Ritual Device - Henge - Cassette tape on Redemption Records

Ritual Device imported the Chicago sound of Big Black, the Effigies, and the Jesus Lizard inspired punk to their hometown of Omaha, NE. With their own ire of complex guitars and screaming vocals, Ma's Ruin Records debuted the quartets hallmark noise on a 1994 split 10 with Killdozer. Continuing with the -ismist Records 7 of Rabe, the lineup of Randy Cotton (bass), Eric Ebers (drums), Mike Saklar (guitar), and Timothy Moss (vocals) settled in 1995 as they toured the East Coast. But by the time their live album Trademark of Quality Years came out by the end of that year, Ritual Device called it a day with Tommy Moss moving on to Men of Porn while Cotton and Saklar continued with Ravine.

Ritual Device - Henge - Cassette tape on Redemption Records

Hieronymus Firebrain - There - CD featuring Jonathan Segal of Camper Van Beethoven on Magnetic Records

Led by ex-Camper Van Beethoven multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Segel, the free-form underground rock unit Hieronymus Firebrain was an extension of Segel's 1989 solo LP Storytelling, comprising many of the same musicians who played on the album. After issuing a self-titled 1991 debut record on the Delta label, however, Hieronymus Firebrain's roster underwent a series of fluctuations which left Segel as the sole remaining original member; a new lineup released the 1994 LPs There and Here before disbanding. Segel and drummer Russ Blackmar soon reunited in the trio Jack & Jill.

Hieronymus Firebrain - There - CD featuring Jonathan Segal of Camper Van Beethoven on Magnetic Records