Little Blue Crunchy Things
Little Blue Crunchy Things was an American music group from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, active from the late 1980s to 2000. Little Blue Crunchy Things (LBCT) were formed in the late 1980s with vocalist Noah Tabakin joining in 1991, who became the de facto band leader. Noah often used audience participation and other events at concerts and shows to freestyle lyrical content. The band's first album, Rhetoric, was released in 1994. The lineup at this time was Bill Backes on drums, Cara Davis on percussion/vocals, Rick Eels on bass, Douglas Haynes on saxophone, Brandon Mason on trumpet/trombone, Noah Tabakin on lead vocals/saxophone, and Michael Wengler on guitar. Their first album was independently produced, leading the band to release new recorded versions of a few of songs on later albums. Between the first and second albums, Eels, Mason, and Haynes left the band. Eels was replaced by Ken Fitzsimmons, and Haynes by Bryan Elliot, but LBCT was left without a trumpet/trombone player. The second album, Owner's Manual, is a recording of a live show at Shank Hall in Milwaukee in 1996. Davis, who was featured as a vocalist on only one song ("Brown Bear"), left the band shortly after Owner's Manual.