Bongwater

Bongwater was an American psychedelic rock band, which formed in 1987 and dissolved in 1992. The group was founded by Ann Magnuson and Mark Kramer (who was also the founder of the Shimmy Disc record label), who had worked together previously in Pulsallama. The group also featured drummer David Licht and guitarists Dave Rick and later Randolph A. Hudson III. Guests included Fred Frith, Peter Stampfel and Fred Schneider.
Earlier recordings consisted of psychedelic-era cover songs, sound collages and originals in an abrasive and/or abstract, dense and sludgy experimental style with often dreamy and cacophonous vocals by Magnuson on the songs "Frank" (a sardonic "tribute" to Frank Sinatra) and "Dazed and Chinese" (Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused", sung in Cantonese). The band's style ultimately evolved into a more poppy, sexy approach which still retained an experimental edge as well as retaining the surreal and wicked, often self-deprecating wit which had distinguished the group's earlier releases. Lengthy sound collages would often terminate or begin the songs and without warning, a spoken word monologue (often taken from Magnuson's dream journal excerpts) might cut into the music.
==Links to Peel==
Peel discovered the band via the Shadowline label in 1987 and played the group's debut single. Further material from the ensemble were played including a session made in 1991, which was released as an EP a year later. Listeners voted their track, Nick Cave Dolls, in the 1991 Festive Fifty, which was initially abandoned during that year and revisited in 1993 with one song played per show.
==Festive Fifty Entries==
*1991 Festive Fifty: Nick Cave Dolls #50
==Sessions==
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Their only session is available on The Peel Session (1992/CD/Strange Fruit) 
1. Recorded: 1991-03-19. First Broadcast: 13 April 1991. Repeated: 16 June 1991 
*The Power Of Pussy / You Don't Love Me Yet / White Rental Car Blues / Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
==Other Shows Played==
;1987
*26 June 1987 (Radio Bremen) (the date is more likely to be from August rather than June): 4 Sticks (12" - Breaking No New Ground!) Shadowline 
*28 July 1987: Ride My See-Saw (12" - Breaking No New Ground!) Shadowline
*04 August 1987: 4 Sticks (12" - Breaking No New Ground!) Shadowline
;1988
*08 June 1988: David Bowie Wants Ideas (LP - Double Bummer) Shimmy Disc 
*08 June 1988: Rock & Roll Part 2 (LP - Double Bummer) Shimmy Disc
*28 June 1988: We Did It Again (LP – Double Bummer) Shimmy Disc
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*16 February 1991: Nick Cave Dolls (album - The Power Of Pussy)' (Shimmy Disc) 
*17 February 1991: Great Radio (album - The Power Of Pussy) Shimmy Disc
*17 February 1991: What Kind Of Man Reads Playboy (album - The Power Of Pussy) Shimmy Disc
*21 February 1991 (Radio Mafia): Nick Cave Dolls (LP - The Power Of Pussy) Shimmy Disc
*23 February 1991: Folk Song (album - The Power Of Pussy) Shimmy Disc 
*10 March 1991: 'Women Tied Up In Knots (CD-The Power Of Pussy)' (Shimmy Disc)
*16 March 1991: Nick Cave Dolls (album - The Power Of Pussy) Shimmy Disc
*17 March 1991: 'Bedazzled (LP-The Power Of Pussy)' (Shimmy Disc)
*30 March 1991: Mystery Hole (album - The Power Of Pussy) Shimmy Disc
*31 March 1991: Nick Cave Dolls (album - The Power Of Pussy) Shimmy Disc
*13 April 1991 (BFBS): 'Nick Cave Dolls (LP-The Power Of Pussy)' (Shimmy Disc)
*22 December 1991: Nick Cave Dolls (album - The Power Of Pussy) Shimmy Disc
;1992
*04 January 1992: I Wanna Talk About It Now (album - The Big Sell Out ) Shimmy Disc
*19 January 1992: Flop Sweats (LP - The Big Sell-Out) Shimmy Disc
*25 January 1992: Love Song (album - The Big Sell-Out) Shimmy Disc 
*20 February 1992 (Radio Mafia): When Johnny Comes (LP - The Big Sell Out) Shimmy Disc
;1993
*08 January 1993: Nick Cave Dolls (CD–The Power Of Pussy)' (Shimmy Disc) 1991 FF #50
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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