Long Hair In Three Stages is the debut full-length studio album by the Chicago-based experimental rock quartet U.S. Maple. The band formed in early 1995 seeking to "deconstruct rock, only to "erase rock and roll entirely from [their] collective minds" and "then set out to devise a working method for reorganizing the rock and rock, keeping what we feel areits most important core elements." After recording a debut single, they recorded the album in late 1995 at the Solid Sound Studios in Illinois with producer Jim O'Rourke. It was O'Rourke's first recording session with a rock band. The album is often said to "deconstruct" rock music, and in the words of Allmusic, contains "angular guitar attacks, odd skronks, jazzy tones, and a generally deconstructive approach to music into a sound of unpa