Everything about Bill Doss totally explained
Bill Doss (born ca.
1971) is among the co-founders of the influential
Elephant Six Collective, based in
Athens, Georgia, and also one of the key creative forces behind
The Olivia Tremor Control, one of the leaders of the collective, and later, following the band's break-up,
The Sunshine Fix. Doss is married to free-lance photographer Amy Hairston Doss, whom he met while both were attending
Louisiana Tech University.==Early Career==
Doss is a native of
Ruston, Louisiana, where he befriended
Will Cullen Hart,
Robert Schneider and
Jeff Mangum, his classmates at
Ruston High School. Before
the Olivia Tremor Control Doss had recorded under the name
The Sunshine Fix, and self-released
Spiraling World of Pop, which later helped comprise
The Olivia Tremor Control songs. Before
the Olivia Tremor Control, Doss had spent some time in the army, after which he joined
New York based band
Chocolate USA before heading back to
Athens, Georgia, where he's still a resident.
Olivia Tremor Control
Doss, Hart and Mangum soon formed what was later to become the Olivia Tremor Control. After Mangum left the band to pursue his own
Neutral Milk Hotel, Hart and Doss began to pool their musical influences, Hart being a proponent of experimentalism, Doss of 60's pop such as
The Beatles and
The Zombies.
After the release of the second
The Olivia Tremor Control album,
Black Foliage, the band broke up, and Doss went on to re-start
The Sunshine Fix. His first full length,
Age of the Sun, was released in 2002, which was an album that found its roots in traditional pop harmonies owing much to
The Zombies and
The Beatles. Doss has been touring with
The Apples in Stereo since early 2006, playing keyboards. He also appears on the 2007 album,
New Magnetic Wonder.
Post Olivia Tremor Control
In 2004, Doss released the less well received
Green Imagination with the Sunshine Fix (which featured artwork and videos by Kevin Evans), and currently produces albums in his own studio in Athens.
Doss has been touring with
The Apples in Stereo since early 2006, playing keyboards. He also appears on the 2007 album,
New Magnetic Wonder.
Performing Discography
The Olivia Tremor Control
Albums
EPs / Singles
California Demise (1994)
Split w/ Apples in Stereo (1994)
The Giant Day (1996)
The Opera House (1997)
The Olivia Tremor Control Vs. Black Swan Network (1997)
Jumping Fences (1998)
Hideaway (1998)
The Sunshine Fix
Albums
A Spiralling World of Pop (Cassette Only) (1993)
Age of the Sun (2002)
Green Imagination (2004)
EPs / Singles
Sunshine Fix (7") (1999)
The Future History of a Sunshine Fix (7") (2000)
That Ole' Sun (7") (2001)
Chocolate U.S.A.
Albums
Smoke Machine (1994)Further Information
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