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Hash Jar Tempo
Background information
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genres	Experimental music, Psychedelia
Years active	1995, 1998
Labels	Drunken Fish
Past members	Joe Culver John Gibbons Michael Gibbons Roy Montgomery Isobel Sollenberger Clint Takeda

Hash Jar Tempo is a collaborative musical project between the members of Philadelphia-based psychedelic band Bardo Pond and experimental guitarist and composer Roy Montgomery. The band was founded in March 1995 and have released two albums, Well Oiled and Under Glass, and have never toured.

History

In 1995, Montgomery was introduced to the members of Bardo Pond, who were already familiar with Roy Montgomery's Dadamah project. On March 26, members of Bardo Pond and Montgomery entered the studio and recorded a completely improvised session. The improvised pieces from that session would be released two years later as Well Oiled under the name Hash Jar Tempo, a pun on the band name Ash Ra Tempel. When Montgomery returned to the States, the band reunited and recorded another improvised session on April 27, 1998, this time with Isobel's participation. The band released the music on their final album Under Glass the following year.

Band members

Former members

• Joe Culver – drums (1995, 1998)
• John Gibbons – guitar (1995, 1998)
• Michael Gibbons – guitar (1995, 1998)
• Roy Montgomery – guitar (1995, 1998)
• Isobel Sollenberger – flute (1998)
• Clint Takeda – bass guitar (1995, 1998)

Discography

Studio albums

• Well Oiled (Drunken Fish, 1997)
• Under Glass (Drunken Fish, 1999)

References

1. Hash Jar Tempo — Well Oiled CD Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Bardo Pond Discography. Retrieved on July 18, 2011.
2. Hash Jar Tempo: Biography. Allmusic Biography. Retrieved on July 18, 2011.
3. Dale, Tony. Bardo Pond Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, 2001. Bardo Pond Interview & Biography. Retrieved on July 18, 2011.
4. Splendid. Bardo Pond: Parabolic Stuff Archived 2011-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. Bardo Pond Interview. Retrieved on July 18, 2011.

External links

• Hash Jar Tempo discography at Discogs
• Hash Jar Tempo discography at MusicBrainz

• American post-rock groups
• Free improvisation ensembles
• Musical groups from Philadelphia
• American psychedelic rock music groups
• Drunken Fish Records artists
• Musical groups established in 1995
• Musical groups disestablished in 1995
• Musical groups reestablished in 1998
• Musical groups disestablished in 1998