Group

OP8

Giant Sand/Lisa Germano collaboration

From: Tucson, United States
Active: 1997–1997
Releases: 1

About

OP8 is the musical collaboration of the multi-instrumentalist Lisa Germano, Howe Gelb, Joey Burns and John Convertino. Joey Burns and John Convertino form the band Calexico together and have both been members of Gelb's Giant Sand. Their only album 1997's was Slush, which they toured as a band. Although a critical success the album did not perform commercially.

Gelb briefly considered a follow up OP8 album with Juliana Hatfield, following her vocals on the track "Temptation of Egg" from the Giant Sand's 2000 album Chore of Enchantment. He said in a 2001 interview that he loved Hatfield's "voice so much I don't want to hear the other instruments so much as just to hear her sing." However he eventually abandoned the idea.

From OP8 on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Discography

Albums 1

Slush 1997

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Identifiers

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