Lillingtons

The Lillingtons(1996–2001) were a rock n roll band from Newcastle, WY who avoided seemingly inevitable mainstream success by calling it quits. Considered a pop-punk act by cotemporaries, they released their first full-length album titled "Shit Outta Luck" in 1996. Mostly songs about fast cars and girls, the album quickly found itself "outta" print. After a series of vinyl-only releases the band decided to change their sound, and in 1999 they went into the studio with legendary engineer Mass Giorgini to record a new LP. The result was "Death By Television", a three-chord masterpiece which took sci-fi movie themed songs such as "War Of The Worlds" and "Invasion Of The Saucermen" and combined them with tracks that make subtle references to reality like "X-Ray Specs" and "I Need Some (Brain Damage)". The band would spend much of the next two years touring in which their underground popularity would grow almost to the point of spilling over into mainstream success. Not to compromise their integrity, they decicded they would call it quits after teaming with Giorgini for one last album. Their conspiracy/spyfi themed LP "The Backchannel Broadcast" was released in February 2001, and though it would leave their fanbase wondering if their was something more to their seemingly straight forward lyrical content, it would lift The Lillingtons reputation to cult-status.

--ZV