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We first met Michael "Pasty" Corcoran in 1995 at a small club in New York City. A skinny eighteen-year-old Guster rep adn nervous Freshman at Villanova University, Michale had embraced the Guster given name we blindly threw on his rep badge. He approached us, fair hair and ghostly skin glistening under the hot Wetlands lights and said, "I'm Pasty."
Over the next four years Michael worked his way up the Guster ladder. He spearheaded bootleg distribution from our website and eventually became responsible for maintaining all of Guster.com. He paid his dues on tour as roadie, gaining 20 pounds of muscle on The Wicked Long Tour alone. Today Michael road manages our band and his distorted image graces the cover of our rep disc.
This EP is a thank you to every Guster Rep that has helped us spread our music, and to Pasty...the first "mad man" in the Guster Mafiosa. --Guster--
1. "I Spy" rough mix from the forthcoming album "lost and gone forever"
2. "The Harder They Come" writen by jimmy cliff, recorded august 1998 by peter katis in greenwich,ct.
3. "Closer (live)" recorded live in front of 12 people on a tuesday night at the tractor tavern in seattle, wa (3/24/98).
4. "Bury Me (live)" recorded live in front of 12 people on a tuesday night at the bluebird in bloominton,in. (10/6/98). sax by "hakeem".
5. "Airport Song (pastronica remix)" written by Guster. reinterpreted here by anthony j karyadi sutedja.
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The second installment of the Pasty Tapes is a collection of obscure Guster material, exclusively for guster Reps, their friends, and anyone with accress to the internet. It's named after our tour manager and lighting engineer, Michael "Pasty" Corcoran, who worked his way up the Guster ladder from a 95-pound rep at the age of 18 to the 150-pound hunk of 27-year old meat that now runs the show and blinds us nightly with his macho strobe light.
6. Keep It Together
(music by Guster, Lyrics by Brian Rosenworcel)
From the forthcoming album, "Keep It Together"
7. Say That To My Face
(music by Guster, Lyrics by Ryan Miller)
We recorded this song with Roger Moutenot nut it didn't make the cut for the new album. it does, however, easily make the cut for The Pasty tapes Volume 2, which has a much lower standard of quality.
8. We've Gotta be Clean
(Words and music by Tony geiss)
Produced and engineered by Paul Katis. Additional instruments by Peter katis and Leon Dewan. Additional background vocals by Melissa Bisagni, Dave Schneider, Tarquin Katis and Peter Katis. Original version sung by Bert.
9. Sunday Afternoon (demo)
(Music by Guster, lyrics by Brian Rosenworcel)
We wrote this song and recorded a quick demo version of it and never got around to recording it for real for some reason.
10. Happy Frappy (Live)(Muzak version)
Recorded live at the Gothic Theater in Denver,Co on April 7,2001
11. You Saw the Light (Music by Guster)
From an interview recorded backstage at the Jones Beach Ampitheater on July 10th 1998. The music comes from the song "starless heaven" (also known as "Snacky time") which didn't make it to the new album. If you're not 18, please get permission from a parent or guardian before listening- -the language is foul!