Biography
Following the 1994 dissolution of Antenna in Bloomington, Indiana, ex-Blake Babies guitarist John Strohm assembled Velo-Deluxe alongside Go Man Go bassist Kenny Childers and Marmalade drummer Mitch Harris, who at the time was a 19-year-old freshman at Indiana University. Strohm already possessed enough material for a full album yet sought to shape the songs within a complete band context. Months of rehearsals and a preliminary demo preceded their late-spring 1994 sessions at Bloomington’s Echo Park Studio, where producer and engineer Anjali Dutt—known for work with Swervedriver, Oasis, and My Bloody Valentine—captured the tracks that became Superelastic.
Mammoth Records issued the album in fall 1994, after which the group embarked on European dates supporting Dodgy, Drugstore, Del Amitri, and Out Of My Hair. Two further recording attempts, however, failed to satisfy Mammoth’s executives, who chose not to issue additional material. During this period Strohm and Harris joined Glen Hicks of El Nino, local pedal-steel player Dennis Scoville, and guitarist Steve Woods to cut Caledonia for Flat Earth Records under the name John P. Strohm and the Hello Strangers. With Childers already departed, Velo-Deluxe disbanded in spring 1996.
Strohm relocated to Minneapolis, spent more than a year on the road with the Lemonheads, and eventually established himself in Alabama, where he has continued issuing solo recordings. Childers later appeared with the Bloomington groups Stranded At The Drive In and The Prom, while Harris relocated to New York City to pursue film studies.
Mammoth Records issued the album in fall 1994, after which the group embarked on European dates supporting Dodgy, Drugstore, Del Amitri, and Out Of My Hair. Two further recording attempts, however, failed to satisfy Mammoth’s executives, who chose not to issue additional material. During this period Strohm and Harris joined Glen Hicks of El Nino, local pedal-steel player Dennis Scoville, and guitarist Steve Woods to cut Caledonia for Flat Earth Records under the name John P. Strohm and the Hello Strangers. With Childers already departed, Velo-Deluxe disbanded in spring 1996.
Strohm relocated to Minneapolis, spent more than a year on the road with the Lemonheads, and eventually established himself in Alabama, where he has continued issuing solo recordings. Childers later appeared with the Bloomington groups Stranded At The Drive In and The Prom, while Harris relocated to New York City to pursue film studies.
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