The Olivia Tremor Control

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The Olivia Tremor Control was an American neo-psychedelic band from Athens, Georgia. They released three studio albums, four EPs, a bonus disc, a singles collection, a non-album single and a live session between 1996 and 2026. The main members were Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, Eric Harris, John Fernandes and Peter Erchick. They derived their main influences from psychedelic pop bands of the 1960s, especially the Beatles' 1966-67 albums and the Beach Boys' SMiLE. The Olivia Tremor Control originated as a band called Cranberry Lifecycle, which was formed in Ruston, Louisiana in the late 1980s by Hart and his high school friend Jeff Mangum. The two moved to Athens, and reworked Cranberry Lifecycle songs as a new band called Synthetic Flying Machine. After Doss joined, Mangum left the band to pursue a solo project that eventually became Neutral Milk Hotel. Doss and Hart then renamed the band the Olivia Tremor Control, and recruited Fernandes, Harris, and Erchick. With this line-up, the Olivia...

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