In 1989, Jon Friesen and I (Travis Emmitt), who were both in IPECAC, joined our friends Allen, Anand, and Luke to create a band called The Master Anchovies. Jon played with us until 1990. The rest of us continued as the Dead Anchovies until 1994.

This site presents the entire Anchovies catalog. Every song has its own mp3, comments, and whatever metadata I could scrounge up. It's complete overkill for a band that hasn't existed since 1994, but hey, no one listened to us back then either, so it's not like our popularity has waned or anything.

latest site updates

  • 2012-11-11 Added images to mp3s.
  • 2012-05-17 Added flash players to album pages.
  • 2010-07-16 Added local listening options.
  • 2008-05-27 Added support for song and album ratings.
  • 2008-05-25 Reorganized gear page.

latest albums

home
Introduction, latest news, site summary; a good page to bookmark.
news
All recent song, album, and site updates.
albums
Details for all Anchovies recordings (practices and gigs), with mp3s, track lists, notes, and lyrics.
songs
Complete list of Anchovies songs, with sorting options.
band
Detailed bio, including participants and history.
gear
Notes about instruments and recording equipment we used.
store
You can order Anchovies CDs directly from me.
forum
Discussion list.
search
Advanced search tools for this site.
contact
How to get in touch with the band.

Introduction

Most of the music is pretty bad. As in "pretty" I mean "monsterously". Really, really, really bad.

However, there are some cool moments buried in the muck. You just have to dig for them. Enjoy what you can. Feel free to contact me and let me know what you think!

If you're curious about my other music, check out IPECAC, Trex, and Tripecac.

For a list of my other web sites see tripalot.com.