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|1992||ISTINT||First release under the Five Starcle Men name.||[https://soundcloud.com/gorgonne/sets/five-starcle-men-istint '''Found'''] | |1992||ISTINT||First release under the Five Starcle Men name.||[https://soundcloud.com/gorgonne/sets/five-starcle-men-istint <span style="color:green">'''Found'''] | ||
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|1993||Briscle Discal|| Uploaded by to the FSM discord server by someone working with Luke to release and upload currently lost material|| | |1993||Briscle Discal|| Uploaded by to the FSM discord server by someone working with Luke to release and upload currently lost material||[https://youtu.be/kmm9geX1mZg?si=9LHpIj1P9p3q-yVa <span style="color:green">'''Found'''] | ||
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|1993||Sicicbral EP|||| | |1993||Sicicbral EP||||[https://soundcloud.com/user-410047783/sets/five-starcle-men-sicicbral <span style="color:green">'''Found'''] | ||
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|1994||Briscle Discal 2|| ||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | |1994||Briscle Discal 2|| ||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
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|1995||R/Eject Ward||Luke shared part of the tape (most likely a preliminary version of the album due to Luke and Glen sending things back and forth frequently to expand on), and called it his favorite from their later years. Was made primarily by Glen.||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXQ6ePASgY '''Partially Found'''] | |1995||R/Eject Ward||Luke shared part of the tape (most likely a preliminary version of the album due to Luke and Glen sending things back and forth frequently to expand on), and called it his favorite from their later years. Was made primarily by Glen.||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXQ6ePASgY <span style="color:orange">'''Partially Found'''] | ||
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|1995||Scunibro||Only known vinyl release.|| | |1995||Scunibro||Only known vinyl release.||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgYk8odBSEI <span style="color:green">'''Found'''] | ||
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|1995||Beast 666||"Beast 666 Tapes" is also the name of a Japanese noise record label that seems to have worked with the band at some point.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | |1995||Beast 666||"Beast 666 Tapes" is also the name of a Japanese noise record label that seems to have worked with the band at some point.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
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|1996||Gomblasemba Lumbieca|||| | |1996||Gomblasemba Lumbieca||||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6b2FbG-ST8 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''] | ||
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|Unknown||I Told You Human||Songs from the original release were included in a bootleg tape made by Rich Polysorbate 60, someone who had connections with the band for quite some time. The release is known to exist, but has not been uploaded anywhere.||[https://youtu.be/MKK4b7ntDPM '''Partially Found'''] | |Unknown||I Told You Human||Songs from the original release were included in a bootleg tape made by Rich Polysorbate 60, someone who had connections with the band for quite some time. The release is known to exist, but has not been uploaded anywhere.||[https://youtu.be/MKK4b7ntDPM <span style="color:orange">'''Partially Found'''] | ||
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|Unknown||Dwck Jired||Songs from the original release were included in a bootleg tape made by Rich Polysorbate 60, someone who had connections with the band for quite some time. Though aside from that, not much evidence of the release's existence has been found.||[https://youtu.be/MKK4b7ntDPM '''Partially Found'''] | |Unknown||Dwck Jired||Songs from the original release were included in a bootleg tape made by Rich Polysorbate 60, someone who had connections with the band for quite some time. Though aside from that, not much evidence of the release's existence has been found.||[https://youtu.be/MKK4b7ntDPM <span style="color:orange">'''Partially Found'''] | ||
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Revision as of 17:44, 27 January 2024
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Five Starcle Men were an electronic noise music group from the 1990s whose music consisted of heavily distorted and edited samples, dextromethorphan-fueled rambling, alien abduction testimonials, and circuit bent toys and other electronic gadgets.
The group was comprised primarily of two members, Luke McGowan and Glen Hobbs. After Hobbs' suicide in 1997, McGowan went on to be a professor of psychology at the California Institute of Technology.
Ever since the release of the posthumous digital compilation Gomba Reject Ward Japan, Five Starcle Men have been noted for being shrouded in mystery, with very little written about them beyond blogs and a brief mention in an article in the Village Voice[1]. They had a Wikipedia page at one point, but it has deleted due to lack of notability, despite Gomba Reject Ward Japan having 27,000+ downloads on archive.org.[2]
There are two official digital compilations released via the Japanese label Lost Frog Productions (including Gomba), along with an unofficial bootleg cassette tape compilation called The Five Starclemen. The second digital compilation is called Only Kids of Nothing Star. Both of them are available on archive.org.
Known Albums
Release year | Title | Notes | Status |
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1992 | ISTINT | First release under the Five Starcle Men name. | Found |
1993 | Briscle Discal | Uploaded by to the FSM discord server by someone working with Luke to release and upload currently lost material | Found |
1993 | Sicicbral EP | Found | |
1994 | Briscle Discal 2 | Lost | |
1995 | R/Eject Ward | Luke shared part of the tape (most likely a preliminary version of the album due to Luke and Glen sending things back and forth frequently to expand on), and called it his favorite from their later years. Was made primarily by Glen. | Partially Found |
1995 | Scunibro | Only known vinyl release. | Found |
1995 | Beast 666 | "Beast 666 Tapes" is also the name of a Japanese noise record label that seems to have worked with the band at some point. | Lost |
1996 | Gomblasemba Lumbieca | Found | |
Unknown | I Told You Human | Songs from the original release were included in a bootleg tape made by Rich Polysorbate 60, someone who had connections with the band for quite some time. The release is known to exist, but has not been uploaded anywhere. | Partially Found |
Unknown | Dwck Jired | Songs from the original release were included in a bootleg tape made by Rich Polysorbate 60, someone who had connections with the band for quite some time. Though aside from that, not much evidence of the release's existence has been found. | Partially Found |
Misc. Media
The band was also featured in the inaugural and presumably only issue of the zine Whump!, with some audio of the interview existing on the 7" bonus record that was included with the magazine. There was also a live album released on VHS, Live + Dead, which has been reuploaded to YouTube.
Status
According to Luke in an email he doesn't wish to be shared publicly, a "crazed fan" stole most of the masters. This makes the complete recovery of their discography even harder, if not outright impossible.
For the longest time, the only Five Starcle Men material available were the aforementioned compilations and, eventually, Scunibro.
However, in late 2020, a musician who knew Five Starcle Men personally when they were active joined a Discord server dedicated to the band and posted flyers and pictures of cassettes he had in his possession. He promised to contact Luke to see if he could release them. Luke initially denied him permission, but eventually allowed him to upload small amounts of what he had. He uploaded the Sicicbral EP to Soundcloud alongside individual songs from Briscle Discal and a collaborative cassette with his own group, Bobeli. Later on in late June 2023, he also uploaded the ISTINT tape onto Soundcloud.
In early June 2023, the aforementioned musician also created a Bandcamp page and an Instagram page (both simply called "Five Starcle Men") for the purpose of archiving and posting any Five Starcle Men content that has been found. Although he had Luke's permission to create these pages, seeming excited to release and archive whatever could be salvaged and rediscovered, Luke later asked him to take down said pages, stating that he "doesn't want anything resembling 'official' FSM on these platforms." However, Luke allowed him to keep and use the Soundcloud page to upload any new findings, presumably since it long predates the Bandcamp/Instagram pages and there are old releases from other artists on it as well.
He also confirmed the rumor that Luke is compiling songs for what he calls a "mega-compilation" from the few masters he had left.
References
- ↑ Village Voice article mentioning Five Starcle Men. Retrieved Apr. 22, '21.
- ↑ This is not how WP:Notability works. The page could be restored if a reliable source that mentions Five Starcle Men is found.