Tag: Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary’s Jeff Walls dies after fighting rare pulmonary disease

Guadalcanal Diary’s Jeff Walls dies after fighting rare pulmonary disease

Jeff Walls, co-founder, guitarist and songwriter for suburban Atlanta college-rock favorites Guadalcanal Diary, died on Wednesday after battling a very rare form of pulmonary hypertension that only can be cured through a double lung transplant. Murray Attaway, the band’s frontman, announced the news on Facebook.

Guadalcanal Diary’s Jeff Walls needs a double lung transplant — here’s how to help

Guadalcanal Diary’s Jeff Walls needs a double lung transplant — here’s how to help

Jeff Walls, co-founder, guitarist and songwriter for suburban Atlanta college-rock favorites Guadalcanal Diary, has spent the last month in intensive care after being diagnosed with a very rare form of pulmonary hypertension that only can be cured through a double lung transplant. Here’s how you can help.

Guadalcanal Diary’s live 1998 reunion set ‘At Your Birthday Party’ to be reissued

Guadalcanal Diary’s live 1998 reunion set ‘At Your Birthday Party’ to be reissued

The live album that ’80s college-rock faves Guadalcanal Diary self-released following a series of live reunion shows in the late 1990s will receive a new reissue this summer via Omnivore Recordings with new artwork and liner notes by frontman Murray Attaway. See the full tracklist here.

Guadalcanal Diary’s Murray Attaway and Jeff Walls launch new band Blasting Cap

Guadalcanal Diary’s Murray Attaway and Jeff Walls launch new band Blasting Cap

Murray Attaway and Jeff Walls, co-founders of suburban Atlanta jangle-pop favorites Guadalcanal Diary, have reunited under a new musical banner, enlisting bassist Phyllis Wells of Hillbilly Frankenstein and Swimming Pool Q’s drummer Robert Schmid to create a new band called Blasting Cap.

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (January 2012)

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (January 2012)

New (work) week, new month, new year… time, it would seem, for the latest in our monthly series of Auto Reverse mixtapes — two 45-minute sides to help you ease back into post-holiday life. Stream or download the two sides, crammed, as always, with some ’80s college-rock favorites and a few new tracks.