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Nothing Painted Blue was an American indie rock band led by songwriter Franklin Bruno since the 1990s. Bruno and drummer Kyle Brodie have been the only constant members as the remainder of the line-up has undergone a number of changes throughout the band's existence. They formed in 1987 in Los Angeles and released their debut LP, A Baby, A Blanket, A Packet of Seeds, in 1990. [1] Bruno and Brodie were previously in the band Born Leaders. [2]

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The band sometimes spelled their name as "N∅thing Painted Blue" (abbreviated "∅PB"), a use of notation for the empty set in mathematics. References to mathematics are common in their songwriting and iconography (Bruno's undergraduate degree was in mathematics); for example, their 1998 record was named after the Monte Carlo method.

Discography

Albums

[As yet never released on CD, it remains an obscure LP-only release.]
[Cassette-only release of tracks taken from four early college radio broadcast performances.]
[A compilation of several 7-inch single and compilation tracks.]
[The LP version included a bonus two-song 7-inch single.]

EPs

7" Singles and EPs

[A CD single edition includes a third song, "El Niño".]

Compilation appearances

[This track was also included on the Shrimper compilation Abridged Perversion.]
[From a split 7-inch with Refrigerator, included with an issue of Nipple Hardness Factor zine.]
[The track was, at the time, intended to be included on Emotional Discipline. It was taken from another of the band's early college radio broadcast performances not featured on Logorrhea.]
[This was a full-band version of a song originally recorded by Franklin Bruno solo.]
[A "rough", but ultimately not drastically different, mix of "Shameproof Flirt" from The Monte Carlo Method.]
[This was credited to 'Coco Pelli' and played by Franklin Bruno and Kyle Brodie without a bassist.]

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