The Prefab Messiahs
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Members:
(L-R above: core franchise, est. 1981)
Xerox Feinberg, Trip Thompson, Doc Michaud

...also, at various times: Dollar Billy Brahm, Egg Al, Tony Serrato, Ringo Casiotone

1998 franchise: core franchise plus Bob Sargent
2003 franchise: core franchise plus Dollar Billy Brahm
2008 franchise: Trip Thompson, Bobb Trimble, Ned Egg, Gary War
Genre:
Post-Punk, Garage Rock, Art Punk, Lo-Fi, Psych-Pop
Hometown:
Wormtown, MA
Record Label:
Desperately Happy, Dramaphone USA
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Kris of the Prefabs answers "10 Questions" at psych music blog
9:49am on August 26, 2008

Psych-rock blogger -valis profiles Kris in a feature with "10 Questions" atTrip Inside This House [http://tripinsidethishouse.blogspot.com/2008/08/10-questions_21.html
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Prefabs - new facebook band page
8:34pm on February 5, 2008

 

greetings, consumers of online "content"...

come visit The Prefabs' new band page on Facebook
(if you have a facebook acct., that is)

and be sure to click "Become a Fan", if you're so moved...

coming soon: news of The Prefab Messiahs reunion (with a very special guest guit...

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Website:
http://www.myspace.com/theprefabmessiahs
Current Location:
"in swirling clouds of TV fuzz / transcending time and space..."
Booking Agent:
Phil Slimebarge
Artists We Also Like:
Television Personalities, Swell Maps, Bobb Trimble, The Modern Lovers, Black Lips, The Shaggs, The Monkees, The Fugs, Mission of Burma, The Undertones, The Chocolate Watchband, Tall Dwarfs, The Clean, The Gizmos, The Performers, Television, The Jam
Influences:
The 13th Floor Elevators, The Great Society, The Byrds, Gang of Four, The Blues Magoos, The Ramones, The Yardbirds
Biography:
The Prefab Messiahs were an eccentric US proto-lo-fi post-punk garage band associated with the "Wormtown" (Worcester, Massachusetts) punk/arts scene of the early 1980s. Together from 1981-1983, they played shows fairly often, although no recorded material was available from them until 1998's 'Devolver' anthology. Several songs on the album were produced by their friend (outsider psychedelic singer-songwriter) Bobb Trimble.

The Prefab Messiahs have reunited several times for the Wormtown Anniver... (read more)