Winter, 2000      Agents Of S.H.A.D.O.W. (animated video)

Spring, 2000      Trapped In Hyperspace With... (cd)

Summer, 2001   Adventures In Newspace (cd)

Winter, 2002      Live From Vector Sigma (concert video)

Summer, 2002   Burned On Reentry (animated video)

Summer, 2002   Burned On Reentry soundtrack (cd)

Summer, 2003   ...Play The Hits Of The Future (cd)

And now, Commander 007 discusses the releases...

Summer, 1999   Self-titled EP (cd & cassette)

The first EP was, of course, our shout-out to the human race that "Hey, we exist!" It wasn't really much more than that, though the early version of "Boldly Going Nowhere" did get a little airplay. The EP also included a few other early versions of songs that would later appear on our first album, the only exception being "Sum Times Y," our first vocal song (which was never re-recorded because Raider-X didn't like it). There were also a few covers - a version of Mark Brodie & The Beaver Patrol's "Spin Cycle" (which was retitled "It Came From Planet X"), "Robots Can't Surf" (a version of Reverend Horton Heat's "I Can't Surf"), and an unlisted cover of "Reverb 1,000/10,000" (originally by Man Or Astro-man?). We recorded the entire thing ourselves, but were reasonably happy with it at the time. It's out-of-print now, so you can't get it.  

Winter, 2000      Agents Of S.H.A.D.O.W. (animated video)

While most other rock bands would put out a cd first, D:E! wasn't an ordinary band... We decided to start off by releasing action figures! Then once we'd made our recorded debut with our self-titled EP, we decided to go multi-media by releasing this little "gem" of a full-lengh animated video, 'Agents Of S.H.A.D.O.W.' Again, we did it all ourselves on some very primitive equipment, so it looked more like a bootleg than an actual release. But I still know many humans who consider this the best thing D:E! ever did. Raider-X and I are both big fans of anime, so the general premise of this video was to take an obscure Japanese show and redo the plot, music, sound effects, etc. Think of it as Mystery Science Theatre meets Adult Swim. It's a lot of fun, but it too is out of print. Ha.    

Spring, 2000      Trapped In Hyperspace With... (cd)

Our first proper cd release, 'Trapped In Hyperspace With...' is the favorite for many fans, as it features our most popular vocals songs, "Alien Loveslave" and "Stolen Space Station." I still find it pretty solid, though I regret the ending D:E! theme song. I think we could've done it much better (or not at all). The mix is also a little strange, with many of the lead guitar melodies in the background and the drums way too loud... But overall, it's a fun release, and is still the best-selling of the three "official" albums.  

Summer, 2001   Adventures In Newspace (cd)

Our second album, and my personal favorite. A particular local review of our first album slated us for being too similar to certain other established artists, and this release was our response... The visual theme of 'Adventures' featured a play on the 'Ventures In Space' album art, with an excellent cover painting by Chad Prifogle. The music expanded our sound, pretty much in all directions, and included a couple of tracks from our short-lived Yurak-38 keyboard era. It also garnered the best overall reviews of our albums, with several publications giving it insanely high ratings... I still greatly enjoy 'Adventures,' and feel that the performances, mix, and songs are among our best. And surprise, it's still available.

Winter, 2002      Live From Vector Sigma (concert video)

This concert video was shot by our good friend Steve Sisson and the Bunk Films Team during our 'Trapped In Hyperspace With...' cd release show. It took a while for everybody to get together and edit the footage, which is why it wasn't released until over a year later. Though the video doesn't capture the darker imagery of our usual live show (the venue where it was recorded has a very bright, retro look), the camera work is generally pretty decent and entertaining to watch... There are a few cringe-inducing moments, as the audio recording of the show wasn't too great (with fans actually knocking on one of the two recording mics during our closing song). This was our first show with keyboardist Yurak-38. Additional footage for this release was shot by me with our mascot, Gattler The Terrible, and it really brings the whole thing together as a more cohesive feature. This is Gattler's moment to shine, no doubt about it. This video is a lot of fun.  I'm pretty sure it's sold out...

Summer, 2002   Burned On Reentry (animated video)

We always felt that our original animated video, 'Agents Of S.H.A.D.O.W.,' had been a little too low budget-looking (while still quite entertaining). We'd had requests from several corners to release another animated feature, and decided it would be fun to try to improve upon the original, as well as invite friends to play characters on the video. I spent several months on this release, assisting with pretty much every aspect of the production, from voice work to coordinating the talent and music to creating sound effects and the script. It was painstaking, but fun. For the sections featuring the singing bad guys, we got a group of drunken friends together aboard our mothership and recorded them warbling off key. We gave them lyric sheets, but never played them the music prior to recording it. It's great fun. Too bad you can't get it anymore.

Summer, 2002   Burned On Reentry soundtrack (cd)

This was the accompanying soundtrack album to the 'Burned On Reentry' video. We had discussed releasing a collection of rarities in the past, and this cd allowed us to kill two birds with one stone. It included some remixes of older tracks that we never felt were quite up to par in their original versions ("Stationary Orbot," "The Mummy Factory," and "Alien Loveslave" among them). It also included some of the aforementioned unreleased early recordings ("Toys Of Destruction," "Malfunction Central"), and outtakes that were left off albums for whatever reason ("Project X," "Beach Blanket Blow-up Doll"). I still find this a very enjoyable listen, something along the line of Queen's 'Flash Gordon' soundtrack. The Continential Magazine reviewed the album and said it was the best thing we'd ever put out... You can't get this one either.

Summer, 2003   ...Play The Hits Of The Future (cd)

Our most recent release, and third (official) album. I always felt that this disc was a little less immediate than the previous ones, though it has just as many well-executed tracks. The vocal songs on this album seem to overshadow some of the instrumentals for me, perhaps because the collection starts off with one, and because we added some incidental vocals to a couple of songs that weren't originally intended as vocal songs. Raider-X contributed more to the writing of this album, and the songs we worked on together are among its best. This album is also the longest, as it includes Raider-X's famed avant guarde come-down jam at the end. (And yes, this one is still available...)