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This is the very old and hopefully soon-to-be revamped home page for the pride of Fairbanks and Minneapolis and Gig Harbor and Bedford, Lola Tilly's Nipples. The band, the lifestyle, the sweatervest. Click on the discography link below to download MP3s of all the tunes the cool kids are bebopping to in places too cool for you to even know about. And check back here for more of the LTN news and views you've come to depend on in the last fifteen seconds.





Vintage LTN Album Covers:


Lola Tilly's Nipples

Brainfart


Tres Nipoles, Tape 1

Tres Nipoles, Tape 2




Fetal Alcohol Syndrome





Bolistic Nipples, Tape 1

Bolistic Nipples, Tape 2


Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Who in the Hell were Lola Tilly's Nipples?


A: Good question, friend. LTN is, and probably will always be in a way:


Tim
Vocals, Trash Cans,
Tornado Sounds
Scott
Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
Sean
Guitar, Pitch Pipe, Sandal,
Yelled "CARP!" Occasionally

Q: Why should I care?


A: I don't recall ever suggesting that you care.


Q: Well, okay, that's a relief. So, what did they do, anyway?


A: LTN formed (as a band, anyway) early in 1995 in Fairbanks, Alaska. The flame burned bright and quickly: five albums, two EPs and a radio promotion for the writing center were recorded over the course of two-three short months. There were actually originally six albums, but the second one was hampered by the fact that Tim passed out before the tape was ready and Scott and Sean were left to slop out a very unlistenable half-hour instrumental take on "LA Woman", this tape was quickly and gladly disavowed by all involved.

This was just a minor bump in the road, however, and although no-one who saw that show ever came to see them again, by their next effort, "Brainfart", the Nipples had amassed a fairly loyal following and a few groupies. People would wander into their shows from blocks around, mostly to try and discern what all the racket was, and they would stay for the pie. Er, I mean the band. Most of them ended up on the albums in some form or another, most notably honorary LTN member Patrick Botts who lent his drunken-assed talents to many a tune.

Victor from second floor contributed a fantastic spanish intro to "Ugly". The groupies finished the "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome" album for them after Sean pulled a Syd Barrett and climbed under a dresser mid-set. The two Mikes threw their talents into the mix briefly on "Tres Nipoles", and the red haired guy from down the hall can be heard screaming in the background on "Hungry". The Fairbanks Police Department put in an appearance during the recording of "Bolistic Nipples" and tried to haul the Nipples all away to jail. On top of that, they refused to "sit in with the band". Some people just don't get it.

According to Billboard Magazine, the Nipples went triple ten in 1996.




Q: What's all this I've been hearing all over the internet about LTN's "missing albums" and "lost recordings"? Do these really exist?


A: I'm glad you asked that. As it stands right now, both of the Nipples' excellent EPs ("Steak Night", which was an acoustic jam in the lobby of Moore Hall at four in the morning; and an untitled EP, the last thing the Nipples ever recorded) are missing in action, hopefully they will turn up one day. Even sadder was the fate of "I Shoulda Gone to Wendys" and "The Trippin' Hydraphobic", two of the Nipples' best songs that were lost for good when the tape ran out during the recording of the "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome" album. Anyone who is aware of the whereabouts of any of these recordings is urged to call 1-800-CRIME-USA immediately.


Q: Who in the wide wide world of sports is Lola Tilly?

A: Lola Creamens Tilly was a very revered Professor of Home Economics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and she had the terrible misfortune of having the worst cafeteria in the free world (the "Lola Tilly Commons") named after her. A couple of terrible pictures of her overlook the dining area (one of them apparently painted in play-doh), if anyone has copies of these you would certainly attain Most Favored Nation status with me if you were to share them. I've heard that she's still alive, though awfully old (she went to high school with yoda), but then again I've also heard that there's a little bit of Lola in every clam strip dinner the commons serves, if you know what I mean.

Q: What record label were the Nipples signed to, anyway?


A: You're a very silly person and I'm not going to answer any more of your questions.