Album: Rusty by Rodan (1994)
Format: Album

Description: Rusty is the first and only full-length studio album by American math rock band Rodan. It was released in April 1994 on Quarterstick Records. The album takes its name from its engineer, Bob "Rusty" Weston.
Rusty received critical acclaim and has since been cited as an influential album, often compared favorably to Slint's 1991 album Spiderland. AllMusic writer Ned Raggett said, "this is an album to readily get lost in. The evident variety is another reason to listen, not least because everything is handled so aptly, parts of a greater overall whole."

Artist Background: There are four bands called Rodan: 1) Rodan (1992) emerging from the same circle of musicians that spawned Squirrel Bait and Slint, Rodan formed in 1992 out of a failed high school rap project. Guitarists Jason Noble and Jeff Mueller enlisted Tara Jane O'Neil on bass and a couple of drummers before Kevin Coultas came aboard permanently. After a couple of 7"s and self-released cassettes, Quarterstick released the band's first and only full-length Rusty in 1994. The band broke up at the end of ... Emerged in the 1990s era.

Music Scene: Emerged in the 1990s era.

Tags: 1990s, Album

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Rusty is the first and only full-length studio album by American math rock band Rodan. It was released in April 1994 on Quarterstick Records. The album takes its name from its engineer, Bob "Rusty" Weston.
Rusty received critical acclaim and has since been cited as an influential album, often compared favorably to Slint's 1991 album Spiderland. AllMusic writer Ned Raggett said, "this is an album to readily get lost in. The evident variety is another reason to listen, not least because everything is handled so aptly, parts of a greater overall whole."

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