The Solger CD is finally finished. You can get it now from us or it
should be in stores in about two weeks. There also a few copies of the
LP left (pressing of 100)

www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?intRecordId=211

Solger Bio:
Seattle and the Pacific Northwest had a rich punk rock heritage prior
to 1980, with the likes of nationally known early punk bands such the
Lewd, the Dils, the Mentors, the Tupperwares (later the Screamers),
and the Telepaths (pre-Blackouts/Ministry). There was also a handful
of local unknown bands, mostly from the University District that
played a more upbeat garage-style punk. That was until the band Solger
was formed in June of 1980.

Unlike most other bands, none of the members knew each other before
came together in 1980. Kyle Nixon sang "Nervous Breakdown" with Black
Flag in February during their first tour of Seattle, and was looking
to start a hardcore punk band of his own. Paul Dana, who had just
turned 15, place an ad in a local paper looking for a punk singer.
They met and started with two songs Paul wrote "American Youth" and
Dead Soldier" before finding bassist Doug Rockness through a
girlfriend. Tor Midtskog joined Solger because he liked the "Dead
Soldier needs a drummer" flyer they had posted inside the Showbox
Theatre. Within a month they played their first gig with only five
songs, marking Seattle's birth as a hardcore punk rock town. A short
lived six months and six shows later the band called it quits before
the years end. And they would have been forgotten had they not
recorded a rather raw and powerful record in their wake. This
collection presents and documents Solger's place in Seattle's hardcore
punk rock past. This is the complete recorded works digitally
remastered by legendary producer Jack Endino including their last show
in November of 1980. Un-remastered single aslo included. (LP version
limited to 99 copies)

Paul Solger went on to play in the Fartz, DTz, Fags, & Ten Minute
Warning and worked with Mark Lanegan and Jane County. He also co-wrote
Green River's Rehab Doll.

Song List:
1. AMERICAN YOUTH
2. RAPING DEAD NUNS
3. AMAN
4. I HATE IT
5. DEAD SOLGER (Soldier)
6. DO ME A FAVOR (Live)
7. REPETITIONS (Live)
8. WHAT WE DO IS SECRET (Live)
9. STAB YOR BACK (Live)
10. THE LAST PUNK (Live)
11. SCHEME & FRAUD (Live)
12. I HATE IT
13. RAPING DEAD NUNS
14. AMAN
15. AMERICAN YOUTH
16. DEAD SOLGER