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Doug Khazzam's avatar

The only thing I will say is this; if I had to pick ten albums to be the only ones on a trip to the moon, Bellybutton would be one of them.

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Sam Lewis's avatar

Awesome to hear your experience with the band, who are certainly one of my favorites both in the studio and performing live. They had the perfect mix of hard hitting hooks and prickly lyrics with the highest standard for sonic, melodic and harmonic excellence, the likes of which we may not see again for many many years.

Although the popularity of their post Jellyfish work is limited, there is some amazing music put out by Roger, Eric, Tim and Jason (Falkner, not Faulkner) after the milk had spilt. Umajets is one such project that was mainly Tim (& Rob), but the album “Demolotion” featured Roger and Eric on a few tracks and is my favorite spin off, slightly edging out the fantastic Jason Falkner solo records and the one by Imperial Drag along with their impressive long tail of unreleased b-sides & demos. The Lickerish Quartet (Spilt Milk era Jellyfish minus Andy) also gave us some memorable tracks and a reminder that they’re not done yet.

Here’s hoping for more music from these masterful musicians as we reminisce over our beloved time with Jellyfish. However, just as Jellyfish gave us the greatest love letter assembled from parts of the greatest bands before them, the legions of Jellyfish influenced artists continue to launch a steady wave of deeply inspired tracks layered with stacks of harmonies, vintage keyboards and (hopefully more) timpani.

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