City Slang – DC38
Bill Callahan, born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Callahan followed the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with homemade tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders. Later he signed a record contract with the label drag city.
Callahan started out as a highly experimental artist, utilizing sub-standard instruments and recording equipment. His reason for using the lo-fi approach was not so much an aesthetic choice, rather it came from his lack of knowledge of recording studios, and fear of giving up control to professional engineers.
Cindy Dall, an American lo-fi musician and photographer, was born in Sacramento, CA. She started recording and performing with then-boyfriend, Bill Callahan under his former moniker, Smog. She first appeared on the Smog song "Wine Stained Lips", which was a B-side to the 1994 "A Hit" 7" single.
Dall also gained notoriety in the fanzine world of the 1990s for her frequent transgressive-styled cover shots and appearances in Lisa Carver's Rollerderby magazine.
Cindy battled epilepsy, which might partially explain her inactivity as a musician after 2002. She also engaged in political activism around Sacramento, helping citizens register to vote.
Cindy died at her home in 4th Avenue, Sacramento on April 5, 2012.
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