# The Sunshine Fix

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The Sunshine Fix Origin Athens, Georgia, US Genres Indie rock experimental rock Years active 1993 2000–2012 Labels Elephant 6 Kindercore spinART Emperor Norton Past members Bill Doss Kevin Sweeney Sam Mixon Dave Gerow

**The Sunshine Fix** was an American [indie rock](/source/Indie_rock) group that released three albums from 1993 to 2004. Their main singer and songwriter was [Bill Doss](/source/Bill_Doss), known from [the Olivia Tremor Control](/source/The_Olivia_Tremor_Control). The name predated the Olivia Tremor Control and remained in use until Doss's 2012 death.

## History

Doss started the project while in high school, and self-released an album on cassette called *A Spiraling World of Pop*, later re-released under the [Elephant Six](/source/The_Elephant_Six_Collective) banner. Doss then met up with [Will Cullen Hart](/source/Will_Cullen_Hart) and [Jeff Mangum](/source/Jeff_Mangum); together, they formed [the Olivia Tremor Control](/source/The_Olivia_Tremor_Control), and the Sunshine Fix moniker was put into hiatus (although, as an aside, it became the title of an Olivia Tremor Control song, which appears on the *[Singles and Beyond](/source/Singles_and_Beyond)* compilation).

Following the dismantling of Olivia Tremor Control in 2000, Doss began recording under the Sunshine Fix name again, releasing a single and preparing an [EP](/source/Extended_play), which was released by [Kindercore Records](/source/Kindercore_Records) in 2000, featuring members of the Olivia Tremor Control, [Of Montreal](/source/Of_Montreal), [Elf Power](/source/Elf_Power), and others.

In 2001, Doss formed a more stable band, adding Kevin Sweeney and Sam Mixon, and released *[Age of the Sun](/source/Age_of_the_Sun)* on [Emperor Norton Records](/source/Emperor_Norton_Records).[1] A tour with the Four Corners followed. In 2001, drummer Dave Gerow joined the fray to tour in support of *Age of the Sun* with acts like [Guster](/source/Guster), [Ugly Casanova](/source/Ugly_Casanova), and Sloan. They continued touring and recorded *[Green Imagination](/source/Green_Imagination)* at the home of Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools and mixed by Andy Baker at The Bakery in Athens, Georgia. *Green Imagination* was released on [SpinART Records](/source/SpinART_Records) in 2004.[1] Although the record received a generally muted critical reception, the band continued to tour in its support. Doss continued to record songs for a new Sunshine Fix album until his death. He had said that the new material has a darker direction - "more Leonard Cohen than John Lennon"[2]

## Discography

The Sunshine Fix released albums and EPs on a variety of record labels.

### Albums

- *[A Spiraling World of Pop](/source/A_Spiraling_World_of_Pop)* ([Elephant 6](/source/Elephant_6); [cassette](/source/Compact_cassette); 1993)

- *[Age of the Sun](/source/Age_of_the_Sun)* ([Emperor Norton](/source/Emperor_Norton_Records)/[Kindercore](/source/Kindercore); [CD](/source/CD); 2001)

- *[Green Imagination](/source/Green_Imagination)* ([spinART Records](/source/SpinART_Records); [CD](/source/CD); 2004)

### EPs and singles

- *[Sunshine Fix EP](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sunshine_Fix_EP&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Elephant 6](/source/Elephant_6); [7"](/source/7%22); 1999)

- *[The Future History of a Sunshine Fix](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Future_History_of_a_Sunshine_Fix&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Kindercore](/source/Kindercore); [CD](/source/CD); 2000)

- *[That Ole Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=That_Ole_Sun&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Emperor Norton](/source/Emperor_Norton); [7"](/source/7%22); 2001

- *Happy Happy Birthday to Me Singles Club Single No. 13 (Split w/Always Red Society)* (HHBtM Records; [7"](/source/7%22); 2009)

### Compilation appearances

- "Friends Win" on *The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes And Villains* ([Rhino](/source/Rhino_Entertainment); CD; 2000)

- "Currency Exchange Communion" on *U.S. Pop Life, Volume 5 - Athens: The Invention to be Nobody & Nowhere* (Contact; [CD](/source/CD); 2000)

- "Ordinary Extraordinary" on *Kindercore Fifty* (Kindercore; [CD](/source/CD); 2000)

- "Sounds Around You" on *Beikoku Ongaku Vol.16* (Beikoku Ongaku; [CD](/source/CD); 2000)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AllMuWes_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AllMuWes_1-1) Westergaard, Sean. [The Sunshine Fix](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p441929) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Optical Atlas"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070312112343/http://opticalatlas.com/doss7.html). *Opticalatlas.com*. Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2020.

## External links

- ["The Sunshine Fix official website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204082544/http://www.thesunshinefix.com/index2.html). Archived from the original on February 4, 2002. Retrieved March 31, 2020.

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