The Imajinary Friends

Location:
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Label:
Bomp/Space Age/Mind Expansion/Contact(Japan)
Type:
Indie
Formed out of the original line-up of THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE

in Summer of 1993 with Travis Threlkel, Rick Maymi and Graham Bonnar of

SWERVEDRIVER. Matt Hollywood of THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE

and Tim Digulla, later of TIPSY also came into the picture.Excited about

the new band, Greg Shaw of Bomp Records cut them a check to make the

record without ever hearing a note or seeing the band (who hadn't even

played live yet(!) THE IMAJINARY FRIENDS debut "Lunchtime In Infinity"

was released on Bomp records in 1994.The follow up,"Come Out To Play"

was released in the UK in 1999 by Space Age Recordings as a split EP

with SONIC BOOM of SPACEMEN 3's band SPECTRUM. Matt was fully

comitted to THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE by this point and Jeremy

Davies, the man famous for being Jeff Davies' brother, had taken his

place. In 2000 the band appeared on the Space Age Recordings

compilation "Interface" along with SPECTRUM, SKYRAY, MAGNÉTOPHONE,

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH, THE LAND OF NOD and LONGSTONE.

In 2001 the band appeared on the Japanese label,Contact Record's comp cd "Looking For The Perfect Glass"-U.S. Pop Life Volume 11" along with HER SPACE HOLIDAY, !!!, TRISTEZA, TARENTEL, TIMONIUM and many other fine bands. In 2006 The Imajinary Friends appeared on "A Mind Expansion Compilation" on Randall Nieman's Mind Expansion Records along with THE TELESCOPES, UNISEX, DEAN WAREHAM & BRITTA PHILLIPS, FREELOVEBABIES, SPACEMEN 3, MARTIN REV, PIANO MAGIC, BARDO POND, FÜXA and MAZARIN among many other brilliant bands.Most recently in 2008 "A Mind Expansion Compilation 2" also featured The Imajinary Friends along with MERCURY REV, FAUST, SPOONFED HYBRID, SCALA, JESSAMINE, ECTOGRAM, many others mentioned above along with new, lesser-known artists.

Rick Maymi is once again a full-time member of THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE and has performed with many artists including SONIC BOOM'S SPECTRUM, STEVE KILBEY of THE CHURCH, THE BLACK RYDER, LSD & THE SEARCH FOR GOD, FREELOVEBABIES, THE KOOLAID ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY CHOIR, MARK GARDENER of RIDE, THE TRIFFIDS, THE CHURCH, MARTY WILLSON-PIPER of THE CHURCH, THE CLEAN, THE CLIENTELE, TWINK of the PINK FAIRIES, THE KNITTLES, BROOM, PANDA, THE DEL VELUM, JEAN-JEAQUE PERRY, STEVEN ROBACK of THE RAIN PARADE, ON BEYOND and MELLOW DRUNK. Rick Maymi has also been recording with Liverpool's THE WILD SWANS and Melbourne, Australia's GB3 (GLENN BENNIE of THE UNDERGROUND LOVERS) as well as STEVE KILBEY, KOOLAID ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE BLACK RYDER and LSD & THE SEARCH FOR GOD.



Travis Threlkel joined TIPSY with Tim Digulla.

Matt Hollywood has his own band, THE REBEL DRONES from Portland Oregon. He also released two CDs with THE OUT-CROWD from Portland,OR. He is prominantly featured in the film "DIG" from when he was in THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE for the second-time-around (i.e. after he was in THE IMAJINARY FRIENDS)



Graham Bonnar, originally from Edinburgh, Scotland now lives back in London. He's worked with THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, CREEPER LAGOON and many others.He also does session work and is an event promoter. Jeremy Davies is currently a Marine Biologist in Corta Madera.



THE IMAJINARY FRIENDS are looking forward to working together again at some point and releasing an album of new material at some point in the near future!!!
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