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3 unusual facts about The Dream Syndicate


Paul B. Cutler

Paul B. Cutler is an American producer and guitarist, known particularly for his work with the Los Angeles-based band The Dream Syndicate.

The Dream Syndicate

Duck suggested the name "The Dream Syndicate" in reference to Tony Conrad's early 1960s New York experimental ensemble (better known as the Theater of Eternal Music), whose members included John Cale.

The Medicine Show was recorded in 1984 in San Francisco with producer Sandy Pearlman.


Continental Drifters

Though the line-up changed several times, at one point the band comprised a kind of college rock/indie-rock/power-pop supergroup, including as it did Peter Holsapple of the dB's, Mark Walton of The Dream Syndicate, Bangle Vicki Peterson and Susan Cowsill of The Cowsills.

Ruby Records

Chris D. also produced The Dream Syndicate's The Days of Wine and Roses and some tracks on The Gun Club's Fire of Love, as well as the two Flesh Eaters albums released by Ruby.

When Warner Bros. Records bought Slash, they took over distribution of Ruby's three most popular albums (The Gun Club's Fire of Love, The Misfits' Walk Among Us, The Dream Syndicate's The Days of Wine and Roses) and deleted the others (which included releases by The Flesh Eaters, Blurt and Lydia Lunch).


see also

Green on Red

Green on Red followed the Dream Syndicate onto Slash Records, which released the album Gravity Talks in the fall of 1983.