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No footnotes|BLP=yes|date=March 2012Infobox musical artist| name = Phono-Comb| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias = Jad Fair & Phono-Comb| origin = Toronto , Ontario , Canada | genre = Surf rock , instrumental rock | years_active = Start date|1993& ndash;End date|1999| label = Touch & Go Records|Touch & Go Quarterstick Records|Quarterstick Shake the Record| associated_acts = Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet | website =| past_members = Don Pyle Dallas Good Reid Diamond Beverly Breckenridge Jad Fair Phono-Comb was a Canadian instrumental rock|instrumental /modern surf rock group that formed in 1993 in Toronto .
History
Phono-Comb first materialized when Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet played with Jad Fair when he was performing in Toronto to promote a film about his band Half Japanese . Shadowy Men were planning a hiatus around this time, and guitarist Brian Connelly opted out of the planned followup recording project (although he is credited as a co-songwriter on all the songs). Don Pyle and Reid Diamond invited Dallas Good of The Sadies to step in, and 'Jad Fair & Phono-Comb' was born. They recorded a single in 1995 and a full-length album, Monsters, Lullabies...and the Occasional Flying Saucer in 1996. After this recording, Fair returned to his solo career, and the remaining trio recorded an instrumental single. In 1996, they added Beverly Breckenridge (of Fifth Column (band)|Fifth Column ) on bass, and Reid Diamond switched over to guitar. As a quartet, they recorded a CD, Fresh Gasoline with Steve Albini producing. The band toured throughout North America and one of their songs was featured on the soundtrack of the documentary film Pitch (film)|Pitch . Reid Diamond died of cancer in February 2001.
Members
Jad Fair & Phono-Comb:
Jad Fair - vocals
Dallas Good - guitar, also with The Sadies
Don Pyle - drums, formerly with Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Reid Diamond - bass, formerly with Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Phono-Comb:
Dallas Good - guitar
Don Pyle - drums
Reid Diamond - bass, switching to guitar when Beverly Breckenridge joined the band.
Beverly Breckenridge - bass, formerly with Fifth Column (band)|Fifth Column
http://shadowy.brainiac.com/ The Shadowy Site On A Shadowy Web (Unofficial Shadowy Men Home Page with a section on Phono-Comb)
DEFAULTSORT:Phono Comb Category:Musical groups established in 1993 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1999 Category:Musical groups from Toronto Category:Canadian indie rock groups Category:Touch and Go Records artists
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