John Croslin
Before he formed The Reivers, Croslin was the co-founder (along with Paul Swift, later of The Wild Seeds) of a new wave band called The Make. Among their songs were a couple of novelty-oriented tunes called “Baby Makes Me Sick” and “Cream In My Jeans” (Austin Chronicle writer Ken Lieck says that John always made clear that he wrote “less than 10% of that song”). I don’t believe The Make ever released any singles/albums, but here’s some interesting trivia: for their first appearance in Texas in 7/81, R.E.M. drove to Austin, and played second on the bill with The Judys, with The Make opening, at the now defunct Club Foot.
After the 1991 breakup of the Reivers, he was a very prolific producer, as you can see below. In early 2005 the first album by his new band, The Fire Marshals of Bethlehem, was released. Called “Songs For Housework”, there are definite echoes of The Reivers’ sound, but it’s got it’s own sound, too. You may even have heard two of the songs in the TV show “Veronica Mars”, which was created by Rob Thomas (writer of the “Saturday” reissue liner notes and long-time Reivers fan). Since the Fire Marshals were created as a “continually-changing cast of players”, he left the group amicably in late 2005.
Other projects:
by The Fire Marshals of Bethlehem (2005)
(Buildgut BGR 0013)
Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Engineer
by The Crooked Jades (2003)
(Copper Creek 2005)
Engineer, Mixing
by Subset (2003)
(Tightspot 004)
Producer, Engineer
by Mates of State (2003)
(Polyvinyl 65)
Producer, Engineer, Dancer (yes, it says dancer…)
by Walty (2002)
(710921)
Engineer
by Various Artists (2002)
(Amazing Grease 14)
Engineer
by Blue Skies For Black Hearts (2002)
(Velvafonic 1)
Mixing
by Peglegasus (2002)
(SOMIAS 3007)
Producer
by Various Artists (2002)
(Jackpine Social Club 102972)
Engineer, Mixing
by Various Artists (2002)
(Inverse 024)
Engineer
by Bitesize (2001)
(Packing Heat 0002)
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
by The Resineators (2001)
(Siltbreeze 82)
Mastering
by Spoon (2001)
(Merge 495))
Engineer
by Pinq (2001)
(Major7Records 7001)
Mixing
by The Crooked Jades (2001)
(Copper Creek 0203)
Engineer, Mixing
by Carlos (2001)
(Amazing Grease 10)
Engineer
by The Crooked Jades (2001)
(Copper Creek 0204)
Engineer
by Andrea Perry (2001)
(Trust Issue)
Engineer
by Beulah (Sept., 2001) (Velocette 943000)
Engineer
by Preston School of Industry (Sept., 2001)
(Matador 520)
Mixing
by John Vanderslice (June 12, 2001)
(Barsuk Records bark17)
Engineer
Producer
by Hidden Speaker (May, 2001)
(Seventy-seven 1559)
Vocals, Engineer, Mixing, Production Concept
by The Red (2001)
(Ozone 3334)
Mastering
by Mates Of State (2000)
(Omnibus 1551)
Engineer
by Secadora (2000)
(Orchard 1532)
Mastering
by Palaxy Tracks (2000)
(Grey Flat 02)
Mastering
by Kissinger (2000)
(WCI Records)
Producer (using pseudonym Konrad Konradsson), Guitar (using pseudonym Remington Stone)
by Kissinger (2000)
Producer (using pseudonym Konrad Konradsson)
by Beaver Nelson (2000) (Black Dog 1009)
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
by Wannabes (2000) (Plethorazine 1007)
(Includes 1991 previously cassette only release “Lucky Pierre”.)
Producer + “one strange guitar chord” on Lucky Pierre
by John Vanderslice (2000) (Barsuk 14)
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
by Creeper Lagoon (2000)
(Spin Art 87)
Engineer
by Hidden Speaker (March, 2000)
Producer
by Various Artists (tribute to Dusty Springfield) (2000)
(R&D 31012)
Engineer
by Various Artists (2000) (Fortune 41415)
Producer
by Super XX Man (2000)
(Peek-A-Boo 1205)
Producer, Mixing
by The Scabs (a.k.a. Ugly Americans) (March, 1999)
Engineer
(Engineered a second album by The Scabs in 1999 also.)
by Damnations TX (1999)
(Sire 31031)
Producer
by Kissenger (1998) (7″ vinyl single)
Producer
by Spoon (1998)
(Vapor 46950 + Elektra/Asylum 62199)
Producer
by Sixteen Deluxe (1998)
(Warner Brothers 46657)
Percussion, piano, organ (hammond), producer, engineer, fender rhodes
by Guided By Voices (1997)
(Matador 241)
Engineer
by Spoon (1997)
(Matador 236)
Producer, engineer
Various Artists (1997)
(Epitaph 80204/ Crank! 80204)
Engineer
(1996)
(Matador 183)
Mixing on Pavement song (“Painted Soldiers”)
by Violet Crown (including Kim Longacre) (1996)
(Herkemer Music)
Engineer
by Wannabes (1996)
(Dejadisc 3228)
Producer
by Spoon (1996)
(Matador 201)
Producer
by The SHiNDiGS (1996) (7″ on green vinyl) (Rockhaus Records)
Producer, engineer
by Cattleguard (1995)
(CD-R)
Producer, engineer
Various Artists (1995)
(Trance 38)
Engineer on Sixteen Deluxe song
by the Wannabes (1995)
(Dejadisc 3222)
Producer
by the Wannabes (1994)
(Dejadisc 3211)
Producer
by Flying Saucers (including Cindy Toth) (1993)
(Unclean Records)
Co-producer and co-engineer
by Black Irish (1993)
Producer
Various Artists (1992)
(Dejadisc DJD 3203)
Producer, engineer, mixing
by Mayday (1992) (cassette only)
Producer
by The Wallflowers [not the Jakob Dylan Wallflowers] (1992) (cassette only)
Producer
by the Wannabes (1992) (7″)
(Biffco Records BFF-001)
Producer
by Michael Hall (1992)
(Safe House 2106)
Producer, engineer, mastering
by Naiomi’s Hair (1991)
(Figurehead Records Fig007)
Producer and Engineer
by the Wannabes (1990)
(One Point Five Records; cassette only)
Producer; + “one strange guitar chord”
(also includes Cindy Toth)
by Hey Zeus (1989) (Carpenter Shop Records, cassette only) [full artwork]
Producer
by Naiomi’s Hair (1989)
(Figurehead Records Fig003; vinyl only)
Producer and Engineer
by Public Bulletin (1986)
(Carpenter Shop Records; vinyl only)
Producer
by Dig (1985?)
(cassette only)
Producer