Biography
The Fuses are arguably the best Baltimore punk rock band ever. I believe they began in 1996. Three of the original Fuses were members of Baltimore band Webster. Guitarists Brendan Bartow and Kevin Trowel, along with drummer Lee Ashlin, recruited Mark Minnig of the Thumbs to play bass, and the Fuses were born. Pete Ross, maker of gourd banjos and former member of the Sniff Shits, joined on bass when Minnig moved to Brooklyn in 1998.
They were a great live band, though at times the noise level and the amount of treble coming out of their guitars was downright painful. What a great, angry, chaotic but smart band they were/are.
Albums:
I Wanna Burn - CD/LP - LP has a Joy Division cover. CD doesn't. - 1999
Are Lies - CD- 1999
Eastern Cities - CD/LP - 2001
EPs/Singles:
Dress For The New Bomb - 1997
Mit Einer Hohen Geschwindigkeitsrate - 2000
If the Communists Don't Dance - 2000
Sex Crimes - 2002
Splits with The Uniform:
In Love with Electricity 12" w/ bonus CD of live tracks recorded at the original Ottobar - 1999
In Love with Electricity 7" - 1999
All the songs on the 12" are also on Are Lies. The 7" has a new song, appropriately titled "In Love with Electricity"
Comps"
This is American Punk - 1996(?)
Dear Fred: Standby for the Next Objective - 1998
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