Longstocking
The defiantly out queer-punk band Longstocking unfortunately only lasted for one album, 1997's excellent Once Upon a Time Called Now, but during their brief two-year run, the Los Angeles-based quartet added a clever kind of '60s-style pop polish to a scene that occasionally ran a bit too far toward willful amateurism. Former Oiler and Fleabag singer/guitarist Tamala Poljak, whose musical tastes run the gamut from the Shangri-Las to Gang of Four to Stereolab, formed Longstocking as a guitar-drums duo in 1995. After a few months, the lineup solidified into Poljak, guitarist Michelle Stevenson, bassist David Gomez, and drummer Sherri Solinger. After a pair of 7" EPs and a handful of compilation appearances, Longstocking released Once Upon a Time Called Now on Donna Dresch's Chainsaw label in late 1997. Unfortunately, by the time the record came out, Longstocking had split up; Poljak had followed a relationship to Olympia, WA, while the other bandmembers had stayed in Los Angeles. Poljak joined Team Dresch temporarily, but returned to Los Angeles in 1999 to form a new band called the Automaticans.
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Discography
10 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Once Upon a Time Called Now
Alternative & Indie - Released by Jealous Butcher Records on Feb 5, 2021
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Teenage Angst at 27
Alternative & Indie - Released by Jealous Butcher Records on Oct 1, 2020
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Delete Messages EP
Techno - Released by Plump Records on Oct 29, 2021
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Singles & Demos: 1994-1998
Alternative & Indie - Released by Jealous Butcher Records on Feb 5, 2021
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Jehu on a Rollercoaster
Alternative & Indie - Released by Jealous Butcher Records on Jan 12, 2021
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Cozy (Magda Halina Remix)
House - Released by Artichokes Are Yellow on Jun 24, 2022
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Cozy (Emuh Remix)
House - Released by Artichokes Are Yellow on Jun 24, 2022
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Cozy (GetCosy Remix)
House - Released by Artichokes Are Yellow on Jun 24, 2022
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Cozy (Edit)
House - Released by Artichokes Are Yellow on Apr 22, 2022
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