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| Name: | francisco ruiz |
| Location: | Torreon MEXICO |
| Comments: | I had only a few years listening this amazing band the sounds of the guitars is too good unfortunely the group is not well know here and is too hard hear about anyone involved with this music, anyway i enjoy your site.good bye and have a happy life |
| Name: | rob |
| Location: | eugene, or |
| Comments: | thanks, i appreciated the lyrics |
| Name: | Tim Barrett |
| Location: | Trenton, Michigan USA |
| Comments: | Fan since 1981...currently working on a project to convert my old LP's to Digital. Found this site as I am recording. Great site! All the best to my fellow Church fans! |
| Name: | Ric Almeida |
| Location: | nyc-usa |
| Comments: | Raise your glass to The Church. The most musically interesting band in the last 27 years. |
| Name: | stratofabius |
| Location: | Roma |
| Comments: | Very good site!!!
Ciao! |
| Name: | Doreen |
| Location: | Michigan, USA |
| Comments: | Great website! Thank you! |
| Name: | Stephanie D. |
| Location: | Los Angeles, CA. |
| Comments: | What a beautiful, indispensable site! |
| Name: | Graham Stone |
| Location: | Leek, UK |
| Comments: | Nice site, I haven't been through it all yet - there's so much - but what I've seen is nicely done, full of information and accurate. If I ever get around to putting my live Church photos on the Web, I'll drop you a line...
Cheers, Graham |
| Name: | Angie Barclay |
| Location: | Country, Vic, Australia |
| Comments: | The Church would have to be the best band I've ever taken the time to explore.
Their music keeps me sane pretty much. I can't get through the day without "My Church." It's great to find a site that is about the best band that has ever walked this planet. Cheers |
| Name: | Brien Comerford |
| Location: | Glenview, Illinois USA |
| Comments: | This is one of the most comprehensive, accessible and wonderful music sites that I have ever visited. It's the entire Church music history. Infinite plaudits and accolades! |
| Name: | Brien Comerford |
| Location: | Glenview, Illinois USA |
| Comments: | I just rediscovered the Church a few months ago. Radio Stations stopped playing their music in 1990. I am shocked! Commencing with Priest=Aura, The Church have released several magnificent CDs, and their sound is a hybrid of vintage Pink Floyd, U2 and Radiohead. Steve Kilbey's side projects are also amazing. He is a great vocalist, lyricist, bass player, painter and writer/poet. This multi-talented man has also been a humane vegetarian for the last thirty years. The Church is the most unheralded supergroup in history. Steve Kilbey is amazing. |
| Name: | Scott Dale Miller |
| Location: | Pensacola, FL |
| Comments: | Glad the band is still around. There's a good reasons why they, like U2, are my two favorite bands. Keeping it relatively together for over a quarter century. Saw their semi-unplugged show at the House of Blues last July. First time since their Gold Afternoon Fix show at the Warehouse in a much more together New Orleans of 1990 or '91. It's sometimes hard to remember back that far. Anyway, just want to say hello. |
| Name: | Lee Shuff |
| Location: | Chattanooga, TN |
| Comments: | Love The Church! |
| Name: | Duncan McRae |
| Location: | Lakewood, Ca by way of NZ |
| Comments: | Love the Church (esp early work).
They led the way for a scintillating modern Aussie psych scene. Thanks for the site. |
| Name: | W. David Scales |
| Location: | Reidsville, NC |
| Comments: | I've been hitting your site for several years now, usually in search of a lyric that I just can't quite make out after years of listening. It's an excellent place for a fanboy to be. Keep up the excellent work! |
| Name: | Sarah G. |
| Location: | Toronto |
| Comments: | Thank you! I've been looking for the track list for that 'Survival Sampler' (Electric Lash was on it, 1983) for ages. I cannot believe you not only have the track listing but an actual PHOTO - it took me back to high school. |
| Name: | John The One |
| Location: | South East UK |
| Comments: | Thank you for making this fantastic site, Thank you to the Church for being an inspiration and continuing to make wonderful and original music. I often wonder why they are so overlooked in this country |
| Name: | M. Toews |
| Location: | Alberta, Canada |
| Comments: | I've slowly been realizing that a lot of the songs I really like end up being done by the Church, so I finally checked out their lyrics, and I am intrigued by each one I read. Gorgeuos lyrics and I love the 'punky' sound they've retained. |
| Name: | Brett R. |
| Location: | Perth, WA |
| Comments: | Jaw-droppingly thorough, helpful and beautiful site. Congratulations and thanks. |
| Name: | Zoran Nikolic |
| Location: | Smederevo,Serbia |
| Comments: | The first time I ever heard the Church was 1986, and that was "As You Will," a perfect pop song. I was 14 years old. Since then, for a long long time, I never heard anything from them, until the middle 90's on some compilation I found their greatest (commercial) hit "Milky Way". And then all my memories and feelings from adolescent days are coming back. I was looking my old cassettes and found this "old gold" the song called "As You Will". From then I always kept looking for their albums (and in Serbia it is so, so, so hard to find that stuff, especially in these turbulent and war years in my country), but times are changing and today I have almost all their albums and several EPs. But always I needed some information about year of release, lyrics (especially), etc. Until tonight when I found this excellent site. For me this is "Ali Baba's cave". All in one place, this is FANTASTIC!!!!. I can't believe that something like this exists. All in one place.
Bands like "The Church" really deserve appreciation like this. And, what can I tell you at the end of my story? For me, their music has always been like some kind of "pleasant- melancholic-dreamy fairy-tale". I REALLY LOVE THEIR MUSIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good night! |
| Name: | Tom Schreiber |
| Location: | Luebeck, Germany |
| Comments: | Hi,
I've been stopping in here for years but never signed the guestbook I guess. This is the place where you get all the information you need on Church releases. I would need some help: I've traded for the Water In The Desert 3 CD set some years ago but couldn't make use of a VHS copy. Now I've read that there is a DVD made of that VHS. Could someone help me out with a copy? The same goes for the Collector's ep because I can't make use of these SHN files, I can only download mp3's! Send me a mail to thomas.schreiber1@freenet.de in case you can help me out, oh and thank you in advance! Tom, Germany |
| Name: | Zach Egenberger |
| Location: | San Francisco, Ca USA |
| Comments: | I've loved this band since 1988 (when I was 15 years old), and I saw 'Reptile' really late one night on MTV. I never expected that channel to play something so refreshingly cool and, above all, inspiring. Who the hell were these guys? I proceeded to buy all of their albums on cassette, and they remain one of my all time favorite bands. Their music helped me get through high school and influenced me to join a band and make music for myself... |
| Name: | Zivanka Byrne |
| Location: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Comments: | I have been a fan of The Church since I saw them appear on Countdown in 1981 singing the Unguarded Moment, and I was totally hooked.
I have seen them live over 200 times all over Australia since the mid eighties, and they always seem to get better! Great bunch of guys!! |
| Name: | Erik Mordt |
| Location: | Austin, Texas |
| Comments: | Thanks for putting together this awesome site!!! Especially the Discography section, which has come in very handy for research with my growing Church collection. |
| Name: | Marcello |
| Location: | Rome, Italy |
| Comments: | Beautiful site, indeed. |
| Name: | steve c |
| Location: | perth western australia |
| Comments: | hawkwind it was for 30 years , but it has been the church now for many years . And i thank you guys ! |
| Name: | Bat (ex Church roadie from the 80's) |
| Comments: | Just stumbled over your website and noticed the question from Jan 13th. I think you missed one instrumental they played live but was never recorded. It is/was called Frozen and Distant and I still have it on a live tape made directly from the board.
***** Fip's Response: Frozen And Distant isn't an instrumental, at least not the version on 'A Quick Smoke At Spots' and the 2005 EMI 'Starfish' remaster (CD 2). Lyrics are listed on its SongFinder page and in the Lyrics section. |
| Name: | nowell |
| Location: | Philippines |
| Comments: | I'm a fan of the band since 1985. Although our country (Philippines) doesn't play new bands from overseas especially. Luckily, I got ahold of the album that includes the song THE UNGUARDED MOMENT. I bought it here and the album title is THE UNGUARDED MOMENT! Lately I know that they don't have an album with that title!! Maybe that's the album THE CHURCH. Anyway, that album blew me away!!! Honestly, they are the reincarnated BYRDS. But a more crafty and improved BYRDS.
***** Fip's response: Careful with those Byrds references, my Philippine Phriend. The band despises the comparison. ;-) |
| Name: | Riley Tucker |
| Comments: | Very interesting website. Keep up the outstanding work and thank you... |
| Name: | Oscar Luis Garcia de Baquedano |
| Location: | Spain |
| Comments: | I have seen the band for my first time in Madrid, three days ago. I have all the records but I heve never seen them live.
Though the voice problems of Steve I have a wonderful night. Can anybody send me the check list of the night? Thanks |
| Name: | zallaz |
| Location: | London |
| Comments: | great site found u by the URL listed on 'Tin Mine'
heres a link to some Church pix I shot, regards zallaz http://web.mac.com/laz.misan/iWeb/zallaz/The%20Church%202006.html |
| Name: | chris woods |
| Comments: | oh, I was just looking.... |
| Name: | kt |
| Comments: | thank you for making such a lovely site
kt |
| Name: | Ian Alterman |
| Comments: | Given how (deliberately?) difficult it is to discern Kilbey's lyrics, and the fact that he uses so many homonyms, double entendres and ambiguous words, I cannot imagine what you went through putting this site together! You deserve a medal!!
Keep up the amazing work! Peace. |
| Name: | chris lastrapes |
| Comments: | the church is a favorite of mine and i hope too see them for a third time....its been eight years since New Orleans...
bye,chris |
| Name: | Lee Shuff |
| Comments: | The Church Rule! |
| Name: | Phonemes |
| Comments: | been a fan since around 86', am also musician, recently been reinvigorated by the genius of The Church. I really don't feel that songs can be written much better, both lyrically and MUSICALLY. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME and the magic the music embodies. |
| Name: | Martin Hill |
| Comments: | It is wonderful to see the words to what i consider one of the best bands ever, every album taking you on a different journey. Apart, obviously, from lyrics supplied in albums, it is great to continue that journey. Respect. |
| Name: | Nasar |
| Comments: | Thanks for the website... Hard to find many Church fans out there... I bought Hindsight sometime in '88 and I've been hooked ever since... |
| Name: | Andy Holland |
| Comments: | Great site folks - keep up the great work!!!
Whilst I'm here - can anyone list all the instrumental tracks by The Church. The first song I ever heard by them (nearly 17 years ago now - yoiks!) was an instrumental, but I've never been able to find it since. ***** Fip's Response: Remote Luxury - Remote Luxury & Sing-Songs//Remote Luxury//Persia The Golden Dawn - Hindsight (CD 1) & The Blurred Crusade 2002 EMI Remaster (CD 2) Happy Hunting Ground - Heyday Afterlife - A Quick Smoke At Spots & Starfish 2005 EMI Remaster (CD 2) Film - Priest = Aura Eastern - Sometime Anywhere Grandiose - Magician Among The Spirits/MATS+ Romany Caravan - Magician Among The Spirits/MATS+ Afterimage - Magician Among The Spirits/MATS+ Bastard Universe Serpent Easy - Forget Yourself Ltd. Ed. Bonus Disc & Beside Yourself Moodertronic - Forget Yourself Ltd. Ed. Bonus Disc & Beside Yourself The Sexual Act - Jammed Interlock - Jammed Between Mirages - el momento descuidado Comeuppance - el momento siguiente |
| Name: | Felipe Ahumada |
| Location: | Chile |
| Comments: | GOOD PAGE MY FRIENDS, VERY COMPLETE.
I´m from Chile, South America, and here to find The Church's stuff is harder to find than Bin Laden wearing bell bottom jeans. Except, of course, the obvious material (Starfish, Gold Afternoon Fix, and if you're fortunate, Priest=Aura). So I must thank you for this great site. But I would like to know about their influences. They say that they don't pay attention to what's going on in the outside world, but you could find that Johnny Marr, Robert Smith, and Even Roger Waters may not agree with that. |
| Name: | Sundance |
| Comments: | *** WEB SITE IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *** |
| Name: | Jason |
| Comments: | Hi, just want to say one of the songs that effects me more ont his earth than any is Reptile by The Church! AMAZING TRACK. I REMEMBER SEEING IT LIVE AND IT SENT SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE THAT I CAN FEEL WHEN I LISTEN TO IT, as I am listening to it NOW!... Also looove "She Never Said", "Too Fast For You", "Under The Milky Way" and more.... Great site!
Keep it up! |
| Name: | m |
| Comments: | A web site that just KEEPS ON GIVING!
You are necessary and MUCH appreciated, Fipmaster! Mark |
| Name: | Glen |
| Comments: | Fantastic work. My hat's off to you.... |
| Name: | marie egea |
| Comments: | love you the church |
| Name: | Carl Koontz |
| Comments: | This has to be the best pure information web site for The Church.
The fipster rocks!!!! |
| Name: | Grace |
| Comments: | I don't know if one person or a crowd of people are responsible for this wonderful, wonderful site.
I have 27 Church records, but just recently discovered "Forget Yourself" and "Isidore." I'm listening to "Isidore" for the first time right now and the first two songs are amazing. I'm so grateful for your site--After hearing "Musidore," I went straight to your site to see what crazy and lovely things Steve is singing about. The Church are famously dificult to understand and often leave lyrics off their CD's. Not only is your site beautiful to look at and set up for very easy use, you seem to have included everything they've ever done. Thank you so, so, much. Grace |
| Name: | ima |
| Comments: | Fipster,
i have consulted your site for years, anytime i want to find out the lyrics to a song, or more info about side projects. you have the most organized, easy to use, and attractive fan sites around. thank you so much! ima (jim) |
| Name: | 110734 |
| Comments: | I have been a devoted fan of The Church since Starfish was released. I was living in St. Louis and attending school. From the opening of Destination I knew I was going to love that album from start to finish. The Church moved me and it was not long before I learned how to play every song from the album on my drumkit. When Gold Afternoon Fix came out my love for their art continued to deepen. Regardless of whichever album I continue to aquire, I find no flaw in their creations. This site is off-planet! Keep up the great work. Cheers!!! |
| Name: | Shwan Leftwich |
| Comments: | It took me a couple of years to find this website.
This site is wonderful. Don't let go away. I thought I'd never find a site like this. Keep the good things rolling. I love THE CHURCH and will for the rest of my life. |
| Name: | Frank |
| Comments: | That's one of the best made discographies I ever stumbled upon in the web and elsewhere. Chapeau! |
| Name: | Ian Stewart |
| Comments: | This web site has to be one of THE most researched and thoughtfully laid out sites on the web. I cannot believe how much data there is and I have learnt quite a bit about the prolific nature of this quartet called the church.
Again my kudos and hat tipping to the creators for the care and attention to scouring every nook and cranny of existence to uncover the material available. Much indebted, Ian Stewart |
| Name: | Evan |
| Comments: | Keep up the site! Nice work!!!!! |
| Name: | Adam Kilgore |
| Location: | Deep South, USA |
| Comments: | Been a Church fan since '88 living in the deep south of the United States of America where only a scant few know about this great band. My fondness for the Church increases monthly, if not daily, as I continue to dig into thier catalog and Kilbey's solo work and side projects. How this band does not get more attention is beyond me. Kilbey is presently at his best vocally and lyrically and the music being made by the band today is their best ever. Thanks to the boys for being there and doing quality work. Please don't ever stop and don't ever doubt that we are still listening and that this band will always be relevant. Please come to the southern United States again! |
| Name: | kay eather |
| Comments: | always been a big fan since 1980 seen every concert up to now 3 12 004 taken my daughter the last 5 shows she is 29 likes church also but.... the last say 3 times seen them getting boring! steve wants to give up the drugs smoke its telling on him as he gets older he looks more out of it save it all steve for behind the scene like the comfort of your own lounge room. Get happy guys life's great! |
| Name: | Paul White |
| Comments: | Of the solo - side project stuff - have only heard Jack Frost (the first one). I must get more.
Cheers. |
| Name: | Matt Cassidy |
| Comments: | Amazing effort! Good job. You are obviously a nut. |
| Name: | alex |
| Comments: | simply great! you can find everything about the group. thanks |
| Name: | Row |
| Comments: | Hi,
I found your site while looking for a single I remember from the mid 80's. It was probably called Inspiration. I was wondering if you could tell me if I have the right song - is this the Venetians? It goes "Inspiration, thoughts in my head, la la la la la la. It comes out of the blue, la la la la la..." ***** Fip's Response: Yup, that's the same song! |
| Name: | Andrea |
| Comments: | Again congratulations on your superb site. Why don't you add the words of the MWP and Martin Rossel demos? After all even though they were only released on the internet, those are great songs! I'd love to see the texts,
Thanks! |
| Name: | Sain Diaz |
| Comments: | Great The Church discography site. Very comprehensive. |
| Name: | raymundo lorrabaquio valencia |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Comments: | escucho a la iglesia, desde hace quince años,y considero a este grupo como uno de los mejores, forget youself es un gran album, mi cancion favorita es june the church significa la iglesia en español.saludos desde,mexico. |
| Name: | stuart baxter |
| Location: | Scotland |
| Comments: | Love the music and the website! How can I get a copy of a live concert on DVD and when are they going to tour Scotland? We love them here!!!
regards Stuart ***** Fip's Response: The '92 Enmore show is now available on DVD (why, I don't know). We know they video-recorded most if not all the Forget Yourself Tour shows. But until they release any of that, you may want to try asking for live DVD boots at Seance or Hotel Womb (see the Destinations page for links). There is some material floating around. |
| Name: | Michael J. Smith |
| Comments: | I love the Church. I saw them play live in Memphis and met them backstage. I wish there would be another Jack Frost album. |
| Name: | nickbrewer@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | Great site! Very thorough and impressive. keep it up! |
| Name: | philabeybe |
| Location: | Belgium |
| Comments: | just great. thank you for this marvellous site. I've already (yesterday) passed a few hours on it.
A long time belgian fan. Vanderbeck Philippe known as Philabeybe (guitarist and music lover) |
| Name: | Sandy |
| Comments: | Thank you Mike, for this fantastic website and all that it includes - discography, lyrics, tour pages etc. AND for continuously updating all of the above! I refer to this site more than any other Church related website, including the official one. You're the man! |
| Name: | Keith Greenberg |
| Location: | New York |
| Comments: | Saw the Bowery Ballroom show, hope they're back soon! |
| Name: | Andrea |
| Location: | Italy |
| Comments: | I find this site invaluable especially because, as a non native english speaker I find it very hard to grasp all the inflections and words...
Ripple: could it be "The goddess of vice" rather than "of ice"???? At least, that's how I always perceived it, and I loved that verse, too... Cheers from Italy! |
| Name: | psbfloyd@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Thank you, when someone not only finds the lyrics to the song "freaky conclusions" but even neatly lists it for all to see, along with just about anything else... very nice. |
| Name: | Andrew Huff |
| Comments: | I have been a fan since "Heyday." I just saw The Church last night in Seattle for the third time and they just keep getting better and better. I look forward to seeing you guys next time around and thank you for your incredible music. |
| Name: | chris todaro |
| Comments: | greatest band ever |
| Name: | Josh |
| Comments: | Fantastic site! Nicely laid out, great graphics. Best site I've found yet at interpreting certain lyrics (been trying to figure out the whispers in "Chaos" and some stuff from the Refo:mation and Snow Job albums for years). Keep up the good work... |
| Name: | Joao Mario Bergesch |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Comments: | Hi!
I'm mailing from Brazil, and the website is great! I'd like to know how can I get Quick Smoke at Spots Album. All the best! |
| Name: | insect mother |
| Comments: | very nice site, lots of info! why do you not have 'Electric Dreams' listed in the movies section? 'electric lash' was played pretty much in full. it's on the tube every now and then and is avail for a very high price on amazon (sans full credits info). just a cute early 80's romance, but given the popularity of the flick at the time, people got to meet the church without even realizing it.
***** Fip's Response: I have "Electric Dreams" (on Beta no less) and there is no Church song to be heard. I even suffered through the movie again to make sure. Maybe the soundtrack was altered for different countries? If anyone has more info please sent it in. |
| Name: | James Dean |
| Comments: | An incredible site. I have viewed things here that I have never seen before. I believe this is the most complete discography of any artist that I have seen. I have a tremendous Church vinyl collection and almost everything I could get on CD, both band and solo! My hat is off to you!!!!! |
| Name: | Kathy Durrant |
| Comments: | Actually, I'm Pablo's groupie.... but I am happy I'm seeing you guys in March. :) |
| Name: | Chris McCarter |
| Comments: | Very informative well set out website. If I need to know any info, need I look any further? Well done! |
| Name: | Greg |
| Comments: | I've listened to countless bands and played in some too. The Church is my favorite of all time.
Nice site! Noticed a concert date in Atlanta in March [2004]. Will go now. Thanks for the info. |
| Name: | Brad |
| Comments: | great fun, thanks |
| Name: | Rick Foster |
| Location: | North Carolina |
| Comments: | Huge fan since '88. Excellent site. |
| Name: | Roberto Buonomano |
| Location: | Switzerland |
| Comments: | Since there exist this Church Discography, I do regularly go on it...it's great!! Thanks for your effort to keep it updated.
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| Name: | Ulf Abrahamsson |
| Comments: | Great stuff! Great band! |
| Name: | Dannis Koromilas |
| Comments: | You have a fantastic site here. Thanks for letting me look around....it had been years since I read the lyrics to the Vast Halos album as I've lost my original cassete.
If you know anyone selling a copy (reasonably priced), I would buy it for Christmas. Once again, thanks. Dannis Koromilas Toronto rockawaydk@yahoo.ca |
| Name: | Ric Almeida |
| Comments: | It's Great. Just what I needed. Thanks. |
| Name: | El paseante solitario |
| Comments: | Gran grupo de culto, un saludos desde México |
| Name: | vishu at the wheel |
| Comments: | divine. thanks much. |
| Name: | Perry Camisso |
| Comments: | A most useful site! I refer to it regularly to authenticate Church and related music before I buy from Ebay. Keep up the good work. |
| Name: | Brian Hutton |
| Comments: | This place has been an absolute godsend for me picking up obscure Church related bits and pieces down these last couple of years. Thanks for all the great work Mike. Seriously. Brian |
| Name: | Sue C. |
| Location: | Australia |
| Comments: | This is the best-kept discography I've ever come across and has come in handy so many times. Thank you, Mike! |
| Name: | craigie* |
| Comments: | an invalued.... i mean *invaluable* work....
will surely rival that book about God, whatever it's called.... The Fipster is a literary genius... when it comes to Church facts he has no equal. |
| Name: | Derek Timbrell |
| Comments: | I'm getting some merchandise things together at the moment for the band for the 2003-04 tour. When I need some info, where do I go? HERE! Keep up the good work, Mike. |
| Name: | Glenn J. Page |
| Location: | Vancouver, BC |
| Comments: | Mike, this has got to be one of the most complete discographies I have ever seen by any band on any planet! I am always amazed at the level of completeness and the overall organization of this most important website. Keep up the "most excellent" work! |