Tuesday, January 19, 2010



Mills and Nebraska - The Marlon
1992

Named after an intersection in Orlando, Mills and Nebraska was formed by two high school friends in 1991 as an acoustic duo. The two friends, Gabe Fowler and Brian Salmons, recorded hundreds of songs in their parents basement,but only managed to play one live show in their five year existence. They released nothing. In 2001, Fowler put together Technological Abomination, a CD-R retrospective culled from the band's enormous catalog. "The Marlon," a joyful instrumental, is included on that compilation.

After Fowler left Orlando for college, the duo played less frequently, and eventually called it quits in 1996. Fowler later played in a series of bands and now runs a comic shop in Brooklyn called Desert Island. Salmons is now a family man and a collector of business cards.

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