The Fords

Albums, Gigs, & Recordings

The Fords

The Fords

Home-made four-track demo album. Recorded summer 1994; released fall 1994.

Discussion

The Fords was born out of post-college jam sessions among the remaining members of alt.sex.dentist on Thursday nights in the gritty blue collar town of Fords, NJ.

The lack of a permanent drummer kept the sound from fully maturing -- as the boys fell to a rotation. Lack of a clear consensus vision for the band's sound also hindered a fully-realized sound.

random band lineups PDF

Although never used, Jim even came up with a "randomizer" to force The Fords to experiment with different lineups. The randomizer was weighted in favor of certain lineups, but mathematically allowed every possible lineup to be envoked.

Nonetheless, Ant, Lars, and Jim each contributed several original songs to the band -- some of which would see life in alt.sex.dentist.

Jim kept all source recordings and notes. Jim digitized them in fall 2012.