piece Semibeings of Joe, Pat, Keith and Tom went on to record The Semibeings Are Bums in 1998 at SS Sound Studios. The album was originally to be put out by C/Z but the label essentially dropped the band due to its own financial hardships. (C/Z folded shortly after, with Daniel House eventually releasing tracks from "Bums" on his online label Weedfiles). Also, since 1994 they had worked on a concept album based around a "nervous breakdown" called Tales From the Microvoid. During the 1999 sessions, the fighting between the band members particularly between Keith and Joe escalated to the point where Keith left the band altogether. More and more it became evident that the two primary songwriters were writing very different material with the “two bands in one” getting to the point of being incompatible. The three remaining Semibeings finished off “Tales from the Microvoid” and disbanded. The band in fact did split up into two very different bands with brothers Joe and Pat forming the short lived Junkygood and Keith and Tom forming The Commons. Junkygood made some recordings, most notably with Andrew Weiss from Rollins Band and Ween fame. Keith and Tom's Common's self-released a number of albums and in 2007 announced that they were disbanding. As of 2010, Joe and Pat have formed a new band titled Bake, self-releasing their debut EP "Summer Joy". In reference to The Semibeings work, RollingStone.com stated “Their intricate, dreamy songs have a propulsive and hard-edged quality that at times sounds like a non-distorted Screaming Trees or a more varied, faster Codeine. Some of the songwriting is shockingly gorgeous”. Discography 1992 - The Semibeings - Self-released 1992 - An Emotional Buffet - Self-released 1994 - The Semibeings 7" - Inkling Records - (3 song EP - "I'm A Man", "In" and "I Am") 1995 - Sickness and Health - Shimmy Disc 078 1997 - Three Pawns Standing - C/Z Records 1998 - The Semibeings Are Bums - Unreleased 1994-1999 - Tales From The Microvoid - Unreleased 1999 - Teriyaki Asthma, Vols. 6-10-Various Artists - C/Z Records (Compilation featuring the song "Disco of Bums" from the unreleased Semibeings album "Tales from the Microvoid") External links Allmusic.com - [ Semibeings Biography] 09/Jan/1995 POP REVIEW; A Label Goes Onstage In Soft Mode nytimes.com Musical groups from New Jersey Artists from New Jersey Alternative rock groups from New Jersey Shimmy Disc artists