Early Career
The Dusters played their first show on June 2, 1996 at The Black Cat nightclub in Washington DC with Regulator Watts and The Most Secret Method.
Impetus for The Dusters came from Alec Bourgeois in the fall of 1995. He was looking for an outlet for his continued songwriting from his former band Severin which had recently broken up in late 1993. He met Ben Azzara through the introduction of a mutual friend upon his recent split from The Delta 72. Alec and Ben began practicing together working out songs. The first Dusters line-up was solidified with the addition of Bill Colgrove, previously from the Rochester, N.Y. based, hardcore band, Foundation. Bill and Ben had known each other as Foundation and Junction. Ben's previous band, Junction often played shows together in the late 1980s.
The Dusters released two vinyl-only releases on Superbad Records. Forest Fire b/w Seventeen 7" was released in October 1996. And in 1997 a vinyl 10" featuring 3 songs a piece from The Dusters and their friends The Most Secret Method.
Shortly after the release of the 10" Bill left the band. He was briefly replaced by Mark Lacasse to record the full-length Simplicity. The Simplicity album was released in October 1998 as a split release between Superbad and Dischord Records. It was recorded at WGNS in Washington, D.C. with Geoff Turner (Gray Matter & New Wet Kojak).
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