A history of The Shiloh Wild Band a.k.a. Fudge Club a.k.a 3 Tentacle EyeYou may have noticed that many of my films feature music by the Shiloh Wild Band. I thought you might like to know more about their musical contributions to my films, and more about the band. The band goes by both spellings of their name (“Shilo Wild Band” and “Shiloh Wild Band”), but the preferred spelling is “Shiloh”. They are named after the dog from literature. The three band members, who are three of four brothers, go by the stage surname of Shiloh as well (Tim Shiloh, Thomas Shiloh, Scott Shiloh). None of them have had any formal musical training. They describe their greatest strength as a willingness to develop new and unfamiliar sounds. The first video I used their music in was my second, COTTON NO MORE. I asked them to play an Irish-sounding piece of music and they knocked the ball out of the park. I think their music may have been the single best thing about the film. I didn’t plan on using them for my third video, a remake of COTTON NO MORE, and used a solo guitarist instead (Declan Ryan). The band’s drummer, Tim Shiloh, lent his drums to one of Declan’s guitar pieces however. This guitar/drum track was, again, a high point of the film. I reused this piece of music in the preview for my next film, CYPRESS SPRINGS. The band lent an almost straight-forward rock track to my fourth video, DICTATOR FOR HIRE. When it came time for my fifth and longest video to date (the 38 minute 5-part CYPRESS SPRINGS), I used both newly recorded pieces of Declan Ryan’s solo guitar work and also a new track written and played by Shiloh Wild. The Shiloh Wild track is used in the middle of the film during a narration by the lead actor. An additional piece of Shiloh Wild music can be heard during the end credits. This second piece of music is a remix of sorts of the track the band played on DICTATOR FOR HIRE. The drum and bass interplay are the same, but the original guitar has been removed and replaced with a more abrasive sound. At this point in the band’s history, Scott Shiloh (bassist) moved to Ocala, Florida to do weekend maintenance for an industrial park (Apparently a high paying job). His signature bass sound will be missed. The band continues as a two piece of Tim Shiloh (drums) and Thomas Shiloh (now handling all other instruments). Tim and Tom decided to change the band’s name for future releases rather than capitalize on the name they built while Scott was an active member of the band. The name for the two-man formation of the group is “Fudge Club”. The Shiloh Wild Band has NOT broken up however. They are merely on hiatus until the three boys get together again for a new Shiloh Wild recording. While making my “official” films, I've also made some "toss-off" videos, such as SUCCESS STORY, which was filmed during the production of CYPRESS SPRINGS. I also made a music video where the first piece of music by Fudge Club debuted, a single I produced. This first music video for a Fudge Club song (“Duesenberg All The Way”) featured actor (and lyricist/vocalist) Del Rivers as guest vocalist. Following the success of the first Del Rivers/Fudge Club collaboration, Del & the Club recorded a second single, this time for producer Nigel B.B. Harrison. Harrison turned out to be a coked-up mess pressing the band in the direction of "world music". Communications broke down between producer and band sometime after a new single had been recorded, and video footage was in the can. I was called in to edit the nearly senseless footage. The band's second music video is for the song “Ape Farmers”. I made some cynical changes to the video credits suggesting it had been filmed in Ecuador, in keeping with jackass Harrison’s world music leanings. That said, the video isn’t bad. Fudge Club and Rivers asked me to produce a third single and video for them, for a song called “Wacky Bushy Pine-ackles”. Additional songs have since been recorded by the band with new vocalist Jim Rivers. Tracks/videos with Jim Rivers are being released under the band name "3 Tentacle Eye". Two 3 Tentacle Eye songs and performances are featured in a promo video I'm narrating for Quadruple A studios. One of the two performances turned out so well that the band also released it as a stand alone video ("It Is To Freshen"). As the band is now working on new material with vocalist Jim rivers, I may be putting together a music video for a song from Fudge Club's back catalog called "In Between Times" featuring original singer Del Rivers, as a favor to Del.
At the time I was editing my seventh and eight films (SANDWICH and THE NORM KARSH PROFILE), the band recorded some very short unnamed mood pieces for KARSH. Additionally, a never-used track was unearthed which had been recorded for CYPRESS SPRINGS. This "new" CYPRESS track was used on both SANDWICH and KARSH, but the version used for SANDWICH was a radical reworking with many new instruments added. A new track was also recorded as an intro for SANDWICH.
A list of Shiloh Wild music written for my films:
1. “Irishy” - recorded for ERIN GO BRAUGHLESS. Reused in the films THE BLIND NEIGHBOR and SANDWICH over end credits. 2. “Tumblin’ Down” - recorded for COTTON NO MORE. Reused for CYPRESS SPRINGS preview clip, and for SANDWICH. Guitar by Declan Ryan. 3. “Sexy Lazy” - recorded for DICTATOR FOR HIRE. Reused for THE NORM KARSH PROFILE with minor additional instruments. 4. “Island Noon” - recorded for CYPRESS SPRINGS. Reused for THE NORM KARSH PROFILE. 5. “Lazy Aluminum Remix” - remix of “Sexy Lazy” for CYPRESS SPRINGS with additional instruments. Reused for THE NORM KARSH PROFILE.
6. "Natives Pounding" - Used for THE NORM KARSH PROFILE.
7. "Off The Pounded Path" - remix of "Natives Pounding" for SANDWICH end credits, with additional instruments. 8. "For Sentimental Mentals" - recorded as an intro to SANDWICH. |