Game Theory, Erica's Word 1985

Game Theory's Erica's Word promo video(Enigma Records).

Scott Miller Game Theory Loud Family Gil Ray Shelley LaFreniere Donnette Thayer Gui Gassuan Suzi Ziegler

Category:

Music

Tags:

• game
• theory
• erica's
• word
• alternative
• indie
• college
• radio
• 80s
• davis
• california
• scott
• miller
• gil
• ray
• power
• pop
• rock
• art
• donnette
• thayer
• gui
• gassuan
• shelley
• lafreniere
• paisley
• underground

[davis80smusic]

ah yes - we look back now, and had no idea our hair was extreme 80s, but no denying the evidence :-P

it was fun though!

[DavePerry2012]

Are they horrible early 80's casualties or are they pop/rock geniuses?

Watching this video, it's a bit of a tossup.

[davis80smusic]

@DavePerry2012 this was recorded 1985 and they broke up 1989 - so mid-late 80s - but "casualties" of what?

[ocgiii]

Interesting that Gui is in the video, however Suzi is the bass player on the track, and Donnette does not appear on the record.

[davis80smusic]

yep - they recorded Big Shot Chronicles with Suzi on bass during a 1-week break in the middle of a 1985 tour promoting Real Nighttime (which was recorded by an entirely different line up) - then Suzi left, and Gui and Donnette joined before this video was filmed -

[FlipYrWhig]

Are they playing inside Pee-Wee's Playhouse?

[uhhhclem]

Speaking of goodbye to all that, I just remembered that I first learned of Game Theory when I read about this song in The Gavin Report. I didn't even know they were local (even though I lived just a few blocks away from Big Shot Photo) until I picked up Lolita Nation and saw that the girl I bought coffee from every day was playing keyboards. (Later, there was a picture of the band clipped from the newspaper on the espresso machine. Still later, someone drew an X over Donnette's face.)

[charlesremschel7]

@soundboy3 hey they  were huge for us -gotta be grateful

[liliodine]

Can't get enough of this band!

[progfan10]

@tilde1d Yeah, pretty cool, eh?!  I discovered this band just after they broke up, around '90 or '91 or so. Got most of their CDs - luckily, because they're impossible to find anymore.

[Jambo888]

can someone upload rayon drive? I only got it on tape and no tape player... hahaha

[AkosVonRatonyi]

Scoff all you like about the hair and threads -- that's a great song.

[diskochimp]

@DavePerry2012 It's their sartorial crapness that makes them so excellent though!

[diskochimp]

Thanks for posting this, I'd forgotten how much I used to love Game Theory...

[soundboy3]

This was such a great album... so many stupid record companies, profits above the art. I miss Game Theory, they should've been huge.

the payback is that the big record companies will be GONE in a few years... who needs a record contract? record it, promote it, release it yourself... there are enough indies that will do distribution deals without getting their fingers into the production/direction of the band.