorded solo tracks by Andy herein.

If you've never heard Andy Warstar & the Warstars before, this album is a great place to start. It will prepare you for everything that is GLAR! And should you fall in love with this music, you can proudly call yourself a Warhead, then listen and download everything by Andy Warstar & the Warstars. Enjoy & Rock On!!

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The Rainbow Gathering

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In 2007, Andy Warstar went to a Rainbow Gathering in Australia because a couple hippies said "Do you got anything better to do?" Since Warstar's job involves travelling around playing music for people while simultaneously recording his exploits, he followed suit. It was there in Baryulgil, Australia that Andy Warstar met all sorts of wacky and zany people. Chillin' out with Ben, Dan, Ultimate, and many others down there in Gypsy Camp, Warstar became a popular favorite around the campfire in the evenings.

Singing his hit songs "Dangerous Hippie" and "Ganja Farm", Andy Warstar quickly became leader of a rogue band of punk folkers who built the campfire every night at the main circle (without any thanks from the Alphas who danced and pranced pretentiously and without a thought or care).

Yes folks, this was one spectacular occasion (not). Omitted was the love scene between Warstar and the hippie chick down by the river. No, your old pal Andy didn't get any, but as the old saying goes "Never trust a hippie!" So with that, Studio 57 Records brings you both disc 1 & 2 of The Rainbow Gathering by Andy Warstar. Enjoy & Rock On...

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Evo's Coffee Lounge Jams - Vol. 4

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In 2011, Andy Warstar brought his guitar and laptop (with Cool Edit Pro) downtown to Evo's Coffee Lounge for one last jam and recording session before leaving the country and returning to Australia. As it were, the denizens of Evo's were all gathered around the Gazebo (75 degree angle) and vibrating at a similar frequency, according to the Groupthink theory.

It was that fine day that Andy Warstar and Low Road Warstar traded songs that would go down in infamy, having been recorded and stuff. And this being the fourth installment in the Evo's series, it may actually be the best quality, and the most varied collection of songs yet! But who's to say really... All we know for sure is that the Gazebo is gone, and with it, so many of the good times and great tastes (and you deserve a break today and all that).

You can bet that the hippies and gutter punks are still hanging out around there, though, always hoping somebody will buy them a free cup of coffee though. And for those who can't even get that, well, there's this free album. Enjoy & Rock On!

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Evo's Coffee Lounge Jams - Vol. 3

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It was 2010, and it was winter. And it was Andy Warstar sitting on the patio in the freezing cold with his old pal Breyanna (a.k.a. Breylapse). Suddenly, Brey says to Warstar "Hey Warstar, can I play your guitar?" And Warstar replies "Sure, if I can record everything". And Evo's Coffee Lounge Jams Vol. 3 was born!

This third installment in the series is shorter than all the rest, but like the two previous installments and the one that came after, there are songs being traded and shared (and eventually sold, mu wa ha ha ha ha!!!!) Yes folks, this is another one of those down home punk folk albums that you just can't get enough of. I mean, who wouldn't want to hear a strung out punk rocker chick angrily down-strumming on Leonard Cohen and Carter Family covers that were meant to be lovingly finger picked?

We at Studio 57 Records are so sure you'll throw away your Beatles records after hearing this internet album release (lovingly downgraded to fibrillating mp3 quality), that you'll become a Warhead forever and ever into the next dimension! So grab an ice cold can of something ice cold, kick back, relax, and go back in time... A time when people were cold, and all they had was coffee and guitars, and friends who were only fairweather friends so that they could strum your guitar and fuck your best friends (who they themselves turned out to be fairweather friends also). Enjoy & Rock On!

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Evo's Coffee Lounge Jams - Vol. 2

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In 2010, Andy Warstar was just sitting around at Evo's Coffee Lounge in Ashland, Oregon languishing and doing absolutely nothing. Maybe it was the weed, or maybe the coffee wasn't strong enough that day. Suddenly, Low Road Warstar appeared from behind a tree and squawked "Hark! Thy Warstar must recordeth with thine recorder and thus guitar!"

That was when Andy went behind Evo's, sat on a park bench under a tree, and jammed on his guitar while recording it all with Low Road's digital pocket recorder. And thus and thine, it was time that Evo's Coffee Lounge Jams Vol. 2 was born! The chipmonks and squirrels and deer and birds that all happened by while Andy was strumming along really dug the tunes, but it was the hippies in the parking lot that really got giddy when Warstar started in on his new tune "People Are Aliens", which they are.

Little did anybody know that this album series would go down in history as the greatest albums of all time. Little did Andy Warstar realize that there would be a couple more volumes of from this series recorded over that next year. And little did you realize that you also get four amazing bonus tracks at the end of this album from another time when Andy was playing and recording. This is really fucking amazing... Enjoy & Rock On!

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Evo's Coffee Lounge Jams - Vol. 1

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In 2005, Andy Warstar returned to his University town of Ashland, Oregon and began frequented his old haunt that is Evo's Coffee Lounge in the downtown area once more. It was there that Warstar had his first gallery opening of oil paintings back in his art school days. It was also there that many punk rock gigs had been held over the years.

Unfortunately, that scene began to die out as Evo's clientele became overrun by toothless dreadlocked hippies and gutter punks. Still, Andy Warstar was not dissuaded, and continued to bring his guitar down to Evo's patio in the summer time (along with his trusty Panasonic handheld cassette recorder) and record songs and friends discussions.

It is this first installment of the Evo's Coffee Lounge Jams series that sets the tone for the three volumes to follow. For, what should an album of jams at a coffee shop be but exactly what they were? I.e., a bunch of friends hanging out and shooting the shit with no causes or concerns for the future. Nothing on their minds but good coffee, conversation, and a few riffs on the guitar. Enjoy and Rock On!

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Songs On The Street - Vol. 2

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In 2010, Andy Warstar decided it was high time to record another volume of Songs On The Street. Hence, Songs On The Street Volume 2 was born! This time, Andy Warstar decided to use an actual full sized acoustic guitar that WASN'T found in a dumpster. Still utilizing his old man tactics of recording everything with a super crappy Playskool portable toy tape recorder (made for children both actual and overgrown), Andy Warstar made the album of the century. But it wasn't this one.

Anyways, this album was meant to be a lot longer than it was, but the day grew long (among other things) as Andy Warstar happened into his old friend Fern, a beautiful hippie chick (what is it with punk rockers and hippie chicks anyways?) It was at that point that Andy decided to hit the big red STOP button and chase after her. No, your old pal Andy Warstar did NOT get laid that fine summer day. Remember, American women are very fucked up, and they no longer have sex to reproduce. You have to spill water on them after midnite. And sometimes they put out for Gray aliens who come and hump them in their sleep, at least that's what we read on the internets.

But let's not be chaste. This album not only features an awesome song made up right on the spot for Fern (who really couldn't give a fuck, both figuratively and literally), but a couple totally sweet bonus tracks recorded in the alley way in downtown Bend, Oregon right after Andy Warstar had seen Bob Dylan play live in concert at the Les Schwab Amphitheatre. And like 'ol Les who gives away free beef at every opportunity at his fine Tire outlet stores, Andy Warstar makes his beef available to all the ladies right here, baby... Ah yeah! Enjoy & Rock On!!!

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Songs On The Street

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In 2005, Andy Warstar found a little Mark II guitar in a dumpster on his way home school. It was all broken and stuff, so he took it home and with the help of a friendly roll of duct tape, he patched up that little guitar and then suddenly had an amazing brainstorm...

"What if I recorded a series of albums with this here dumpster guitar? I could start a whole new genre of music! It shall be called 'Unpopular' music..." thought Andy. And with that, the first volume in the Songs On The Street series was born. Featuring that good ol' psychedelic country twang that both hippies and gutter punks seem to really enjoy, and which ordinary people despise.

Not only is the album chock full of these songs from the mean streets of Ashland, Oregon, but there's interviews with real punk rockers (16 year old runaways) and the album cover was jacked from a Rick James album! Fair use, motherfuckers!!!!!!!! Yep, there's even the happy ending here, where Andy Warstar wanders over to the front lawn of Lithia Park and plays some really beautiful bits, what with the birds chirping and all. It's almost like Mary Poppins and Andy Warstar had just made sweet sweet love... Enjoy & Rock On!

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Food Co-op Jams

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In 2011, Andy Warstar came down from his little green room, wandered across the Ashland Food Co-op parking lot, and ran into his old pal Chris Coyote. Chris immediately offered up his Taylor acoustic guitar and a coffee cup filled with rum. Andy Warstar sat down, got a bit shwilly, and began to rehearse his latest songs.

"Hmmmm... How to make these songs I've never played before more interesting to the listener so it doesn't just sound like a sloppy rehearsal?" thought Andy. It was then that Warstar decided to just play the songs really really slow, speeding up and slowing down the tempo in unpredictable moments. This way, the listener can never be sure they heard the same album twice, or even remember that they heard an album afterwards!

In this way, Andy Warstar has made an album that ensures that all hot hippie chicks will want to have casual sex with him backstage, and your girlfriend and your girlfriend's mom. Because after all, isn't that what good wholesome hippie music is about? Hey! You can even listen to this album while meditating or doing yoga. The bonus track at the end with the jackhammers is sure to offer you a challenging mediation. Many thanks to Chris Coyote for helping quickly rid Warstar of his unneeded material possessions and ruin his life. Also thanks to Tye, whose classical guitar pieces will live on in infamy. Enjoy & Rock On!

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See Ya Later Oz

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In 2007, Andy Warstar left Australia after his eight month long "Go Folk Yourself" tour on the east coast. There were good times, there were bad times... There was Father Time standing in the doorway with a trench coat about to expose himself, and WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!! THAT'S NOT FATHER TIME!!! Holy flurking shnit...

This album features songs along the road, around the campfire, on the street with friends, and random interviews with hippies aplenty. You can be sure it's totally messed up, inappropriate and lo-fidelity, just the way Australian's like it. What, you didn't know that Kylie Minoque was the progenitor of underground music? Well good day by crikelations, because she and Michael Hutchence and Mad Max all recorded an album made entirely of dirt out at Uluru! By crikey.

Anyway, many thanks to all the Aussies involved. Sure, George Lucas shot "Star Wars" in your country because he needed free location to shoot and cheap labor. But your old pal Andy Warstar has gone a step further and really done you all a favor by recording you and posting everything on the internet for the whole world to get for FREE!! The point is to help the starving children, of course, and NOT AT ALL to get rich and famous. Enjoy & Rock On!

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Good Day Oz

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In 2007, Andy Warstar captured a lot of recordings on his portable Panasonic cassette recorder as he rambled around Australia on the "Go Folk Yourself" tour. These recordings were as varied and colorful as time itself, like Father Time and shit.

Herein, we have all sorts of stuff, like the Sounds Of The Kookaburra (which were probably actually Butcher Birds), and Dinner With Ben. Yes folks, you get to hear all of Andy's most intimate moments, like the time he was wrestling a crocodile with Steve Irwin, or when he saw the Rainbow Serpent, or when that stupid Koala tried to rape him in the arse (again). Bugger off, Koalas!

Yes, Good Day, by crikey! As Sweet! Bloody wombat... You can be sure that you went to Australia after listening to this album. No one will doubt your story, especially not your old pal Andy Warstar. And like the Buddha says, everything is an illusion (especially the countless drug references on this album and critique of the Australian government). Anyways, Enjoy & Rock On!

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Rainbow Rarities

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It was 2007 and Andy Warstar got invited to a Rainbow Gathering just outside of Baryulgil, Australia."Those things are for dirty hippies!" exclaimed Warstar to his friends. "Do you have anything better to do? Besides," they said, "You can come along with your tape recorder and make fun of all the hippies. It'll be great!" And that's exactly what Warstar did.

Here, you get to listen to Andy hang out with all his fairweather friends, both old and new. You get to hear the best recordings from the album Rainbow 2007 by Andy Warstar, all in one amazing volume! And since Warstar had been to a couple other Rainbow Gatherings in North America (the Nationals in both northern California and Colorado), he assure you, the listener, that  Rainbow Gatherings in Australia are pretty much the same thing there too.

From classic begging songs like Magic Hat to dread locked Trustafarians doing Bob Marley covers, it's all here. Then of course, you've got Andy Warstar playing all his classic folk tunes along side sloppy hand drummers and digeridoo players. You can hear the sounds of the Bell Birds, one of Australia's most wonderful invasive species, chirping away in the background. And most of all, you get to hear the camradery of all the losers down in Gypsy camp, or pirate camp, or reject camp, whatever fuck you. Yes folks! It's all here for you to... Enjoy & Rock On!

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Greatest Misses

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In 2003, Warstars were invited to perform live on the air at 94.7 KNRK, Portland, Oregon's largest alternative rock station. The band was scheduled to appear beginning at 5:00 am and play a number of live spots once every 20-30 minutes. At 8:00 am, Warstars was then invited into the studio to be interview on the Gustav & Daria show (Daria was sick that day, so there was another D.J. standing in). The band was interviewed, and then preview their first single, a mash-up style, punk influenced Industrial dance track called "Stars & Bars".

During the interview, Gustav was terrific, asking intelligent questions and being a really fun guy in general. Meanwhile, the other D.J. couldn't even pronounce Warstars correctly, with Gustav actually correcting him on air. At one point, however, the stand-in did ask some pertinent questions as to why the Warstars website had pentagrams and satanic imagery on it at the time. Andy, Evilyn, and Shmoby all did their best to explain that this was a remnant from their previous bass player. The guys go on to explain that their intention was to mock the Christian/Satan paradigm, because at the time nobody in the band believed in angels or demons. Andy's perspective on these kinds of phenomena would later change.

Because all of the radio performances on this album, the interview, as well as the studio tracks were all produced during and prior to 2003, the album is marked as released in 2003. In actuality, the album was compiled in 2005. This was one of many efforts by Andy Warstar to stir up some interest in Warstars after he returned to southern Oregon and regrouped the band with Captain James T. Warstar. The album was titled "Greatest Misses" because, although the band had received one phone call from an A & R rep from an unnamed major label, none of the songs went on to dwarf Marilyn Manson in the charts.

"Greatest Misses" was named in homage to DEVO's album of the same name. The album cover originally featured Andy doing the Texas Longhorns hand sign (rock and roll devil sign thingy) with both hands. However, because Andy Warstar eventually became a more spiritually based artist and took a role in activism, he changed the album cover to another photo taking that fateful morning at KNRK by Evilyn of him eating a Pop-Tart. Since this time, Warstars no longer toys with anything of the occult, nor do they mock the stuff either, since people really do practice the black arts, and the band is looking to make peace with all spirits, not become enemies and further karmic attachment.

More to the point, Andy Warstar & the Warstars are not pro-NWO (New World Order). It seems fairly obvious that the true Satanic agenda in the world today, is that of the corporate oligarchy and that of the political elite. Their agenda also seems aimed at reducing population through illegal wars, soft kills, and genocide in general. But Andy Warstar & the Warstars feels that these things can be avoided, that the world is NOT overpopulated, and that in the true spirit of abundance, all may live long and prosper (while listening to Andy Warstar & the Warstars). Enjoy and rock on!!!!

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Best Of The Archives

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In 2006, Andy Warstar began compilation material that had sat around in the vaults of the mines of the Warchives for a number of years. This material was culled from his vast collection of cassette recordings and the best bits were made into one amazing archives compilation: Best Of The Archives.

This is where you'll here some of Andy Warstar's first poems, read by friends, and even group poetry where a number of people wrote various lines, then read them for the tape recorder. But wait! There's more... There are a number of early demo recordings here, including songs Andy wrote for girlfriends and his cat, neither of which he has  any more.

Eventually, with the help of Andy's friend Green and some random homeless guy, Andy Warstar would smash entire collection of cassettes with hammers behind Evo's Coffee Lounge during the summer of 2009. This was during Andy's Buddhist phase where he was searching for Emptiness, and wanted to renounce all material possessions. The three friends took a couple bricks, place them a few inches apart, place cassettes over the gap, and smashed them one by one with hammers.

They snapped hundreds of Warstars masters (that had been burned to C.D.) by hand until their hands bled. Then they tore the Warstars banner in half (the one featured in the 08-23-08 video), rolled everything up into a giant burrito of destruction, and threw it all in the dumpster. Now, three years later, your old pal Andy Warstar is done with Buddhism and back into rock and roll! Fortunately for you, the Warheads, all this great material was preserved for all time right here in glistening digital format! Enjoy and rock on...

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Best Of The Remixes

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In 2007, Andy Warstar re-released the Warstars "Best Of The Remixes" compilation as a limited edition of thirty hand signed CD copies. There was no cover printed, and only a hint of something different for Warheads. No one really had any idea that this album would go on to become one of the greatest selling albums of all time.

Maybe it was the remix of Virginia's Vagina, or the use of Toots & The Maytals samples in the remix of Stars & Bars. Some say it was the Monsanto remix of Pitchfork that really made Andy Warstar stand out from the crowd. And with that stark album cover... It's like, so artistic and stuff like that... It's like, wow man... Wow...

Actually NO EFFORT went into this album. Andy Warstar couldn't even be bothered to tag the tracks according to any kind of numbering sequence! What a lazy bastard. You probably shouldn't even download this album. Leave now or this album may lead you to your doom!! The tracks aren't even numbered, just alphabetized!! Glar!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Staring At The Sun E.P.

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In 2011, Andy Warstar and J Galactic regrouped for a brief time to record a few versions of the U2 classic, "Staring At The Sun". The result is the third official Warstars E.P. release. Most versions of this track were recorded in the new spare bedroom at J's house, while there are a couple versions that were recorded somewhere else but I can't remember where, maybe while standing on top of a police car and spraying cops with liquid L.S.D., I don't recall.

Anyway, why a U2 cover, especially when so many people hate U2? It's all because of a girl. Andy Warstar was walking through Lithia Park one summer day when he came across this spiritual looking chick sitting in the grass with an acoustic guitar strumming these chords really slow. Warstar commented how nice her playing was just because she was hot, not because she was a stellar guitarist. Anyway, she said thanks and Andy found out where she worked and made her a compilation of his best songs, which she liked.

However, the girl didn't appreciate Andy enough to want date him, respond to his advances, or really talk to him very much. Maybe she was a lesbian or was just really busy (with a brain tumor). It doesn't really matter. What does matter is that appreciation for the female species inspired a punk to make crappy music better, thus improving the whole world! "Staring At The Sun" is one of those songs that transcends genre, with interesting chord changes and lyrics to boot. It is a song sure to inspire any number of ladies to swoon in the front row of the next Andy Warstar concert, then leave without giving Andy any play whatsoever.

There are some nice solo takes here, along with duo takes featuring J Galactic. We've even included some hilarous outtakes here, entitled "Staring At The Dumb". Laugh along with Andy and Galactic as they meander their way through the blazing heat of summer time insanity in a cramped, hot, sweaty bedroom, alone together... Wait a minute! Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day! Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day! Anyways, Enjoy & Rock...

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Inside Job E.P.

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In 2008, Andy Warstar decided to write a song about what happened to him on the day of September 11th, 2001. So he sat down, penned the lyrics, and joined Low Road in the studio to compose and record the track. This E.P. contains eight slightly different versions of that original tape recorded version, along with the original, redundant chorus. There are only vocals, guitar and bass on this acoustic sounding track

Then there are two live in the studio versions at the very end of this E.P. The first one was released on a website recommended to Warstar by Evilyn Vegas Warstar called thesixtyone, hence the name of the mix. And the final track on this E.P. has just been added for this 2012 re-release. It is the version of Inside Job from the album Whatever, and contains the final version of the lyrics in the chorus.

While this song may seem "political", repeatedly exclaiming that 9/11 was an inside job (any fool can see that, or can they?), it's really not a political song. The song is really about how Andy took his website off the net because he felt it would make trouble. The song goes on to tell how his girlfriend rejected him after making a bad joke about the situation. Inside Job song caps off with how Andy came around a corner and met his bass player from ten years prior, Josh of The Hinge, and they went and had beers.

With a RAMONES flavor and a classic punk sound, this is one of those punk songs destined to go down in history. Really, our brothers and sisters in the Middle East need our support, and someday, hopefully sales of this track on the net can be donated to helping demilitarize Palestine and bring peace to the area. WWWW... What would Warstar want? STOP THE WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Stars & Bars E.P.

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In 2000, Andy Warstar bought his first home computer, an old Pentium II. A friend gave him Pro Tools (the Free version), and with a mere eight tracks available to him on an old dinosaur of a machine, Warstar set out to create music that had been drifting through his brain for many years.

It all added up to the first Warstars studio track ever, Stars & Bars, which is basically a mash-up style song comprised of samples by the likes of Black Flag, Jane's Addiction, Bob Dylan, KMFDM, and more. Friends of the band were so enthused by these sonic experiments that Andy felt obliged to release the material as soon as possible in E.P. format.

These tracks were rounded out by a few live in the studio cuts, early demos such as the infamous Airborne Pygmy Sluts From Hell (intended to be the name of Andy's first band, but "Orchidalgia" had already been chosen). Also included is the adults only track Billy Joe Meets The Big Bad Wolf, which is a satirical take on the old fairytale, this time with whatever sick and twisted thoughts coming to mind in free verse style composition.

In classic 80's alternative rock fashion, this music is meant to be a piss-take on the concept of Satan (for most people do not believe the Evil One actually exists). That being said, there is still "evil" in the world, and making light of it does not make it go away. So before you go around making stupid industrial goth music like this on your own, take a minute to think about it. Like your old pal Andy Warstar always says "Don't mess around with the occult. You want to be a good person, right? You want to stay sane, right? Then stay away from that stuff altogether. Go paint pictures of Happy Trees instead!"

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Welcome To Ashland

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In 2011, Andy Warstar just really wanted to get the heck out of Ashland, Oregon U.S.A. It's a small town in southern Oregon that's really beautiful and everything, but because it's so close to California and Mt. Shasta, the place is now overrun with Yippies and Hippies. There is no punk scene, as it died out in the mid-nineties. Yes, your old pal Andy Warstar was there in those days, and it was bad ass!

So Andy Warstar moved into the spare room at his friend Joe's place. Joe is a bad ass blues guitarist (who himself would evenually escape the valley to go play blues guitar in New Orleans). It was Joe that inspired Andy to get his guitar and head downtown to the open mikes more often. And with that, Andy Warstar wandered through rain, sleet and snow with his axe and his recorder to perform for a bunch of locals who only pretend to like alternative folk (but who would rather hear Beatles covers and 1950's cover bands).

This album captures Andy Warstar's experience in his University hometown of Ashland. Listening to this, you can get a feel for what it's like to be one of the only people in town who likes alternative and classic punk (or anything different than what's acceptable and popular). You get to hear Andy play a couple open mikes at the beginning, and as the album progresses, you get to hear demo tracks recorded around the house and in the kitchen. Ironically, "Welcome To Ashland" ends with an escape from the valley of sorts; i.e. songs strummed on a front lawn in Talent, the neighboring town. Ah yes, summertime under chemtrail skies in La Vallee. Enjoy & Rock On!

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Fruit Cellar Jams

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In the summers of 2004 and 2005, Andy Warstar drove his truck up the hill above Southern Oregon University to his friend Otis Merely's house. It was there in his friend's basement bedroom that these tracks were pulled from the restless minds of artists hungry for something more than peanut butter. Jams!

Yes, the album title comes from the fact that these guys were playing adjacent to an old fruit cellar where old people had put fruit in jars for many a generation. Andy Warstar and Otis Merely traded songs and ideas, and even read poetry by the likes of E.E. Cummings over the top of acoustic guitar. There was a lot of creativity going on here, and so much power that it resulted in a drum pedal being broken in two, and Otis's mom requesting volume levels go down on numerous occasions. However, that didn't stop these two rebels from tearing it up down in the underground!

The two friends would eventually have a falling out later that year at the www.andywarstar.com website launch party (with Otis showing up late and high on LSD) Andy refused to play the gig at that point. Over one year later, and quite randomly, the two old friends crossed paths at the grocery store. They shook hands, reminisced about old times, then decided to head into the studio for the afternoon and record. After cranking up the amps, Andy and Otis recorded "Abstract Piece #6", reminiscent of Bauhaus style art rock in the avant garde genre. Enjoy & Rock On!

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Piano From Uranus

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In 2008, Andy Warstar was sleeping on a couch in his best friend's Mom's garage in Ashland. The nice lady had an old piano and your old pal Andy Warstar had an old Sony Minidisc recorder. So Andy decided to record his first piano album and "Piano From Uranus" is the result.

Of course, the title implies that the sounds are psychedelic, like they are from outer space or something, whatever fuck you. This album showcases Andy Warstar playing as good or better than Richard Wright from Pink Floyd (during his Ummagumma phase), as Wright was Andy Warstar's biggest piano influence EVER (with Wesley Willis coming in at a close second on the tinkling ivory).

More songs were planned to be recorded, but the nice lady with the piano said Andy couldn't leave his Minidisc recorder and microphone hanging around. One other unique thing about these recordings is that Andy's best friend Elias was in the background whooping and hollering, stomping and having a good 'ol fashioned time. You can almost hear the parakeets as they begin to attack, and the cover of Crosby Still's & Nash's "Chicago" almost makes you want to go there and do some shopping. Enjoy and Rock On!

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Helga's Playhouse

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One rainy winter's eve in 2011, Andy Warstar took his friend Betty over to his friend Helga's house for tea and strumpets. Who should be there as well, but former trumpet player of the Violent Femmes, Panther Sequoia (formerly Drake Scott). So the four friends sat around with their tea (it's your guess who the strumpets were), and strummed and sang songs together.

As usual, Andy Warstar had his portable cassette recorder ready, and an ultra-low quality cassette that had been recorded on a hundred times already to capture the evening's revelry. This album is testimony that even the crappiest cassette and recorder can still capture beautiful moments amongst friends. Friends that are more like family... From our family to yours, wholesome and nutritious Andy Warstar goodness right here, y'all.

Anyway there's a fimo Unicorn on the cover, and there's a cover of "Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin here too. The album caps off with a very nice original called "Reach You" by Panther (yes, the same Panther who is mentioned in the famous Warstars track "Her Name Was Genie"). There's even another version here with extra delay effect so you can really bask in the Pantherness that leaks into your eyes like some kind of blissful failure. Enjoy and Rock On!

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Nursery Time

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In 2006, Andy Warstar was fed up with music and bands and bandmates and music production. A couple years prior, he had seen Wesley Willis, the famous keyboard player (discovered by Jello Biafra), play in concert in Portland, Oregon. It was then that Warstar decided he too would like to record a keyboard album.

The only keyboard Andy Warstar had was the one depicted in the album cover, and it was one that he'd found on the side of the road. Somebody had thrown it out in a free pile. Andy had done a few experimental tracks with this keyboard already, and most notably used it as a drum machine while recording a take of "U.S. Blues" by Grateful Dead (to the chagrin of punks everywhere, oh well, fuck 'em!). Now it was time for a new challenge: to create an instant and disposable album!

Andy Warhol had done it with painting, Wesley Willis had done keyboard albums only a handful of deranged punks could appreciate, and Andy Warstar did in fifteen minutes what no one thought was possible, or something, whatever, fuck you! Anyway, the keyboard came with a bunch of pre-recorded songs, so the first part of the album is Andy singing along to those tracks. Then all those tracks are reversed. Then the entirety of those tracks are lumped together and reversed and have a bunch of distortion and delay on them. Then there's a couple bonus tracks at the end, including an awesome cover of "How Sweet It Is" by James Taylor.

This album was originally burned onto CD for friends around town, and distributed as a bonus album in the same zip-lock packaging with a bunch of black and white punk stickers thrown in for good measure. After this album, a lot of people had good reason to hate the music of Andy Warstar. But if you were his friend and  understood his sense of humor (and did psychedelic mushrooms), you listened to this album with a warped sense of glee, thinking "Finally... Somebody's gone and made a bunch of adult nursery ryhymes for the overgrown punk kid in me!!"

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Alien Porkchops

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In 2011, Andy Warstar returned to Australia to relax on the beaches of Byron Bay and edit a large glut of recordings that had accumulated during the past year. He was often seen frequenting the Owl & Pussycat pub where there was free wireless access with a cup of coffee. It was there that Warstar is said to have uploaded and released nine internet-only albums in one day.

After playing a couple local open mikes (recording and releasing these bootleg live albums as well), Andy Warstar was invited to spend a few days with friends in Brisbane. Somewhere out in the suburbs of Mt. Gravatt, Andy Warstar, Devin Starasts (of the Brickfields), Psychedelic Sam, and Joel Black loaded up the billy and  hit the record button. Alien Porkchops was the result.

There was no planning, and no rehearsal. What you have here is four guys collaborating in the Universal Mind, created unorchestrated psychedelia in real time. If you don't smoke weed, this album will sound like a bunch of background noise, or maybe something somebody would use for a B movie soundtrack. But if you do take hits from the bong and love "stoner rock" guitar noise, you'll find a use for these recordings. Enjoy and rock on...

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Shit Sandwich

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It was the summer of 2008 and Warstars bassist, Low Road Warstar, was quitting the band. "What about production value?" he complained to Andy Warstar as he left Studio 57 for the last time. "Production value?," exclaimed Warstar. "What a bunch of SHIT!" he exclaimed. That's when  Andy's buddy Andrew entered the picture. Andrew expressed interest in playing bass and Andy Warstar said O.K.!!

 Then one summer day while Andy Warstar was down at Studio 57 (inside KSKQ) producing Legend Of The Golden Vagina, Andrew rocks up and says he wants to jam on some shit. But because Low Road took the bass guitar with him when he quit Warstars, there was nought to play but drums and guitar. So that day, Andrew became an honorary Warstar. Dubbed "Android", he sat down at the drum kit, and after a five minute drum lesson from Andy Warstar, vigorously began to pound out some beats and shit.

Andy picked up his guitar and sang along with the loose and primitive beats coming from Androids spastically moving limbs. Some Warstars classics were loosely rendered that day, giving the listener a chance to hear what these tight punk songs sound like when played along with a bunch of loose shit. The songs were recorded using Cool Edit Pro on the computer (yes, it's digital! No cassettes were used for this shit). Additionally, there is a punk rock cover of Big Black Furry Creature From Mars by Phish, which is pretty fucking shit, we admit, but it had to be done.

But this album isn't all shit! There's this really cool shit at the end where Andy Warstar plays drums on all five Android Jams. And you get to hear that Andy Warstar is a pretty decent punk rock drummer to boot. There's even a bonus version of Two Thumbs Up at the end, which is some pretty good shit! So this album will live on in infamy as proof that shit happens. Enjoy and Rock On...

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Milo Goes To Warstar's

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In 2005, Andy Warstar joined with Apollo Warstar to regroup WARSTARS for the first gigs in two years. The search immediately began for a bass player, and during the interim, Andy Warstar found Milo, an older gentleman who played a Native American flute made out of wood. Andy Warstar invited Milo over to jam at some point. Then one day, Milo randomly knocked on the door while Andy and Apollo were in the middle of the first song of the day.

Immediately, Andy Warstar began ad-libbing song lyrics about Milo's entry into the room and Milo busted out on his flute. A multitude of awesome lo-fidelity songs were captured on a cassette recorder on the carpet in middle of the room. Eventually, Andy picked up an acoustic guitar and chilled back on the couch, where a few more songs were captured.

Milo would eventually request a burned CD copy of the session, but to his dismay, Andy Warstar included the one song where Andy told a story of some random sicko defecating in a vagina or something like that. There were a lot of South Park episodes on the air in those days about pooping, shit, shitting, eating shit, and Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo. Why shouldn't Andy talk about crapping in the holiest of the holes? Besides, there are as many fucked up piece of shit females out there in the world as there are man pigs. So think of this as paying tribute and saying Fuck You simultaneously.

Also, the album cover is paying homage to the great punk rock record by the DESCENDANTS entitled "Milo Goes To College". So put that in your pipe and smoke it!! Also, this is a special album because Apollo quit the band shortly after that, moving out of the house citing that Warstar had been using abusive language. But the guy threw a Birkenstock! He didn't even understand fashion...

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More Punk Than You - Vol. 2

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In 2008, WARSTARS regrouped and began recording at KSKQ, the Ashland, Oregon community radio station. Renaming Studio B to "Studio 57" and advertising punk rock production all over town, the Warstars only ever produced themselves in a small, cramped room lined with grey egg crate foam.

This album is the first offering by Warstars from the summer of 2008. More Punk Than You features Andy Warstar on guitar and vocals, Low Road Warstar on bass guitar, and J Galactic on percussion. While the title says Vol. 2 (implying that there was a Volume 1) there was never a volume 1. Andy Warstar read somewhere that George Harrison had done the same thing when the released the first Travelling Wilbury's album, so it's in homage or something.

This album is really raw, and it made Low Road so angry that he only stuck around for a couple months after this (enough time to garner material for Legend Of The Golden Vagina). But this is exactly what Warstar was going for... A blend of audio styles, something like Beruier Noir crossed with Crass and the Sex Pistols and the Happy Flowers. Oh yeah, there's a bonus track on here where Andy Warstar does a Karaoke version of "Summer Of 69" by Brian Adams, and there's some fake commericals where they're making fun of Advil pain killer. And then there are more bonus tracks at the end that kick ass too.

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Underneath The Covers

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Andy Warstar got busy in 2005, busting out on producing tons of bootleg albums from analog to digital transfers. Along the way, a number of very nice quality cover songs were recorded digitally. Suddenly, it became time to release a covers compilation. Suddenly...

This album was originally released as a burned compact disc and distributed by hand all around town to friends and strangers. Eventually, it was released in 2008 as a torrent via the Pirate Bay. And while this album got downloaded a few times, it's still one of those perfect, obscure punk discs that nobody cares about but you.

And for those who remembers the heyday of compact disc sales in retail shops, you may also remember how your favorite albums that were previously available on vinyl were made to sell all the better when manufacturers included bonus tracks and interviews. This album is one such album, with a killer bonus interview track that's a full eight minutes long. And that's mainly because it has a studio track hidden in the middle of it! The first radio airing of "Stars & Bars" by Warstars.

For good measure, there are a couple other studio tracks near the end of the album that were so new at the time, that they just had to be included as well. And though these few studio tracks were on a few previous Studio 57 releases, none of these albums were mass distributed. So to make sure the best material got out there, Andy Warstar added this shit for maximum effect. And hey! The live cover songs are bad ass too. Did you notice there is a picture of a dead supermodel on the cover? Marilyn something or other... Fuckin' sexy!

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Johnny Got His Gun

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In 2006, Andy Warstar kinda sorta took a break from Warstars, mainly because good bass players are hard to find (and then when you find them, they are still lazy sods). Around that time, Andy had a burning desire to stay active in the local music scene. So in order to garner new fans, he released "Johnny Got His Gun" by WARSTARS.

This compilation featured the best studio tracks from Konquerology and Ubik on the first half of the album. The second half of the album is made up of live performances that show how WARSTARS aimed to be a ripping cross between a punk rock and a grunge band with an alternative flavor that you just couldn't pin down.

As "Johnny Got His Gun" circulated around Ashland, Oregon the album did what Andy Warstar wanted it to do. It created a buzz about Andy Warstar's production abilities, as new fans were stoked over the studio stuff contained therein. And a few people preferred the live material over the studio stuff. There's even a version of Sublime's "Santa Ria" where Andy is drumming instead of singing and playing guitar! Amazing...

Notably, the album cover comes from the famous war novel "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo published in 1938. However, there's the WARSTARS logo emblazoned under the peace sign with the little soldier carrying his A.K., and it's red instead of white like on (Is This The) Best Of Warstars. Enjoy and Rock On...

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Ubik

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In 2003, Andy Warstar released the WARSTARS second album. Studio tracks that were meant for an all studio track release (as is a typical release for an alternative supergroup) found their way onto this second album. Yet, because Warstars is not your usual rock group, and because Konquerology (a compilation) was released first, Ubik had to have more studio stuff on it, and it had to look intelligent to boot.

Now, your old pal Andy Warstar was influenced by a lot of 80's goth rock, like Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Alien Sex Fiend, The Cure, and worse. So when he released Ubik, it had to remind people of something Bauhaus might have done. Or something. But the music is weird and totally nothing like Bauhaus, whatever, fuck you. This was meant to be pressed on vinyl and released all over Portland, Oregon and become an underground cult favorite or something. It never happened due to Warstar having no money, so it got burned onto C.D. and given away to friends. Then it was released onto the internet and forgotten.

Now it's back right here on the Andy Warstar & the Warstars blog. You can be sure this music is NOT anything like what you think it will be like. It's an art piece, and it's for those who like to think for themselves. Oh yeah, and the title comes from a book by Philip K. Dick. It seems that Andy Warstar had taken a literature course at Portland State University (then dropped it) surrounding the literature of the sci-fi writer who brought us Bladerunner. Ubik is a kind of aerosol spray that gives you eternal life. May this album have eternal life on the internet. May you and your grandmother and your grandmother's grandmother enjoy this album forever.

NOTE: Three releases of this album were made available: v2.1, v3.1. and this one here, which is both versions combined as 4.1. Enjoy!

ADDITIONAL NOTE: A limited edition of 25 copies of UBIK v3.1 was burned to CD and released in vinyl packaging with canvas paintings affixed to the covers. All these put together formed one giant painting when hung on a wall. This little family of paintings was broken up and given away at Andy Warstar's birthday gig in 2005. See pic below:

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Konquerology

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In 2003, Andy Warstar released the first WARSTARS album from Studio 57 Productions. Originally intended to be pressed to vinyl and distributed at record stores in the Portland, Oregon area, only thirty copies were burned to compact disc, hand signed, and given to class mates at Portland State University.

What makes this album unique is that it is essentially a compilation of the best studio and live performances from the beginning of the Warstars music career. With a sampling of solid tracks interspersed with experimental randomness, this album has the flavor of early records by punk band CRASS, although differing stylistically.

That's right folks, Konquerology captures the best moments of three different incarnations of the band, from live performances to the best studio tracks produced by Andy Warstar during the winter of 2002. All the best moments are here to savor and cause mass destruction to "pop sensibilities". So sit back, relax, and revel in the fact that you just got a FREE punk album more bad ass than most, by an unknown band that couldn't give a fuck.

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Orchidalgia

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In 1991, two things happened: Grunge went big in the Seattle area and Andy Warstar graduated from high school. It was that summer when Andy met a punk girl who said she knew some guys out in Molalla, Oregon who were starting a punk band. She told Andy that if he made tracks, he could get in on the action.

So Andy Warstar drove his V.W. Scirocco way out to the middle of nowhere, and then there was a skate ramp in the middle of the road next to a house on a Christmas tree farm. He jumped out of the car and met Dale Hickey and Casey Scrotum. Andy had some great names for the band. Dale said the band already had a name: ORCHIDALGIA! He said that was the medical term for "pain in the testicles". Andy would later meet Tammy Vagina something, whatever fuck you! They would go on to be the four, then the three, then the two piece band that was the only punk rock band from Molalla, Oregon.

The band was only together for one month, and during that time, Andy Warstar learned to write his first songs. He also learned to drive really fast on the back roads while high on L.S.D. Good thing Dale was into making a bunch of experimental noise, and he also did some vocals. Casey played bass for a second (before quitting), and Tammy played the recorder and annoyed everybody. She was the Yoko Oh No of Orchidalgia. Fortunately, Dale recorded a cassette's worth of material, and everything the band ever captured on tape is right here in this digital album.

Complete with a new introduction by Andy Warstar, and digital remastering, Orchidalgia - Toilet Bowl is truly a wonder of nature, and is now here for you and the whole family to enjoy! This album was inspired by the following bands: Sex Pistols, Happy Flowers, Elton John, The Butthole Surfers, Bauhaus, Psychic TV, Hitting Birth, Completely Grocery, Dharma Bums, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, The Dead Milkmen, Ministry, Exploited, Beat Happening, Nirvana, Misfits, Descendents, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Smiths, The Cure, Black Flag and many more. Also, this album doesn't sound anything like those bands because we didn't know what the fuck we were doing. Enjoy & Rock On!!!!!

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The Hinge

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In 1992, Andy Warstar moved to Moscow, Idaho to begin attending school at University of Idaho. The town was in the midst of it's worst blizzard in thirty years, with thirty foot high snow banks on the sides of buildings, and ten foot icicles hanging off second story roofs. It was a nightmare. There was nowhere to go and nothing to do.

So Andy Warstar began to plot his next band project. When spring came, Andy went around school and put up a photocopied advertisement saying "Come shmooze and snort coke with the likes of Def Leppard". It was enough to tempt any local punk rockers into playing music with him. Instead, a couple guys from the local fraternity responded, and they were actually pretty cool. No really!

So Andy joined up with Mike Liles and Joshua Boyd to create "The Hinge". They didn't do drugs, though. Instead, the three guys began practicing in the basement of their friend Jen's house, and did so every week for the remainder of their existence. While Mike and Josh refused to let Andy Warstar record them, they finally did get their friend Chris Lundeen in there to produce two demo tapes (both of which are found on this here album). Josh made the original cover, which has since been lost. This album cover features the band's official logo, an homage to The Doors logo.

Andy thought of the name and band image, of course, although Mike had friends make a huge banner featuring a spray painted hinge. The band played in front of this banner at the 1st Annual Moscow Hemp Festival. The band also played two other great gigs, house parties as a matter of fact.  In the two years they were together (1992-94), The Hinge made a significant dent in Moscow, Idaho rock history. Although there were Alternative rock bands in the area such as Black Happy, Royball, and Handful (a.k.a. Raspberry), The Hinge became known as the only grunge band from that locale in the height of the grunge rock era.

NOTE: There have been a couple other bands by the name "Hinge" from other parts of the U.S.A., but they are NOT "The Hinge", which was thought of first by your old pal Andy Warstar. Honorable mention also goes out to Carl Bradberry, the group's second drummer, who joined in 1994 just before The Hinge disbanded.

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Ario's Basement Demos

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In 2000, Andy Warstar moved to Portland, Oregon to attend Portland State University. It was there that Andy immediately got cracking and began advertising in the local papers for band mates. A short time later, Ario Lynch (a.k.a. Adam Ion Warstar) answered the call and soon joined the fold.

But Andy Warstar and Adam Ion could not go forward as a duo. So it was during the summer of 2000, almost as if it were a miracle, that Peter Francis Bolenbaugh (a.k.a. Bit O' Honey Warstar) answered an ad in the local paper as well. Now there were three Warstars, and the band could officially kick off in Portland!

Prior to that time, there had only been one gig in Ashland, Oregon, so there wasn't a lot of new song material. To get things rocking nice and easy, Andy culled material from his previous project "The Hinge" from five years prior. Because he'd written the bulk of the songs from that band, it just made sense that Warstars should continue where The Hinge left off. However, Warstars was using less effects on the guitar and there were two guitars and no bass. So the band had to be quite inventive to fill up the sound, which they did quite well.

Yes, that is Ario (a.k.a. Adam Ion) on the cover of the album. Yes, the Warstars went and played a few gigs over the next year with this line up. Gigs were played at the Satyricon (where NIRVANA once played) and at the Medicine Hat Gallery, and at the Ash Street Saloon. But finally, Peter thew in his dirty, soiled, hippie towel to start a project called "Free Dirt". Ario got sick of everything too and started a 'stadium rock' band called "Distracted", and eventually went on to another project called "Killed By Bears". Anyway, here's Warstars first bootleg, as yet undiscovered by most everybody. Enjoy & Rock On!

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The W Files

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Sleep apnea, sleep paralysis, Hypnogogia, schizophrenia... There are a lot of scientific explanations for the weird dreams and visions many of us have. And because your old pal Andy Warstar grew up Catholic, then became a Buddhist for a short while, he actually believed some of the stuff happening in his dreams was real! Well, they were real delusions anyway.

So in 2011, Andy Warstar went up into Lithia Park and Low Road Warstar videotaped him speaking about these "paranormal" experiences, one after the other, for well over an hour. The audio was culled from the video recordings, then multi-tracked with music from the Warstars album "Whatever". You can even hear the sound of Lithia Creek rushing in the background!

All in all, this album makes for quite an interesting listen. Also, the picture on the album cover is from an Australian publicity photo shoot (and the W stands for Warstar). Yes, many people believe they've actually been abducted by aliens. Silly bastards! Don't you people know that the aliens are only taking your astral body to get your astral DNA? They don't work in the physical. Sheesh! Many thanks to Low Road Warstar for assisting in this endeavor. Enjoy and Rock On!

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Jamba Juice Jams

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In 2003, Andy Warstar was working pitiful retail jobs to pay his rent while making his way through University. While he was working doing electric sales, he met Evilyn Vegas Warstar who said she would be happy to play bass guitar for the band. A short time later at her house, practices were being held.

The Warstars previous bass player, Agent Smith, happened to have a little brother. And while he had occasionally played bass with the band, Owen a.k.a. Shmoby Warstar, became the band's drummer and thus completed the Warstars trio of 2002-03.

In this format, WARSTARS played three quintessential grunge rock gigs in the Portland, Oregon area. The first two were at a juice bar called Jamba Juice in the Tanasbourne mall in Beaverton, Oregon (just outside of Portland). The band set up on the sidewalk just in front of the shops, and the establishment's young assistant manager encouraged the Warstars to turn up and play as loud as they could.

While these recordings were culled from video footage, Shmoby decided to record over it all, so what we have here is all that remains of a young, aspiring punk rock band playing to a parking lot full of kids (at least on the first half of the album). The second half of the album features the band playing in exactly the same spot, but only one friend showed up to hold the video camera. Both gigs were shut down a couple songs early by local police. You can hear Andy Warstar throw his guitar to the ground at the end.

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Grunge Never Sleeps

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Q: What do you get when a really tight punk rock band regroups for a gig without practicing first after two years on hiatus?

A: Grunge!!!!!

Anybody remember those old Sid Vicious bootlegs that circulated after the Sex Pistol's famous bass player's death? Well, if you've heard them, you know exactly what a bunch of drunk punk rockers sound like. So you'll be happy to hear that the tradition has continued. And you won't be surprised one bit when you hear Grunge Never Sleeps by the WARSTARS! Yeah!!!!

In 2010, Andy Warstar discovered the "lost" recordings on the old KSKQ production computer and compiled Whatever - A Double Album. Excited by the reminder of how tight and excellent the band had been in 2008, Andy Warstar regrouped WARSTARS for a house party and one basement recording session. This album features both of those sessions.

The first half of this bootleg cassette album features Andy and J accompanied by new bass player Gyro "Man-gina" Warstar. This was the house party at the Yellow House in Talent, Oregon and was in celebration of Gyro's birthday. As was expected, Gyro got way too drunk to play, and you can really hear that genuine drunk-punk bass playing here on the first half of the album. Features a really cool take on The Doors "Hello I Love You".

The second half of this album features Andy Warstar jamming it out with original bass player Galileo Warstar (featured on Whatever), along side new drummer Evan Something. As the story goes, Evan got fired from his previous band for being "too much of a show-off". You can really hear that punk ass, holier than thou attitude shine through on many of the songs, so much so that you can't really hear the vocals or the other instruments. But by the end of the session, little Evan got tuckered out and Warstar captured a nice cover of "Hollywood Babylon" by the Misfits (made special because it was sung by Galileo).

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The Green Room

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In 2010, Andy Warstar had a dream... He saw himself in the green room backstage on Drew Barrymore's talk show, then the dream faded into another where he met Neil & Peggy Young on their ranch, and that dream faded into one where he met Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins in a Japanese airport.

So in 2011, Andy Warstar bought a new laptop and microphone and began the process of recording another album. He began recording in a little bedroom painted green in a little attic apartment in Ashland, Oregon. He finished the album in the bedroom of another apartment across town near the Ashland Community Hospital.

This album features a couple very special songs, namely Rise Above (a Black Flag cover) which was previewed by Chuck Dukowski, the bass player of Black Flag. He wholeheartedly approved of this "nice and friendly" cover. The other standout song here is The Gravel Song, which was a local hit around Andy Warstar's hometown. Flea Market also seemed to have some special appeal for unknown reasons.

The cover of the album features Andy Warstar in his dapper new look just before chopping off all his hair. The picture is Andy in front of a green brick wall in Australia, some months after the album was finished and compiled. This was around the time when he was traveling and playing a few sparse gigs in support of his new release. Enjoy and rock on!

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Blonde On Brunette

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In 2007, Andy Warstar embarked on his "Go Folk Yourself" tour on the east coast of Australia. As he traveled around, he recorded all his gigs on his laptop. He also recorded a bunch of new songs which  came together here as his third solo album entitled "Blonde On Brunette" (in homage to Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde album).

A mix of fidelity levels and song styles, this album was the first Andy Warstar album to feature the use of harmonica in the songs. It was also the first to feature Bob Dylan covers, such as A Hard Rain. Additionally, the songs were recorded in varied locations, from outdoor gazebos, to big empty community halls and rooms at the local backpacker's hostels. With constant interruption and distraction, it's actually quite amazing that this album got recorded at all. But considering that time is an illusion and we are all part of the Eternal Moment, there's always a chance to be creative!

All in all, this album served as that breakthrough moment in the career of Andy Warstar where he showed himself to be a very capable and professional musician and performer. He even began to change his look from the typical mohawked punk rocker, to a dude in a suit with nothing more than a spiked bracelet to hint at his roots. Andy even went on to promote this album by playing a number of these songs as part of a full set at birthday party for two 80 year old men in Nimbin back in 2007. He was backed by an eight piece band (horn section and everything!) and about 100 people were in attendance. A very pretty girl remarked "How is it that you are so young, but so talented?" Warstar doesn't know. He just is. Enjoy and rock on!

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Spoken Word #57

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From 2006, this is the first spoken word release by Andy Warstar. Never intended to be released to the mass audience, this recording captures Mr. Warstar getting his thoughts on tape while driving his car down the I-5 freeway in Oregon, U.S.A., contemplating things such as food, women, rednecks, war, and environmental destruction.

This spoken word piece was eventually added as the capstone track on the 2012 release of GLAR! But here, you get it all by itself with an updated album cover and glistening .mp3 quality. Yay! So if you've been feeling like there's something wrong with the world today, maybe something wrong with our eyes, but you're not exactly quite sure what it is, Andy Warstar is happy to explain to you exactly how and why everything got all retarded. Enjoy and rock on...

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