The original lineup formed from remnants of short-lived "punkadelic" band Black Juju, and consisted of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Jerry Wick, bassist Eric Barth (who had also been in Two Hour Trip with the Spurgeon brothers, who would soon form Greenhorn), and drummer Jeff Regensburger (later of The Patsys). Jim Weber (also of the then newly formed
New Bomb Turks) soon joined on second guitar only to leave just as quickly, and following his departure guitarist/songwriter Jovan Karcic (Waybald) joined. Barth and Regensburger would also later leave (in 1995) and be replaced by a series of successors including Bret Lewis and Brett Falcon (Space Cookie,
Servotron) on bass, and Nick Youngblood (Beano, The Rackets) and Sam Brown (Feversmile, V-3,
New Bomb Turks,
The Sun, You're So Bossy) on drums. In 1994, the quartet was signed to the independent
Thrill Jockey and
Crypt Records labels and their debut album,
Sob Story, was produced by
Steve Albini. A follow-up album was released in 1995, titled
I Can See Your Mom From Here. The band had gained a loyal local following in the Columbus area, alongside other indie punk rock bands, such as the
New Bomb Turks,
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Monster Truck Five, and Pica Huss. In 1995, Gaunt released a third album,
Yeah, Me Too. The album was released by
Amphetamine Reptile Records (the label had originally approached them to record a track for their
Dope, Guns, and Fucking in the Streets singles series, which they did earlier in the year), produced by Tim Mac (
Halo of Flies) - who would remain with the band for the rest of their career as live sound and pre-production engineer - and was recorded over the course of a few days. One last album was recorded for
Thrill Jockey, entitled
Kryptonite, and released in 1996. and they soon came together again. Despite recording an album's worth of material in a Chicago studio, the band scrapped that material before recording 1998's
Bricks and Blackouts. The album was considered to be a departure from their previous work, and although well received by critics, received little promotion and the band split shortly after its release. In January 2001, Jerry Wick was struck and killed by a car while bicycling home. In 2005, Karcic and Brown opened a coffee shop called Yeah, Me Too, and Brown renewed his relationship with
Warner Bros. Records as drummer and songwriter in
The Sun. ==Discography==