Plaid Retina - 80's fresno/visalia punk band history

PLAID RETINA

PLAID RETINA DISCOGRAPHY

1--P laid Retina--12 song 7-inch EP--1986--Lookout Records #7
2--Boxcar--8 song 7-inch EP--1988--Musical Tragedies #072
3--The Thing that ate Floyd 2-LP Comp--1988--Lookout Records #11
4--Pinkeye--12 song LP--1989--Lookout Records #20
5--Shredder Compilation--1989--Shredder Records Volume 3
6--Rejection--3 song 7-inch EP--1990--Duck butter Records #9
7--Mind Tracing the Going Down--10 song LP--1991--Very Small #13
8--What I can't have--7-inch EP--1993--Little Deputy Records
9--Dead End Mind--10 song LP/CD--1993--Very Small Records #18
10--The Spark--3 song 7-inch EP--1994--Very Small Records #40
11--Punk Rock 7-inchers Compilation CD--Vol.1--2003--Lookout #293

Matt Morris-guitar and vocals
Travis-bass and vocals
Don Hudgens-drums

Of all the bands I've known these guys really earned and deserved the success they
achieved. Don and Trav settled down in Austin, Texas where they reside and are still
playing in the Austin area. Matt has returned to his hometown, Visalia and has moved on
from his previous project, FUTURE IMPERFECT and is now working on a new project with
keyboards, bass and drums.

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2012 Here's a great PLAID RETINA page at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Retina

A cool PR myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/plaidretina

Trav's newest Metal/Prog band is RUBELLA MUTI:
http://www.myspace.com/rubellamuti

Trav's band HALO RINGS HER HEAD myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/haloringsherhead

Don's band CRABNOG page:
http://www.crabnog.com/Site/About.html and Green Hell-Misfits Tribute band page

Matt's prior band FUTURE IMPERFECT:
http://www.myspace.com/fimperfect

In the Boxcar

At the Buddy Holly statue in Texas

In the rehearsal room -
a real train boxcar that was fixed up w/insulation, drum riser, carpet and electricity.

Every band needs nutrition - On tour with Plaid Retina.

PLAID RETINA - What we're not 1:05 off the Shredder 7-inch Comp 1989

NEW! 1DEC15: Matt Morris' album he's been
working on for a couple of years is now out.
Invisible Glue is the name of the band and it's Vocals,
Keyboards, Bass and Drums - no Guitar. A masterful
stroke of genius from one of the most talented guys I've
ever known.

Plaid Retina 1991 U.S. Tour. They did many of these tours over the years they were together. How it's done.

ike a hurricane out of the south Valley came this three-piece that played some of the
fastest and shortest songs of the day. They fit 12 songs onto their debut 7-inch on
Lookout Records! Recorded in '86, released Lookout #7 in '87. I was priviledged to be
in Grey Gregson's Audio Image studio in Fresno with them when they recorded that
cool slab'o'wax.

PLAID RETINA had a long and fruitful career first as a straightahead, fast punk band
and then morphed into a style of music that really defied description. With
elements of prog-rock and jazz mixed with punk they were on the cutting edge of
the late 80's-early 90's punk scene.

Of all the 80's punk bands from the Fresno area they toured the most. They toured
constantly for several years playing all over this great land. I remember getting
postcards from Matt from places like Texas and Virginia. This is a band to ask tour
stories about. Playing so many gigs all over the U.S. they've had the most outrageous
and funniest experiences. They put out a lot of records and CDs, too. First on
Lookout and then
David Hayes' Very Small Records and also Fresno's Duckbutter Records run
by Tim Biskup.

CP played several gigs with and I watched them perform many times. They were a
one of a kind type of band with a natural flowing talent. I think that's why they
were so successful. From short bursts of teen punk angst to grand multilayered
harmonies and exotic rhythm structures they covered a lot of ground in the years
they were together. And it didn't hurt none too much that they worked so hard at
it.