So the music project imploded. It happens. Anyway, let's move on. Hello, person who also likes The Causey Way and/or other bands who dressed up as robots or space people or superheroes and hopefully can explain what it is I found on Napster like eleven years ago.
Does anyone out there know anything about some live Causey Way MP3s that were circulating on Napster in/around 2000-2001? I never got whole concerts, but I got close on one and... one track off another. I'm curious if anyone else out there has these, knows what they are, and so on.
ONE ALBUM - Labeled "Portland, OR 012401"
I SWEAT. Track #12, 4:31.
Presumably January 24, 2001.
That's all I got. Do you have any more information?
THE OTHER ALBUM - Not labeled. Quality's good but obviously not perfect. Tracks are:
Causey Way, The - [01] News.mp3 - 3:05 - ??? Unreleased song/live only/no name I know of
Causey Way, The - [02] Natu.mp3 - 1:55 - Natural Disasters (God's Black Box) from WWCD
Causey Way, The - [03] New1.mp3 - 1:30 - Commandments from Causey vs. Everything
Causey Way, The - [04] Plan.mp3 - 3:56 - Plan C from WWCD
Causey Way, The - [05] I Sweat.mp3 - 2:39 - I Sweat from With Loving and Open Arms
Causey Way, The - [06] Mess.mp3 - 2:52 - Message From The Pulpit from With Loving and Open Arms
Causey Way, The - [07] Pers.mp3 - 2:26 - Personal Hygiene from Testimony
Causey Way, The - [08] The .mp3 - 2:30 - The Electronic Church (You Sell God) from With Loving and Open Arms
- Track 5 was initially missing, I got it from a dude named Bobby in January of 2013. Thank you, Bobby! Took me over 12 years.
- Track 1 is a unique song I've never heard on any of their 4 CDs, I'd love to know what it's called, or if it even had a name. It's about 22 seconds of static/electronic rumblings, before guitar rumblings, and vocals come in around 57 seconds. "You've got your feet/you've got your hands" are the opening words, if I hear correctly.
- If memory serves I got this in late 2000/2001.
- I believe this was before Causey vs. Everything as the new songs from that album were labeled "New Song" but apparently got truncated as "News" and "New1." Thanks for nothing, MP3 labels of 11 years ago.
- Bobby speculates this might be part of a "Universal Buzz Radio Show" program. Can anyone confirm? I have a Servotron one, but never heard of a Causey one. Confirmation would be awesome!
In the efforts of Google-fu, Causey Way was a fun band where Scott Stanton (pro skateboarder, artist, presumably a nice dude) sang and the high-concept was that they were not a cult. He went on to be in Pilot Scott Tracy (also fun!) and did a few folkey songs (and nifty paintings) as "Panhandle Slim" but that's all I've got so far.
The drummer for Man or Astro-Man (Birdstuff/Boy Causey/Brian Teasley) was also on a few Causey Way tracks, so I figure this is another chapter in a coffee table book or 'zine or something that someone needs to write about this whole thing some day. I like this stuff.
If for some odd reason you found this and don't know anything about The Causey Way, and you like Devo, or perhaps Man or Astro-Man?, locate and purchase WWCD?. As far as I know the band only released 4 albums (2 LPs, 2 EPs) and at least 3 other recordings were in some state of development from the labels With an X and What Else? records around 2000 or so.
Thanks for reading!
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