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Transistor Indiana
4+ albums
emo
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"Transistor Indiana: An agressive indy rock band. Rocking live show. From an area in reach of most of the east coast and mid west with a decent scene." This is one of the last fragments of the band still accessable online, posted by guitarist and vocalist Bud Carroll during the height of the band on www.diysearch.com. Transistor Indiana was exactly that to local fans and audiences outside of thier native West Virginia, a rocking live show. What remains of the band are some loose digital copies of an unreleased record from Tribunal Records that was canceled after the band's break-up, small handmade copies of demos, and several stories of frontman Carrolls' hospitality to local police attempting to shutdown small shows in several area parks. For many this band was the epitome of the years they existed. Playing a brand of Indie-rock somewhat similiar to bands like No Knife and The Postage Era, and with an intensity that many locals believe was hard to match. Thier live show was thier shining star, with backup guitarist Bruno (most of us still don't know his last name) flailing around on stage, sweat pouring off his brow and from is head onto the faces and clothes of fans in the front rows, and screaming backup vocals with no microphone heard well over the PA systems. Several nights at the American Legion Hall on Dickinson Street in Charleston, Bud Carroll jumped up on top of a table which eventually turned over and flipped over on him. He was brought quickly to his feet by the
