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DiskothiQ (1992 - 1999) shows up in catalogs, zines, interviews, and around the web varyingly as Diskothi-Q, DiskothiQ, Diskothiq, Diskothi Q, etc. I had used "Diskothi-Q" for simplicity's sake on the site for a few years, partly because it helps with the pronunciation (dis-KOTH-uh-cue, FYI, not disko-thick or disko-tick or disko-teek) but on December 4th, 2024, I finally directly asked Peter Hughes about his preference, and he came out on the anti-hyphen side, so I'm working on making that consistent across the site. However, the Q being capitalized is important.

DiskothiQ featured Peter Hughes on guitar and vocals, his brother Kevin Hughes on bass, and Kevin Trapp on drums. In its earliest incarnation, DiskothiQ also featured Rob Garlt on 2nd guitar (hi Rob). Broadly though, the lineup can be described in a two-circle Venn diagram:

DiskothiQ came to an end along with the 20th century. As Peter put it, on the old Sonic Enemy website:

Kevin Trapp moved to Israel. I moved to New York. My brother wondered what the hell we were thinking. Now, DiskothiQ sits in limbo, its best album unfinished, its potentially most popular albums fatally underpromoted, its profile in the musical community to which it once belonged fading to the muted, forgotten flicker of the white dwarf.

For almost ten years, DiskothiQ followed its musical ambitions into situations its limited abilities could never get it out of, placing a higher premium on the dubious virtues of earnestness and sincerity than more commonly valued attributes, such as talent, or skill. No matter. Those ten years saw the creation of an extensive body of work, slightly greater than half of which should not cause its members any embarrassment whatsoever. Four full-length releases (five if you count the one that's unmixed), half a dozen singles, and more compilation appearances than anyone should really be expected to keep track of -- least of all me -- should ensure DiskothiQ a place, however inconsequential, in posterity. If nothing else, the band will be remembered for its greatest accomplishment: consecutive Rock'n'Roll Super Bowl victories in 1999 and 2000, a feat that may never be duplicated.

Albums you can read about on this site:

Delicious, Homemade (1992, Sonic Enemy, cassette)
Harmless But Ultimately Unlovable / Loveless But Ultimately Unharmable (1993, Shrimper, cassette)
The Wandering Jew (1994, Shrimper, LP/CD) (1994, Sonic Enemy, cassette) 
Waterworld (1996, Shrimper, CD)
The Football Albums (1999, Sonic Enemy, CD)

7"s:

Massengil Split 7" (1992, Sonic Enemy)
Hit The North 3 (1993, Volvolo)
Massapoag (1994, Shrimper)
Rob/How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1994, Wabana/Ore Limited)
Lane Discipline (1996, Xmas Records)

Other:

Sad Truths (demos, online release)
The Yugo 7-Inch (compilation, but has one of the best DiskothiQ songs on it, and one of the best cover images relating to DiskothiQ)

And to browse by cover: 

The cassettes:
  

The albums:

The 7"s:

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