Game Theory was an American rock band from 1981 to 1989. The group's lead singer, Scott Miller, went on to front the band The Loud Family. Game Theory is best known for its double LP Lolita Nation. The band favored hyper-literary references, a la Jean-Luc Godard, including the evident tip-of-the-hat to Vladimir Nabokov. The CD version of Lolita Nation has become a collector's item, fetching upwards of $100US in online auctions and elsewhere.
The band had been given positive reviews in rock magazines, and had enjoyed much airplay on college radio. However, many factors got in the way of greater success. Soon after the release of their 1988 album Two Steps From the Middle Ages, their record label, Enigma Records, went out of business. In addition, there were conflicts within the group as their guitarist and vocalist Donnette Thayer left the group to form Hex with Steve Kilbey of The Church (with whom she was romantically involveed for several years in the mid-1980s.) Finally, drummer Gil Ray sustained an injury, causing him to bow out part way through their promotional tour.
The band lineup as of Two Steps from the Middle Ages consisted of:
- Scott Miller (lead vocal, guitars)
- Shelley LaFreniere (keyboards)
- Gil Ray (drums)
- Donnette Thayer (backing vocal, guitars)
- Guillaume Gassuan (bass)
Famous quotes containing the words game and/or theory:
“I must save this government if possible. What I cannot do, of course I will not do; but it may as well be understood, once for all, that I shall not surrender this game leaving any available card unplayed.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.”
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)