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TEENAGE BOATPEOPLE - NOW
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Teenage Boatpeople NOW (Agua Prieta 000209)-Ç contains-Ç 5 new songs recorded in 2009, 4 songs that comprised-Ç the out of print vinyl EP, 4 BY THE TEENAGE BOATPEOPLE, originally released in 1979, and 4 demos recorded in 1980.-Ç Teenage Boatpeople are a Minneapolis based Avant-Garde Rock band founded in 1979 by Jeff Johnson.-Ç -Ç The band played a short run of gigs 1980-81 at local venues including First Avenues Main Room and-Ç 7th St. Entry, the New Riverside Cafe, and the legendary Longhorn (Zoogies), sharing the bill with the likes of DNA, Husker Du, Naked Raygun, the Milo Fine Free Jazz Ensemble, and the Suburbs.-Ç The music the band created in 1979/80 was unique and difficult to categorize for the Minneapolis scene at the time. With the lack of local support the group disbanded in late 1981.-Ç The bands current line up retains two core members-Ç -- Jeff Johnson and Milo Fine -- and adds new member Tim Mauseth (Rocking Pinecones, Safety Last). Milo Fine is an internationally known improvising musician who has been active in the field since 1969. He has been featured on 3 dozen published documents including recordings with Free Jazz/Improvised Music legends Anthony Braxton, Derek Bailey, the Reform Art Unit, Hugh Davies, among others. -Agua Prieta.
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