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Discography, as best I can

During their relatively brief time together, cub put out a big gooey pile of songs. They come in the form of three main albums, a bunch of singles, and spots on compilations and tribute records. Lots of them. I doubt there's any way I can single-handedly compile the whole entire list, since I don't have a record player, but here's what I can come up with. If you can help out, please do. Thanks!

On Mint

Vinyl:

Come Out, Come Out (MRS-011) - January '95
13 songs on multi-coloured triple-7" with cover art by Fiona Smyth.
Volcano (MRS-009) - May '94
Only by mail-order or at cub shows. Clear vinyl 7" with "Your Bed" on the A-side and a live version of "Cast A Shadow" on the B side. Cover art features potato prints by Lisa, Lisa and Robynn.
Betti-Cola (MRS-005) - November '93
Blue vinyl double-7", with two bonus tracks including "Hello Kitty."
hot dog day (MRS-004) - May '93
cub's second release! Six songs on clear red vinyl, cover art featuring necklace charm given to Lisa by her grandma. Includes "My Chinchilla" and "Nicholas Bragg."
pep (MRS-003) - September '92
Gold vinyl, cub's first release. Features "Go Fish."

CDs:

  • Box Of Hair - July '96 (MRD-021) (Vinyl MRL-021) (Also from Lookout!)
  • Come Out, Come Out (MRD-005) - January '95
  • Betti-Cola (MRD-002) - November '93
  • The Mint Is Still A Terrible Thing To Taste Compilation - November '93 (Re-issue of 'pep', plus a Motorhead track, and other Mint recordings.)

Not From Mint

This is where it gets tricky. There's so many! First, a pretty thorough but not exceptionally detailed listing....then a not so thorough but more detailed listing. Halp! The only one I have is Mauler, the cub compilation on Au Go Go records.

  • Julep (Yo Yo, USA) - A Sonic Map for the Uncharted Coast (Cassette, Canada) -
  • Rock For Choice (Cassette, Canada)
  • Johnny Hannon Presents Puck Rock Volume I (Wrong, Canada)
  • Periscope (Yo Yo, USA)
  • All Kindsa Girls, Volume II (Munster, Spain)
  • Dare To Be Aware (WOT Productions, Canada)
  • Compilation (Ookla the Mok, USA)
  • 13 Soda Punx (Top Drawer, USA)
  • Little Teddy Compilation (Little Teddy, Germany)
  • Air Disk King (Traumatone, UK)
  • Snookum Chief Powered Teenage Zit Rawk Angst, Vol. I (Nardwuar, Canada)
  • Shreds Vol. II: American Underground, 1994 (Shredder, USA)
  • Ear of the Dragon (Fortune 5, USA) -
  • cub/Raggedy Ann/Weakling/Tully Craft (Paper Cuts, USA)
  • Green Light Go (Bottlecap, USA)
  • Howard (Poptunes, USA)
  • cub/Sicko (Top Drawer, USA)
  • Lookout! 100 (Kill Rockstars/Lookout USA)
  • Hollies Tribute Album (Eggbert,USA)
  • Undertones Tribute Album (Square Target, USA)
  • Not Exactly Happy: A Tribute to the Smiths (Honey Bear, USA)
  • Garden of Delights Compilation (Garden of Delights, UK)
  • HERE COMES THE SUMMER: THE UNDERTONES TRIBUTE COMP. (CD/1996)
  • "Here Comes The Summer" Square Target, USA (ST005)
  • GREEN LIGHT GO! (CD/1995)
  • "Maneaters" Bottle Cap, USA (CAP001)
  • FOR PAPER AIRPLANE PILOTS (7" LP - Summer 1995)
  • "Pillow Queen" (Version 1)
  • Paper Cuts, USA (001)
  • SING HOLLIES IN REVERSE (CD/1995)
  • "You Know He Did" Eggbert, USA (ER80018CD)
  • POP AMERICAN STYLE (CD/1995?)
  • "Howard" March Records, USA (MAR024)
  • HEIDE SEZ: LOOKOUT RECORDS CD SAMPLER 1996
  • "Magic 8 Ball" Lookout!, USA (LK169CD)
  • HARD CORE LOGO TRIBUTE ALBUM (CD/Oct. 1996)
  • "Who The Hell Do You Think You Are?" BMI Records(?)
  • SNOOKUM CHIEF POWERED TEENAGE ZIT RAWK ANGST, VOL. I
  • "She's A Sensation" Nardwuar, Canada
  • SHREDS, VOL. II: AMERICAN UNDERGROUND 1994 (CD)
  • "Your Bed" Shredder, USA
"The Day I Said Goodbye" - August '95 (Mint/Lookout) (MRS-013/MRD-008)
Split 7"/CD-EP with The Potatomen. Features "The Day I Said Goodbye" and "Exit" by cub, and "The Beautiful & Damned" and "Arcata" by The Potatomen.
Julep Collection (CD/LP) - July '93 (Yo Yo)
features "Hello Kitty", with songs from other American and Canadian indie rock popsters. Includes a photo of Robynn on the back cover and on the inner label.
Rock for Choice Compilation (Cassette) - November '93
cub's "It's True" leads off the second side of this compilation cassette benefit for the B.C. Coalition for Abortion Clinics and the Everywoman's Health Centre. Also tracks from Sparkmarker, Ten Days Late and Pluto.
Johnny Hanson's Puck Rock Compilation (CD/LP/Cassette) - February '94 (Wrong)
Joey Shithead teams up with cub to record "Pencil Neck Geek", a hocky song. Puck Rock also includes tracks from SNFU, Tankhog, Huevos Rancheros and The Smugglers.
Periscope Compilation (CD/LP) - July '94 (Yo Yo)
"Flaming Red Bobsled" on the third Pat Maley compilation. Timed to coincide with the '94 Yo Yo A Go Go.
All Kindsa Girls Compilation (double-7") - July '94 (Münster)
Pressed in Spain (!), features cub singing "Your Bed" and "I'm Sticking With You", plus Germany's Lemon Babes, California's Skirt Mob and Scotland's Pink Cross.
Dare To Be Aware Compilation (CD) - August '94 (WOT)
cub joins label-mates Pluto, kid champion and Coal on this benefit CD for BC Battered Women's Shelters. Features cub's "The Day We Met" - other tracks from 54-40, Daytona, Spirit Of The West, Art Bergmann and others.
Soda Punx Compilation (CD) - December '94 (Top Drawer)
"Best Friend's Girl" - yes, that 80's song by The Cars - performed by cub. Also includes Huevos Rancheros, Young Fresh Fellows, Stand GT and The Smugglers.

A note from Shawn McCaffrey via email: (02/00)

The song on the "sonic map for the uncharted coast" cassette was an earlier version of Pretty Pictures. It was a bit rougher, but I liked it better than the version they put out on the album. Especially the one on the blue 7", which was really hard to listen to with the guitar squeals that for some reason weren't as bad on the CD. The cassette itself was put out as a bon-farewell to Coast 1040, Vancouver's modern rock station from 1990 to 1993. It was given out for free at a 2 night farewell show at the Commodore in Vancouver featuring cub and a bunch of other local bands of the time.

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