The Prefab Messiahs
Purveyors of lighthearted garage rock revivalism, the Prefab Messiahs formed in 1981 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Core members "Xerox" Feinberg, "Doc" Michaud, and bass player Kris Thompson, all then students at Clark University, brought in a rotating lineup of area musicians to help play their ramshackle art-punk in area clubs. Billy Brahm, Egg Al, and Tony Serrato were each considered official members at one time. The group released only one cassette, 1983's Flex Your Mind, before temporarily disbanding that same year.
Nothing more was heard from the band until 15 years later when a selection of live recordings and demos was put out by Desperately Happy. The 1998 Devolver compilation contained over an hour of previously unreleased material, all recorded in the early '80s. The band then reunited occasionally for special events, including the local Wormtown Anniversary Bash in 1998, 2003, and 2008. In early 2011, Almost Ready Records released a 7" single with two songs from Devolver, "Frank Kafka/Prefab Sun," and later that year, Fixed Identity issued Peace Love & Alienation, a collection of eight songs remastered by Jay Rajeck (TRS-80).
In June of 2012, the Prefab Messiahs got together with Bobb Trimble for a four-date 30th anniversary tour of Massachusetts and New York. Inspired to give it another go, the trio added Ned Egg to the lineup and, for the first time in three decades, hit the studio with new material in 2013. Meanwhile, Burger Records reissued Devolver on cassette before partnering with Kylam Records to release 2015's Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive, eight tracks of garage/psych-pop in vogue at the time among bands like Thee Oh Sees and Ariel Pink.
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Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive
Pop - Released by Burger Records - K.L.Y.A.M. Records on 10 Mar 2015
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Franz Kafka / Prefab Sun
Pop - Released by Almost Ready on 18 Jan 2011
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Music for Concerned Citizens
Rock - Released by Plastic Mynd on 9 Jul 2021
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Peace Love & Alienation
Pop - Released by Fixed Identity on 6 Dec 2011
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Bring on the Robots
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 30 Nov 2018
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When Things Fall Apart
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 18 Dec 2020
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Gellow Mold: Al Lover at the Controls
Rock - Released by Plastic Mynd on 21 Jan 2022
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Psychsploitation
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 27 Oct 2017
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The Man Who Killed Reality
Pop - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 1 Mar 2017
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Monster Riff / Outtayerhands
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 17 May 2019
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Outtayerhands
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 19 Jan 2018
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The Ghost of Rock and Roll
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 17 Oct 2022
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Everything U No
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 8 Dec 2017
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Sometimes Sunnydaze
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 5 May 2017
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Psychsploitation Today / Orange Room
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 28 Jun 2019
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Ssydarthurr
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 9 Aug 2019
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(Don't Give up On) Beautiful Things
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 18 Jan 2019
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(Have A) Prefab Holiday
Rock - Released by The Prefab Messiahs on 16 Dec 2022
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