the band began in without jeremy enigk in 1992. in late '93 they released one seven inch on their own label, one day i stopped breathing. it was called "flatland spider." jeremy joined the band in late '93. they then released another seven inch on their own label, this one called "thief, steal me a peach." on ? the band signed to the seattle indie label sub-pop. on may 10, 1993, diary was released. in march of 1994, before the release of the second album, jeremy became a born again christian. because of this, he naturally wanted to sing about his new life. dan didn't mind the idea, nate didn't at first, but then later changed his mind, and william was opposed to the idea from the beginning. as a result of this, the band broke up. on november 7, 1995, after the band had broken up, their second album, lp2, was released. the band has now reunited with former mommyheads bassist jeff palmer. thier new album, how it feels to be something on, will be released on september 22, 1998.
 

II. DISCOGRAPHY
 

A. DIARY (sub-pop 246, 246a, and 246b): was released on may 10, 1994. it features: seven, in circles, song about an angel, round, 47, the blankets were the stairs, pheurton skeurto, shadows, 48, grendel, and sometimes. it was produced by brad wood. matt conlon is credited as "the person who did everything else", he was their manager from 1992-1994. christopher thompson did all the artwork for the album except for the butterfly for pheurton skeurto which was done by nate's father, john. it was released on cassette, cd, and limited edition vinyl. it produced two singles, seven, and in circles, both of which were made into videos. *the songs seven, 8, no.9, 47, and 48 are the seventh, eighth, and ninth songs written with jeremy and the forty-seventh and forty-eighth songs written prior to him joining the band.

B. LP2 (sub-pop 316,316a, and 316b): was released on november 7, 1995. it features: friday, theo b, red elephant, 5/4, waffle, 8, iscarabaid, j'nuh, and rodeo jones. it was produced by sunny day real estate and brad wood. it contained no liner notes because of environmental concerns. it was also without lyrics supposedly because jeremy wanted left open for personal interpretation. see * in II-A for explanation of 8.

C. HOW IT FEELS TO BE SOMETHING ON (sub-pop): released on september 22, 1998. it features: pillars, roses in water, every shining time you arrive, two promises, 100 million, how it feels to be something on, the prophet, guitar and video games, the shark's own private fuck, and days were golden. it was produced by greg williamson. christopher thompson (diary) again does artwork for the album. the cover comes from the sun tattoo on jeremy's arm which comes from their 1st 7", flatland spider. see II-D for info. on that.

D. FLATLAND SPIDER (one day i stopped breathing #1): the first 7" released by sdre. this is before jeremy joined the band, so dan does the vocals. it features flatland spider and the onlies. out of print.

E. THIEF, STEAL ME A PEACH (one day i stopped breathing 2): the first sdre recording featuring jeremy on guitar and vocals. it features song #8 and song #9. this recording of song #8 is different than the 8 that is on lp2. see * in II-A for explanation of song #8 and song #9. it also contains a non-musical accompaniment. out of print.

F. SEVEN (sp promo #25): first sdre single. it features the seven (radio edit) and seven (from the album diary). it contains no artwork at all. out of print.

G. IN CIRCLES (sp promo #30): second and final sdre single. it features: in circles (radio edit), rodeo jones, no. 9, 48 (original version), and in circles (from the album diary). this recording of no.9 is different from the one on the thief, steal me a peach single. only about 2000 of these were sent out. out of print.

H. SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE/SHUDDER TO THINK SPLIT 7" (sp-4000): this is a 7" sub-pop released to promote the sdre/shudder to think tour in 1994. it features in circles by sdre and x-french t-shirt by shudder to think. out of print.

I. FRIDAY 7" (bacteria sour 400680): this is a 7" released by the pushead organization. it features friday and spade and parade. this recording of friday is different than the one appearing on lp2. out of print.

J. BATMAN FOREVER SOUNDTRACK: although the song is nowhere to be found in the movie, the soundtrack features 8.
 

III. BAND HISTORY

william has been playing drums since the fifth grade (where he often received detention for putting in too many rolls.) in seventh grade he was introduced to rock music by his brother. nate bought his first bass not because he had intentions of becoming a musician, but because he was told that the bass was the sexiest instrument. william's first band was called the screaming hormones. it consisted of about ten people from his school. basically, anyone who was interested in classic or punk rock. he and john atkins, a member of the screaming hormones, broke off for about four years and concentrated on learning how to write and shape songs. he says this was the most influential part of his career. william then got into a band with jeremy enigk called reason for hate. he left that one when his friend, greg williamson, asked him to go on tour and drum for his band positive greed.
nate's first band was called product of rape. it was with friends jason cobb, glen essary, and glen attebury. the whole thing was an argument. nate considers his first actual band diddly squat. they played hardcore and put out one 7". nate's next band was called brotherhood, a straight edge band from seattle. next, nate and the drummer for diddly squat, eric akre, conspired with the washington d.c. band, christ on a crutch, and reformed that band in seattle. they put out a lot of singles and one lp.
while will was in three other bands, including one called igloo sect, he also joined a band with nate and dan hoerner, called chewbacca kaboom. after many name changes, it eventually became sunny day real estate. nate left for a while to go on tour with christ on a crutch, and during this time, dan moved to bass and they recruited jeremy enigk to play guitar and sang. they were called thief, steal me a peach. upon nate's return, dan went back to guitar, jeremy stayed in the band, and they reverted to the name sunny day real estate.
 

IV. EQUIPMENT
 

A. JEREMY; jeremy uses three different guitars now.  he has his old ebony (black) gibsong sg standard that you'll recognize from the diary and lp2 days.  he also has a sunburst les paul custom semi-hollow body with an f-hole.  fianlly, perhaps his prized posession, a yellow/blond hollow les paul elegant from the gibson custom shop.  he runs his guitars into a pedal board conatining an ibanez ts(tube screamer)-9 distortion pedal, an arion stage tuner, and a plain grey pedal rumoured to have been made for him by greg.  he uses a vox 2X12 ac-30 class a rectifier amp.

B. DAN; dan also uses three guitars, a hollow body reissue of an older gibson model, an ebony les paul custom, and and ebony les paul standard.  like jeremy, he uses an ibanez ts-9 distortion pedal and and arion stage tuner.  he uses a matchless dc-10 30 watt 2X12 como amp.

C.  JOE; straight from joe's mouth, he uses:

8 by 10" ampeg cab
old svt head
brown 1962 p bass tuned to e
blue 1959 p bass tuned to d (not just the e string...the whole bass is tuned down a full whole step!!!)

D. WILL; ayotte drumset and zildjian cymbals...all ride, no crash...the following is from aol's drum mag page...

Drums: Ayotte WoodHoop
1. 24" x 20" bass drum
2. 14" x 7 SteelHoop snare drum
3. 15" x 14" mounted tom
4. 18" x 16" floor tom

Cymbals: Zildjian
A. 15" A Rock hi-hats
B. 20" K crash ride
C. 24" A Medium ride
D. 22" A crash ride

William Goldsmith also uses Zildjian 2B and 5B wood tip sticks.

E. NATE; fender precision bass and and rare ampeg 9x10 amp.

F. Jeff; an ampeg svt head (an older classic all tube 300 watt one, with a silver face), an ampeg 8x10 cabinet and gibson basses (a thunderbird, and one that looked like an updated grabber, at least inbody shape), he plays with his fingers.
 

V. WHERE THEY ARE NOW
 

A. JEREMY; he is now a solo artist and has released an album on sub-pop called "return of the frog queen." his solo stuff in on hold until after the new sdre album and tour, but he's anxious to get to work on a new solo album. he told me that he has a couple of things recorded with will. he is also featured on the song "luchuck" of of bare minimum's new cd, can't cure the nailbiters.

B. DAN; he lives on a farm in rural washington where he lives off of the land and his own crops (except for the occasional trips to safeway.)

C. WILL; he is no longer a member of the foo fighters. he recorded some drums for mary lou lord's new album, he is on the song called "subway".

D. Nate; he is staying with the foo fighters and is no longer a part of the band. reasons for this are the simple facts that he really likes playing in the foo fighters and to rational decision that he has a mortgage and stuff like that and he needs to make a living.
 

VI. COOL FACTS AND QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 

"what is tsmap?"

tsmap="theif, steal me a peach", sdre's 2nd 7", the first featuring jeremy.

"where can i find the 7"s?"

people (including me) have received "thief, steal me a peach" from http://www.cdeurope com. try searching on-line record stores or local record stores the carry out-of-print stuff and hope you get lucky.

"what is the "pushead" 7"?"

the "pushead" 7" is actually the "friday" 7". it frequently goes by both names.

"what is jeremy saying on lp2?"

try either brian's or my own sdre pages. (brian's lyrics are much more accurate)

"is jeremy british?"

no, he is a native of the great state of washington, but he has admitted that he likes to mimmick the singing style of john lennon.

"are any of will's drum parts overdubbed?"

the only drum dubbing done by will was the tamborine dubbed in on "8".

"are will and nate on the first foo fighters album?"

no, that album was recorded entirely by dave except for one song, which featured greg dulli from the afghan wigs.

*sdre has sold more than 50,000 albums (diary and lp2 combined)*

*at the foo fighters concert i went to, will called jeremy "a fucking genious."*

*chris thompson, the guy who did most of the "diary" drawings is now a tattoo artist in seattle.*

*william doesn't use crash cymbals on his drumset, he uses all ride cymbals and uses them like crashes.*
 

VII. WEB PAGES
 

alex carmicheal's sunny day real estate page (home of the sdre-l archives)
http://www.et.byu.edu/~loser

ansigod's sunny day real estate page
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~bpmccal/sdre.html

ansigod's lewis hollow page
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~bpmccal/hollow.html

blake takkunen's sunny day real estate page http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/9607/index.html
charles mcavoy's music page
http://www.oz.net/~peck/chamca32.htm

john despirito's sunny day real estate/jeremy enigk video page
http://www.sju.edu/~despirit/video.html

matt steadman's sunny day real estate page
http://www.netcom.com/%7Esteadmad/sdre.html

phillip webb johnston's jeremy enigk page
http://www.webmart.net/~pwjohnst/jenigk.htm

sub pop's official sunny day real estate page
http://www.subpop.com/bands/sdre/sdre.html