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| Background information | |
| Origin | Davis, California |
| Years active | 1981–1989 |
| Label(s) | Enigma |
| Former members | |
| Scott Miller Shelley LaFreniere Gil Ray Donnette Thayer Guillaume Gassuan |
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Game Theory was an American rock and roll band from 1981 to 1989. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Scott Miller was formerly a member of the '80s power pop group Game Theory and lead singer of the group The Loud Family. Overview Donnette Thayer is a vocalist and guitarist most active in the 1980s and early 1990s underground rock scenes The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The group's lead singer, Scott Miller, went on to front the band The Loud Family. Scott Miller was formerly a member of the '80s power pop group Game Theory and lead singer of the group The Loud Family. The Loud Family is an American band based in San Francisco that began in 1991, went on hiatus in 2000 and returned in 2006 Game Theory is best known for its double LP Lolita Nation. Lolita Nation is the fourth official album by Game Theory. Originally released in 1987 as a double LP it is often considered to be the group's finest work It and Two Steps from the Middle Ages were listed among the top 25 albums of all time by Joe S. Two Steps from the Middle Ages (1988 is the final album of original material released by Game Theory before breaking up Harrington. [1] The band favored hyper-literary references, a la Jean-Luc Godard, including the evident tip-of-the-hat to Vladimir Nabokov. Jean-Luc Godard (French ʒɑ̃lyk gɔˈdaʀ (born on December 3 1930 is a French and Swiss Filmmaker and one of the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. The CD version of Lolita Nation has become a collector's item, fetching upwards of $75US in online auctions and elsewhere.
The band had been given positive reviews in rock magazines, and had enjoyed much airplay on college radio. However, many factors got in the way of greater success. Soon after the release of their 1989 album, Two Steps From the Middle Ages, their record label, Enigma Records, went out of business. In addition, there were conflicts within the group as their guitarist and vocalist Donnette Thayer left the group to form Hex with Steve Kilbey of The Church. Steven John Kilbey (born 13 September 1954, Welwyn Garden City, England) is the lead singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for The Church Finally, drummer Gil Ray sustained an injury, causing him to bow out part way through their promotional tour.
The band lineup as of Two Steps from the Middle Ages consisted of:
- Scott Miller (lead vocal, guitars)
- Shelley LaFreniere (keyboards)
- Gil Ray (drums)
- Donnette Thayer (backing vocal, guitars)
- Guillaume Gassuan (bass)
Discography
Albums
- Blaze of Glory (1981)
- Pointed Accounts of People You Know (1983)
- Distortion (1984)
- Dead Center (1984)
- Real Nighttime (1985)
- Big Shot Chronicles (1986)
- Lolita Nation (1987)
- Two Steps from the Middle Ages (1988)
- Tinker to Evers to Chance (1989) compilation
- Distortion of Glory (1993) remix
External links
- Game Theory: The Band
- Game Theory Discography
- Game Theory Members
- Game Theory Characters
- Game Theory Photographs
- College music scene GameTheory grew out of
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