![]() ![]() A suicide note was found by police, the contents of which were not released publicly. However, Ellison committed suicide on Jby carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage. Throughout the remainder of 1995 and into 1996, Material Issue recorded a set of new songs with the intention of shopping them to a new label. In 1995, the group, with Liz Phair, recorded a cover of " The Tra La La Song" for the tribute album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records. In the summer of 1995 the band co-headlined the first Edgefest festival in Somerset, Wisconsin. Material Issue continued touring, selling out venues throughout the upper Midwest. Freak City Soundtrack sold fewer than 50,000 copies and Material Issue, feeling left behind by their label, parted ways with Mercury in early 1995. ฤก994's Freak City Soundtrack featured the single "Kim The Waitress", a cover of a 1980s single by The Green Pajamas, and written by Jeff Kelly. The new album was not as well received by critics, nor did it sell as well as their first. Material Issue continued to tour heavily across the country in support of both albums. The band's follow up album, 1992's Destination Universe, was also produced by Jeff Murphy at Short Order Recorder, and included the single "What Girls Want" in addition to ballads such as "Next Big Thing" and "Everything". International Pop Overthrow had extensive national exposure with " Valerie Loves Me" and "Diane" and music critic Jae-Ha Kim declared "Simple Minds upstaged by Material Issue". Their debut video for the single "Diane" appeared on MTV's 120 Minutes in late December 1990. ![]() The album was released nationally in early 1991 and sold over 300,000 copies for Mercury Records. The album was a compilation of various demos recorded between roughly 19 and produced by Jeff Murphy from the Chicago-area power pop band Shoes, and recorded at Short Order Recorder, their studio in Zion, Illinois. Over the next two years, the band toured extensively across the Midwest and recorded what would become their debut album International Pop Overthrow. In 1989, Material Issue released the single "Renee Remains The Same", which received heavy airplay around Chicago. In 1988, their song "Sixteen Tambourines" appeared on CMJ New Music Report's compilation and their music was described by CMJ as a "hooky brand of high-powered psycho-pop". ![]() The label operated out of Ellison's bedroom at his parents' home in Addison, Illinois, and was named for the big block engines of the 1970s muscle cars Ellison loved. In 1987, Material Issue released an eponymous EP on their own label, Big Block. Drummer Mike Zelenko was found through an ad in the Illinois Entertainer later that year. Ellison met bassist Ted Ansani while both were attending Columbia College Chicago in 1986. Material Issue was formed in 1985, led by frontman Jim Ellison, who played guitar, sang lead vocals, and wrote most of the band's songs. ![]()
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