Creeper Lagoon is a San Francisco indie rock band originally started by Sharky Laguana as a solo project in 1991. They are currently on Sharky's digital record label, Neglektra.
History
Sharky Laguana and Ian Sefchick both played in a punk band called the Rottweilers in their high school days in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1990, Laguana moved out to San Francisco with his four-track and started Creeper Lagoon as a solo project. He rejoined forces with Sefchick some years later, after the latter followed him out West and did a brief stint with the Brian Jonestown Massacre. In time, they recruited bassist Geoffrey Chisholm and drummer Patrick Mangan (later replaced by David Kostiner). The quartet released its self-titled five-song debut EP in 1997 on Oakland rap label Dogday. Four of those songs reappeared (albeit in a different, rather more polished form) on the band's '98 full-length debut, I Become Small and Go, released on the Dust Brothers vanity label, Nickelbag, and featuring the production of Dust Brother John King on a few tracks. The success of that record earned the group a place in the DreamWorks juggernaut, where they recorded their second album, Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday, in 2001.
Band members
1991-1995 Sharky Lagoon (with occasional assistance from Bush Aubrey Brengleman)
1995-1996 Sharky Laguna, Steve Borgerding (ex-Meices), Graham Bonnar (ex-Swervedriver), Fraser McGill
1996-1997 Sharky Laguna, Steve Borgerding, Alex Laipenicks (ex-MTX), Fraser McGill
1997-1998 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Bush Brengleman, Patrick Magnan
1998-1999 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Geoffrey Chisholm, Patrick Magnan
1999-2000 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Geoffrey Chisholm, Dave Kostiner
2000-2001 Sharky Laguna, Ian Sefchick, Dan Carr, Dave Kostiner
2001-2002 Sharky Laguna (with assistance from Walt Szalva)
2002-2005 Sharky Laguna, Rachel Lastimosa, Jason Bassler, Miles Tuffli
2005-present Sharky Laguna, Rachel Lastimosa, Miles Tuffli
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