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 (The Vacuum, Victor Dimisich Band, The Builders, The Terminals, Minus Two, Dark Matter, Roy Montgomery and Friends, vocals / guitar)
- Mick Elborado (Drowning Is Easy, Scorched Earth Policy, The Shallows, Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles, The Terminals, Alien, The After Dinner Mints, Space Dust, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Minus 2, Gas, The Palace Of Wisdom, Projekt Mauve, Trillionaires, Negative Nancies, organ)
- John Christoffels (Vague Secrets, Hiding From Stan, The Terminals, Little Dead Things, Brother Love, Space Dust, Dissolve, Minus Two, Trillionaires, Dark Matter, bass / cello)
Discography
- The Beat Goes Off CDr (2000, self-released)
- The Joy of Return (2009, 50cc, 005)