Grunnen Rocks Home Willem Kolvoort
Shellac
excellent noiseband
Address
Shellac
P.O. Box 442
Evanston, IL 60204
United States Of America
E-Mail
Shellac [shellac[AT]ripco{DOT}com]
Members

Shellac #1:
Steve Albini
Todd Trainer
Bob Weston

Shellac #2:
Robert Spurr Weston IV
Todd Stanford Trainer
Steve (none) Albini

History

Steve Albini's musical history
Bob Weston's musical history
Todd Trainer's musical history

Discography
Singles
  1. The Rude Gesture, A Pictorial History 7" (Touch And Go, 1993, TG 123)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER ONE
    1. The Guy Who Invented Fire
    2. Rambler Song
    3. Billiard Player Song
  2. Uranus 7" (Touch And Go, 1993, TG 124)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER TWO
    1. Doris
    2. Wingwalker
  3. The Bird Is The Most Popular Finger 7" (Drag City, 1994, DC 44)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER THREE
    1. The Admiral
    2. XVI
  4. 1994 Peel Sessions 7" (label?, 1994, cat.no.?)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER X1
      bootleg
    1. Canada
    2. Crow
    3. Rocket (song is actually 'Spoke' and not 'Rocket', probably a mistake by the bootlegger)
    4. Disgrace
  5. Billiardspielerlied 7" (Überschall, 1995, 9502)
      SCHELLACK RECORD NUMBER SIX
      free at Bremen (Germany) Show, 24 August 1995
      2000 copies
    1. Billiardspielerlied
    2. Mantel
Splits
  1. Live In Tokyo CD (label?, 1994, cat.no.?)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER X2
      available in Japan only
    1. Shellac: tracks ?
    2. Zeni Geva: tracks ?
  2. The Soulsound Single 7" (Touch And Go, 1997, TG 171)
      corelease with Laff-n-Go
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER EIGHT
    1. Shellac: The Rambler Song
    2. Mule: Beauteous
  3. Sex, Drugs & Strips 7" (Barbaraal/Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 2000, #3)
      with a comic drawn by Barbara Stok, 1000 copies
    1. Shellac: Agostino
    2. Caesar: The Safeword
Albums
  1. At Action Park LP/CD (Touch And Go, 1995, TG 141)
      Fireproof Press printed the sleeves
      The LP was released two months before the CD, VIVA VINYL
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER FOUR
    1. My Black Ass
    2. Pull The Cup
    3. The Admiral
    4. Crow
    5. Song Of The Minerals
    6. A Minute
    7. The Idea Of North
    8. Dog And Pony Show
    9. Boche's Dick
    10. Il Porno Star
  2. At Action Park LP/CD (Au-Go-Go, 1995, ANDA 177)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER FOUR
      The LP was released two months before the CD, VIVA VINYL
      Fireproof Press printed the sleeves
    1. My Black Ass
    2. Pull The Cup
    3. The Admiral
    4. Crow
    5. Song Of The Minerals
    6. A Minute
    7. The Idea Of North
    8. Dog And Pony Show
    9. Boche's Dick
    10. Il Porno Star
  3. Terraform LP/CD (Touch And Go, 1998, TG 200)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER TEN
      available on 180-gram virgin vinyl, the CD was released significantly later
    1. Didn't We Deserve A Look At You The Way You Really Are
    2. This Is A Picture
    3. Disgrace
    4. Mouthpiece
    5. Canada
    6. Rush Job
    7. House Full Of Garbage
    8. Copper
  4. 1000 Hurts Professional LP+CD (Touch And Go, 2000, TG 211)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER ELEVEN
      whether you buy the beautiful box with the LP & the CD or you buy a stupid jewel case with the same tracks on the CD, you pay the same price
    1. Prayer To God
    2. Squirrel Song
    3. Mama Gina
    4. QRJ
    5. Ghosts
    6. Song Against Itself
    7. Canaveral
    8. New Number Order
    9. Shoe Song
    10. Watch Song
  5. 1000 Hurts Professional CD (Touch And Go, 2000, TG 211)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER ELEVEN
      whether you buy the beautiful box with the LP & the CD or you buy a stupid jewel case with the same tracks on the CD, you pay the same price
    1. Prayer To God
    2. Squirrel Song
    3. Mama Gina
    4. QRJ
    5. Ghosts
    6. Song Against Itself
    7. Canaveral
    8. New Number Order
    9. Shoe Song
    10. Watch Song
  6. Live In Japan LP (label?, 2000, SDLP 001)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER X6
      bootleg, plain white sleeve with some stamped japanese letters, insert with tracklist
    1. Rambler Song
    2. Billiard Player Song
    3. The Admiral
    4. My Black Ass
    5. Song Of The Minerals
    6. The Guy Who Invented Fire
    7. Dog And Pony Show
    8. Il Porno Star
    9. Doris
    10. Wingwalker
    11. Boche's Dick
    12. Crow
  7. The Futurist AKA Friends LP (label?, year ?, cat.no.?)
      SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER X5
      This was a limited run that only went out to the people on the albums' thank you list, 779 copies do exist.
      The guys from Shellac circled the persons name on the list before they sent it to them.
      Apparently this is so if they see it on sale anywhere they will know who did it.
      Touch And Go said that the music on the album sounded like outtakes from the Terraform album and that it was all instrumental. It is been said to be quite experimental too.
      It might be Shellac Record #5 or #9, but I'm not sure, my guess is #9 (because of the reference to "Terraform").
      tracks ?
Compilations
  1. AC/DC Sides 1-4 2x7" (Gasoline Boost/Skin Graft Records, 1996, GB 12/GR25)
      with comic book set
    1. '95 Jailbreak
  2. The Lounge Ax Defense & Relocation Compact Disc CD (Touch And Go, 1996, TG 130)
    1. Killers
  3. The Ground Rule Double Compilation 2xLP/CD (Divit Records/Divit Records, 1996, cat.no.?)
      other bands ? their records ?
    1. The Copper Song
Various

Shellac used to number their records.
The highest known number is twelve, but SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER FIVE and SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER NINE remain unknown.
The AC/DC Sides 1-4 2x7" is SHELLAC RECORD NUMBER SEVEN.

Links
  1. Shellac @ southern.com
  2. Shellac @ dragcity.com