Biography
Written as ‘-2‘, as the name implies, the Terminals Stephen Cogle (Vocals / Acoustic Guitar), Mick Elborado (Organ) and John Christoffels (Bass) formed Minus Two as a side-project excluding Peter Stapleton and Brian Crook. Apparently most of the songs on their self-recorded and exceedingly rare CD-r Beat Goes Off are Stapleton songs from the vaults (even dating back to pre-Direen Vacuum) that Crook wasn’t keen on playing (apparently their ‘too poppy’), so this abridged combo convened in the late 1990s and released this document, with Crawlspace providing some distribution.
Members
- Stephen Cogle (vocals / guitar, Bible Black, Dark Matter, Minus Two, Roy Montgomery and Friends, The Builders, The Terminals, The Vacuum, Victor Dimisich Band)
- Mick Elborado (organ, Alien, Gas, Minus 2, Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles, The Palace Of Wisdom, Alien, Alpaca Brothers, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Drowning Is Easy, Gas, Minus 2, Negative Nancies, Projekt Mauve, Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles, Scorched Earth Policy, Space Dust, The After Dinner Mints, The Axemen, The Palace Of Wisdom, The Shallows, The Terminals, Thee Hellfire Club, Trillionaires)
- John Christoffels (bass / cello, Dark Matter, Hiding from Stan, Les Baxters, Little Dead Things, The Renderers, The Terminals, Vague Secrets, Bill Direen, Brother Love, Dark Matter, Dissolve, Hiding from Stan, Les Baxters, Little Dead Things, Minus 2, Space Dust, The After Dinner Mints, The Bats, The Builders, The Renderers, The Terminals, Trillionaires, Vague Secrets)
Discography
- The Beat Goes Off CDr (2000, self-released)
- The Joy of Return (2009, 50cc, 005)
Links
- Minus Two