crippled pilgrims

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A Washington D.C based post-punk pop band of the mid eighties whose best known lineup consisted of Scott Wingo, Jay Moglia, bassist Mitch Parker and drummer Dan Joseph. The Crippled Pilgrims Story After being kidnapped by the savage noise troubadours Death Camp 2000 (featuring the rhythmic styling of Jay Spiegel a.k.a. the Rummager and the not yet famous thrashings of sound impresario Don Fleming), Jay Moglia's path shifted from its idyllic moorings onto an uncertain carousel of melody and mayhem. The 21-year-old Moglia took a crash course in guitar to color his vivid wordscapes and began looking for bandmates. Meanwhile, Scott Wingo sat at home drinking and wallowing in self-pitying gloom. His housemate Charles Steck had recently enlisted as bassist for Fleming's phenomenal pop combo the Velvet Monkeys - a fact that made Wingo's inability to fulfill his adolescent fantasies of rock stardom all the more agonizing. As Moglia's embryonic attempts at song emerged, he was lucky to have the Velvet Monkeys help in fleshing them out with background noise. He lived in the room directly adjacent to the Monkeys' rehearsal space and spent many days lurking in the corner hoping for an invitation to jam. In time, whether for the good of rock or just to get him out of their ascending orbit, the Monkeys suggested that Moglia get together with Wingo for a musical chemistry check. Scott arrived at Jay's house fully expecting to meet a circa 1982 standard-issue punk/alternative type but w

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Down Here:Collected Recordings (1983-1985)

Down Here: Collected Recordings (1983 - 1985)

Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987

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Down Here: Collected Recordings 1983-1985

Under Water

Down Here: Collected Recordings (1983-1985)

Down Here:Collected Recordings(1983-1985)

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Bouncing Babies

Head Down - Hand Out

Down Here

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Down Here-Collected Recordings (1983-1985)

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Down Here: Collected Recording

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