The Fire Show 1999 - 2002
Or iginally known as X-Vessel, The Fire Show was formed by Seth Kim-Cohen and Michael Lenzi in response to needs, both internal and external. Whereas their previous band, Number One Cup had swum with the fishes of the lo-fi indie movement, making petit mal pop songs of dense concision, The Fire Show went its own way into unforgiving artpunk, noiseblues. Songs became longer and more oblique in form, while the content became more raw, more personal, more honest, yet disarmingly poetic. The band lasted a short 3+ years.

Albums
The Fire Show (2000, Perishable Records)
Above The Volcano of Flowers (2001, Perishable Records)
Saint the Fire Show (2002, Perishable Records)

Membership
Olias Nil (Seth Kim-Cohen) : guitar, electric piano, percussion, bass, vocals
M. Resplendent (Michael Lenzi) : vocals, guitar, sampler, drums
John (Pyx) Klos : bass (2001 - 2002)
Eric Roth : drums, string and horn arrangements (1999 - 2000, 2002)
Bob Bihlma n: drums (2001)
Brian (Crian) Lubinsky : bass (1999 - 2000)

Documents
The House That Vessel Built(1999)
Justify Your Existence (2001, for The Onion)
The Fire Show Wore Jump Suits (a response to our expulsion from the 2001 Taste of Chicago)
The Fire Show Tour Diary (final tour, Summer 2002)

Reviews
Los Angeles Weekly (2002)
Pitchfork Top 50 Albums (2002)
Pitchfork Review of Saint The Fire Show (2002)
Chicago Sun-Times (2002)

MP3s
For Rent (w/Grave) (unreleased demo, 1999)
F. Pilate (from The Fire Show, 2000)
Designing A Steeper Cliff (from Above The Volcano of Flowers, 2001)
Dreaming My Retreat (unreleased, 2001)
Magellan Was A Felon (from Saint The Fire Show, 2002)
The Making of Dead Hollow (from Saint The Fire Show, 2002)