Grunnen Rocks Home Willem Kolvoort
The Cynics
Garage Rock Legends
Address
United States Of America
E-Mail
The Cynics [gethip[AT]gethip{DOT}com]
Members

The Cynics #1:
(early lineup ca. 1984-1985)
Gregg Kostelich: guitar
Michael Kastelic: vocals
Bill Von Hagen: drums
Pam Reyner: bass

The Cynics #2:
(early lineup ca. 1985)
Gregg Kostelich: guitar
Michael Kastelic: vocals
Bill Von Hagen: drums
Richard Schnapp: guitar
Amy Mathesius: bass

The Cynics #3:
(lineup ca. 1986-1988, first two albums)
Gregg Kostelich: guitar
Michael Kastelic: vocals
Bill Von Hagen: drums
Beki Smith: organ
Steve Magee: bass

The Cynics #4:
(lineup 1989-1991, live/touring)
Gregg Kostelich: guitar
Michael Kastelic: vocals
Tom Hohn: drums
Steve Magee: bass

The Cynics #5:
(3rd LP)
Gregg Kostelich: guitar
Michael Kastelic: vocals
Tom Hohn: drums
Steve Magee: bass
Beki Smith: organ

The Cynics #6:
(lineup 1990-1992, live albums)
Michael Kastelic: vocals
Gregg Kostelich: guitar
Kris Kasperowski: bass
Tom Hohn: drums

The Cynics #7:
(lineup 1992-1993)
Michael Kastelic: vocals
Gregg Kostelich: guitar
Mike Michalski: bass
Tom Hohn: drums

The Cynics #8:
(1994-1995)
Gregg Kostelich: guitar, vocals
Michael Kastelic: vocals
Dave Vucenich: bass, vocals
Max Terasauro: drums

The Cynics #9:
(2000-present)
Gregg Kostelich: guitar, vocals
Michael Kastelic: vocals
Tom Hohn: drums, vocals
Smith Hutchings: bass

History

Dave Vucenich's musical history
Gregg Kostelich's musical history
Bill Von Hagen's musical history
Pam Reyner's musical history
Michael Kastelic's musical history
Tom Hohn's musical history
Mike Michalski's musical history

Discography
Singles
  1. Painted My Heart 7" (Dionysus Records, 1985, ID 074501)
    1. Painted My Heart
    2. Sweet Young Thing
  2. No Place To Hide 7" (Dionysus Records, 1986, ID 074504)
    1. No Place To Hide
    2. Hard Times
  3. Baby What's Wrong 7" (In Yer Ear, 1989, IN YER EAR-01)
      with In Yer Ear Magazine
    1. Baby What's Wrong
    2. Cry, Cry, Cry
    3. Love Me Then Go Away
  4. 69 7" (Get Hip, 1990, GH-100)
      fanclub release #1
    1. 69
    2. Friday Night
  5. Lying All The Time 7" (Full Sail Records, 1990, FS-758)
      blue vinyl
    1. Lying All The Time
    2. Summer's Gone
  6. No Way 7" (Get Hip, 1990, GH-101)
    1. No Way
    2. Dancin' On The Wall
  7. I'm In Pittsburgh And It's Raining 7" (Get Hip, 1990, GH-106)
      fanclub release #2
    1. I'm In Pittsburgh And It's Raining
    2. Smoke Rings
  8. No Place To Hide 7" (Get Hip, 1990, GH-99)
      rerelease, yellow vinyl
    1. No Place To Hide
    2. Hard Times
  9. Get My Way 7" (Get Hip, 1990, GH-113)
    1. Get My Way
    2. Goin' Away
  10. I Don't Need You 7" (Get Hip, 1990, GH-129)
    1. I Don't Need You
    2. Girl You're On My Mind
  11. Way It's Gonna Be 7" (Get Hip, 1991, GH-120)
      fanclub release #3
    1. Way It's Gonna Be
    2. Road Runner (live)
  12. Buick Mackane 7" (Sympathy For The Record Industry, 1991, SFTRI 099)
    1. Buick Mackane
    2. Born To Lose
  13. Right Here With You 7" (Get Hip, 1992, GH-141)
    1. Right Here With You
    2. Learn To Lose
  14. I Want It All 7" (Screaming Apple Records, 1992, SCAP 005)
    1. I Want It All
    2. Brother The Man
  15. I Live Alone 7" (Get Hip, 1993, GH-162)
    1. I Live Alone
    2. Hand In Hand
  16. When I'm Down 7" (Imposible Records, 1993, IMPS-005)
      Christmas Tour '93 Souvenir Single
    1. When I'm Down
    2. Baby What's Wrong (live)
  17. Private Suicide 7" (Get Hip, 1994, GH-170)
    1. Private Suicide
    2. All These Streets
  18. Two Rooms 7" (Weed, 1994, weed 007)
    1. Two Rooms
    2. Jealous Man
  19. Dirty Trick 7" (Mind Cure, 1994, MC 2704)
    1. Dirty Trick
    2. Lose Your Mind
  20. I'll Wait 7" (Munster Records, 1994, ref. 7065)
    1. I'll Wait
    2. 13 O'Clock
  21. Doin' Me In 7" (Get Hip, 2002, GH-229)
    1. Doin' Me In
    2. Last Day
  22. Turn Me Loose 7" (Get Hip, 2002, GH-232)
    1. Turn Me Loose
    2. You've Never Had It Better
  23. Painted My Heart 7" (Get Hip, year ?, GH-???)
      rerelease
    1. Painted My Heart
    2. Sweet Young Thing
  24. Buick MacKane 7" (Get Hip, year ?, GH-240)
      reissue of the original on Sympathy For The Record Industry
    1. Buick MacKane
    2. Born To Lose (live)
Splits
  1. split 7" (Get Hip, 1992, GH-150)
    1. The Cynics: I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher)
    2. Frampton Brothers: Bang, Bang (Cher)
Albums
  1. Blue Train Station Sessions LP (Skyclad Records, 1986, NAKED-2)
    1. Blue Train Station
    2. On The Run
    3. Waste Of Time
    4. No Friend Of Mine (The Sparkles)
    5. Get Away Girl (CD-only)
    6. Lying All The Time (CD-only)
    7. No Way
    8. Love Me Then Go Away
    9. Blues In D (CD-only)
    10. Dancing On The Wall (CD-only)
    11. Hold Me Right
    12. Soul Searching (The Litter)
    13. Why You Left Me
    14. I Got Nightmares (CD-only)
    15. I Can't Get Away From You
    16. Road Block
  2. Blue Train Station Sessions CD (Skyclad Records, 1990, NAKED-2CD)
    1. Blue Train Station
    2. On The Run
    3. Waste Of Time
    4. No Friend Of Mine (The Sparkles)
    5. Get Away Girl (CD-only)
    6. Lying All The Time (CD-only)
    7. No Way
    8. Love Me Then Go Away
    9. Blues In D (CD-only)
    10. Dancing On The Wall (CD-only)
    11. Hold Me Right
    12. Soul Searching (The Litter)
    13. Why You Left Me
    14. I Got Nightmares (CD-only)
    15. I Can't Get Away From You
    16. Road Block
  3. Blue Train Station Sessions LP/CD (Get Hip, 1994, GH-1000)
    1. Blue Train Station
    2. On The Run
    3. Waste Of Time
    4. No Friend Of Mine (The Sparkles)
    5. Get Away Girl (CD-only)
    6. Lying All The Time (CD-only)
    7. No Way
    8. Love Me Then Go Away
    9. Blues In D (CD-only)
    10. Dancing On The Wall (CD-only)
    11. Hold Me Right
    12. Soul Searching (The Litter)
    13. Why You Left Me
    14. I Got Nightmares (CD-only)
    15. I Can't Get Away From You
    16. Road Block
  4. Twelve Flights Up LP (Skyclad Records, 1987, NAKED-5)
    1. Creepin'
    2. Yeah!
    3. I Know
    4. Took Her Hand
    5. I Never Loved Her (Starfires)
    6. Erica
    7. A Basket Of Flowers (The Bourbons)
    8. Abba (The Paragons)
    9. Nothin'
    10. Useless
    11. Gloria's Dream
    12. Blues In D
  5. Twelve Flights Up LP (Get Hip, 1994, GH-1010)
    1. Creepin'
    2. Yeah!
    3. I Know
    4. Took Her Hand
    5. I Never Loved Her (Starfires)
    6. Erica
    7. A Basket Of Flowers (The Bourbons)
    8. Abba (The Paragons)
    9. Nothin'
    10. Useless
    11. Gloria's Dream
    12. Blues In D
  6. Sixteen Flights Up CD (Skyclad Records, 1990, NAKED-5CD)
    1. I'm In Pittsburgh And It's Raining (The Outcasts)
    2. Smoke Rings
    3. Little Girl
    4. Cat And Mouse
    5. But Now I Find (The Brogues)
    6. Creepin'
    7. Yeah!
    8. I Know
    9. Took Her Hand
    10. I Never Loved Her (Starfires)
    11. Erica
    12. A Basket Of Flowers (The Bourbons)
    13. Abba (The Paragons)
    14. Nothin'
    15. Useless
    16. Gloria's Dream
  7. Sixteen Flights Up CD (Get Hip, 1994, GH-1010)
    1. I'm In Pittsburgh And It's Raining (The Outcasts)
    2. Smoke Rings
    3. Little Girl
    4. Cat And Mouse
    5. But Now I Find (The Brogues)
    6. Creepin'
    7. Yeah!
    8. I Know
    9. Took Her Hand
    10. I Never Loved Her (Starfires)
    11. Erica
    12. A Basket Of Flowers (The Bourbons)
    13. Abba (The Paragons)
    14. Nothin'
    15. Useless
    16. Gloria's Dream
  8. Rock 'n' Roll LP (Skyclad Records, 1989, NAKED-25)
    1. Baby, What's Wrong?
    2. Way It's Gonna Be
    3. Girl, You're On My Mind
    4. Get My Way
    5. Tears Are Coming
    6. Business As Usual
    7. Cry, Cry, Cry (The Unrelated Segments)
    8. You Got The Love
    9. Close To Me
    10. Different Worlds
    11. Now I'm Alone
    12. What You Get
    13. Last Time Around (The Del-Vetts)
    14. The Room
  9. Rock 'n' Roll CD (Skyclad Records, 1990, NAKED-25CD)
    1. Baby, What's Wrong?
    2. Way It's Gonna Be
    3. Girl, You're On My Mind
    4. Get My Way
    5. Tears Are Coming
    6. Business As Usual
    7. Cry, Cry, Cry (The Unrelated Segments)
    8. You Got The Love
    9. Close To Me
    10. Different Worlds
    11. Now I'm Alone
    12. What You Get
    13. Last Time Around (The Del-Vetts)
    14. The Room
  10. Rock 'n' Roll LP/CD (Get Hip, 1994, GH-1020)
      Get Hip version has 500 copies on red vinyl
    1. Baby, What's Wrong?
    2. Way It's Gonna Be
    3. Girl, You're On My Mind
    4. Get My Way
    5. Tears Are Coming
    6. Business As Usual
    7. Cry, Cry, Cry (The Unrelated Segments)
    8. You Got The Love
    9. Close To Me
    10. Different Worlds
    11. Now I'm Alone
    12. What You Get
    13. Last Time Around (The Del-Vetts)
    14. The Room
  11. Cynicism CD (1+2 Records, 1990, 1+2 CD 015)
      tracks ?
  12. VPRO Radio Broadcast LP (Get Hip, 1991, GH-1002)
      all cuts live on dutch radio station VPRO, 1990
    1. Interview with Gregg Kostelich
    2. Took Her Hand
    3. Close To Me
    4. On The Run
    5. Baby What's Wrong?
    6. No Way
    7. Love Me Then Go Away
  13. Stranded in Madrid LP/CD (Imposible Records, 1991, 017)
      live album, recorded may 3, 1990 Madrid, Spain
    1. Girl, You're On My Mind
    2. Get My Way
    3. Different Worlds
    4. Nothing
    5. Yeah!
    6. Blue Train Station
    7. Waste Of Time
    8. Ain't No Friend Of Mine
    9. I Want Love
    10. Why You Left Me
    11. Bussiness As Usual
    12. Born To Lose
    13. No Place To Hide
  14. Learn To Lose LP/CD (Get Hip, 1993, GH-1008)
    1. Never Again
    2. When You'd Go
    3. How Could I
    4. Right Here With You
    5. Someone Like Me
    6. You Must Be A Witch (Lollipop Shoppe)
    7. Learn To Lose
    8. Haunted
    9. I Want It All
    10. One Day You'll Come
    11. Pressure
    12. I Want You (The Troggs)
  15. No Siesta Tonite LP/CD (Get Hip, 1994, GH-1014)
      live album, recorded may 3, 1990 Madrid, Spain
      limited edition clear vinyl
    1. Intro
    2. Baby What's Wrong?
    3. Girl You're On My Mind
    4. You Got The Love
    5. Close To Me
    6. Now I'm Alone
    7. Yeah!
    8. I Never Loved Her
    9. Angel Of The Morning
    10. No Way
    11. Love me Then Go Away
    12. Blue Train Station
    13. I Want Love
    14. Shot Down (The Sonics)
    15. Erica
    16. Took Her Hand
  16. Get Our Way LP/CD (Get Hip, 1994, GH-1030)
      limited edition on transparent red viny
    1. No Reason
    2. Private Suicide
    3. Hand In Hand
    4. I'll Wait
    5. Lose Your Mind
    6. That's How I Feel
    7. 13 O'Clock Daylight Savings Time
    8. Don't Shoot Me Down (CD-only)
    9. And She Said Yeah
    10. I Live Alone
    11. Dave V's Car
    12. Love Me Now
    13. All These Streets
    14. Time Alone
    15. Dirty Trick (CD-only)
    16. Two Rooms (CD-only)
    17. Beyond The Calico Wall/STP-00117
  17. Living Is The Best Revenge LP/CD (Get Hip, 2002, GH-1050)
    1. Turn Me Loose
    2. Making Deals (The Satans)
    3. Marianne
    4. The Tone
    5. Ballad Of John C. Holmes
    6. She Lives (13th Floor Elevators)
    7. Revenge
    8. I Got Time
    9. Let Me Know
    10. You've Never Had It Better (Electric Prunes)
    11. Last Day
    12. Shine
  18. Here We Are LP/CD (Get Hip, 2007, GH-1141)
    1. Here We Are
    2. Coming Round My Way
    3. The Ring
    4. The Warning
    5. Me Wanting Her
    6. She Fell
    7. Slide Over
    8. Last Mistake
    9. Hard to Please
    10. What She Said
    11. All About You
    12. Courtney
Compilations
  1. Beasts From The East LP (Voxx Records, 1986, VXS 200.035)
      other bands ? their tracks ?
    1. Waste Of Time
    2. Let Me Know
  2. !!!Here Ain't The Sonics!!! LP/CD (Estrus/Popllama, 1989, PLES 0024/PLESCD 0024)
      first 1000 LP's were on green vinyl
    1. Shot Down (The Sonics)
  3. Smiles, Vibes, And Harmony, A Tribute To The Byrds LP/CD/CS (Demilo Records, 1990, demilo-4)
      other bands ? their tracks ?
    1. Be True To Your School
  4. Bonograph ... Sonny Gets His Share, A Tribute To Sonny Bono CD (Bogus Records, 1991, #CD4-042591)
      other bands ? their tracks ?
    1. I Got You Babe
  5. Bonograph ... Sonny Gets His Share, A Tribute To Sonny Bono CS (Bogus Records, 1991, #CA9-042591)
      other bands ? their tracks ?
    1. I Got You Babe
  6. Declaration Of Fuzz LP (Glitterhouse Records, 1986, GR 0006)
      other bands ?, their tracks ?
    1. No Place To Hide
  7. Sounds Of Now LP (Dionysus Records, year ?, ID 1?????)
    1. Get Away Girl
  8. My Garager's Neighborhood LP (Og, year ?, cat.no.?)
      other bands ? their tracks ?
    1. Little Girl
  9. What Wave Magazine 90 Minute CS (What Wave, year ?, cat.no.?)
      other bands ? their tracks ?
    1. Blue Train Station (live)
  10. WDVE Compilation CD/CS (DVE/ILBT, year ?, cat.no.?)
      other bands ? their tracks ?
    1. Girl You're On My Mind
  11. Avengers Tribute Compilation format? (label?, year ?, cat.no.?)
      other bands ? their tracks ?
    1. Corpus Christi
  12. Grass Is Always Greener (On The Other Side) CD (Get Hip, 2006, GH-1135)
    1. Turn Me Loose
Various

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Links
  1. The Cynics Covers @ grunnenrocks.nl
  2. The Cynics official website