Adam Franks

First picking up the guitar at the age of nine, I have never put it down for long. Throughout the years, since then, I have founded and performed in multiple rock and improvisational groups. My solo work tends to have folk and lo-fi indie elements.

Geoglyphs

Geoglyphs are an instrumental duo from Massachusetts. They have a post-rock sound. I was their third wheel for a couple of stints back around 2008 and 2012. I played guitar, keyboards, and additional percussion. I am on a few tracks from their Earth Science Fiction record. The drummer and I had previously co-founded the improvisational group, Blood Cells, together.

Pika

Pika was a free improvisational group formed by the drummer of Karate and a saxophone player. I was asked to join them shortly after Karate broke up and played with them for a season or two. It could get explosive and I had a lot of fun.

Tiny Amps

Tiny Amps was an indie rock band from the mid 2000's. I co-founded this group with the other guitar player / singer of Rose of Sharon. We'd play with such bands as Mad Man Films, Reports, Big Bear and Dirty Holiday in Boston and the northeastern US. The bass player left after the record "Trill and Swagger" and formed Drug Rug around that time. Broken River Prophet's frontman replaced him. Tiny Amps continued to get louder throughout its lifetime, largely due to the influence of the drummer. As our amplifiers were getting larger and larger, we recorded a final record in the basement of the Berwick Institute in Boston. We never put it out, but it probably still exists somewhere.

Blood Cells

Blood Cells was an improvisational group spawned at the dawn of the new millennium. The group began with drums and guitar, but quickly grew to include trumpet and synthesizer / electric piano. The trumpet player used to play with Hal Russell in Chicago.

Rose of Sharon

Rose of Sharon was an indie rock trio from the mid-to-late 1990's. The band was part of a great scene in Boston along with Helms, Lynx, Karate, Victory at Sea, and The Wicked Farleys. Rose of Sharon also had a kinship with Providence, RI based Rebuilthangartheory, V for Vendetta, and Difference Engine. The band would usually record in Providence with the guitarist of Small Factory. Occasionally there were small tours throughout the eastern half of the United States and Canada with the likes of Portland's Kind of Like Spitting and NYC's Pilot to Gunner.

The Sea Shells

The Sea Shells was a lo-fi duo recording project. It was similar to Ween, except it included dark humor skits, liberal use of sound effects, had a lot more variety in instrumentation, and was a bit further "out there". Record titles included "Martian Inconsistence", "Get it in There", and "Sticks and Stones Will Break Your Face, But I'll Kill You".

Fuzzy Pumper

Fuzzy Pumper was a rock band where we wanted to experiment with the genre. We'd play with dynamics, use various time signatures and create atypical song structures. I left my previous band, Pollen Path, and started this one with the other guitar player in 1993. Located in southern New Hampshire and constantly looking for a singer, but never found one. I played both guitar and bass. The drummer pushed for the name Mad by Northwest and later left to join Christian Death. I stopped playing in the band after that.

Pollen Path

Pollen Path lived during the early 1990's in the Lowell, Massachusetts region. It began with the remaining members of our band, Bottom Line, but added a new vocalist. We were in the same vein as Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, but with female vocals. Pollen Path tended to play with heavier bands like Nervewomb and Brown. Song titles included "I Have to Find Myself" and "Memory Askew". There's a demo or two out there somewhere.

Bottom Line

Bottom Line had a few members from an earlier band, Meaningless Disaster. It was influenced by metal and 1970's classic and progressive rock. Our musical skills had advanced, but the lead vocals and lyrics took a nose dive. I was a member of this band until the end of my high school years. Song titles included "Three Three Four Five" and "The Kick".

Meaningless Disaster

Meaningless Disaster was the first band I was in where we wrote our own songs. We primarily liked heavy metal, but sounded much more like punk rock. It was the 1980's. We were in our early teens and based in Massachusetts. Song titles included "My Life is Harder than Yours", "Problem", "Two Thousand Flushes", "Mushroom Clouds of Death", "Five Star Guy", "Mr. Wannabe", "Love is in the Air", and "Paper Mache Friends". Just might be the best band I've ever been in. A demo recording was made, but I don't know if any copies still exist in this universe. You may need to time travel to hear it. Towards the end, the band changed its name to Hangman's Jury. The drummer and singer later went on to play for The Red Telephone.

Visit bandcamp to check out solo recordings.