Scott McCaughey

The droll laughter and garage rock stylings of Young Fresh Fellows leader Scott McCaughey (vocals, bass) was an intrinsic, yet often overlooked, element in the Seattle alternative music revolution of the first ’90s. McCaughey shaped the Little Clean Fellows in 1982 with Chuck Carroll (electric guitar) and Tad Hutchinson (drums). McCaughey’s witty songwriting and ’60s pop hooks had been instantly welcomed by university radio; you start with 1984’s The Fantastic Sounds from the Northwest, the Youthful Fresh Fellows had been all-stars on student-run channels. The mainstream might have been oblivious to McCaughey’s function, but he helped to pioneer a sound that could ultimately awaken the public to music not really manufactured by companies. In 1989, McCaughey released a single record, My Chartreuse Opinion. Regardless of the visible of Seattle rock and roll in the ’90s, the Little Fresh Fellows had been as well quirky to capitalize in the achievement of their peers; McCaughey split up the group in 1993. Following the Little Fresh Fellows split, McCaughey shaped the Minus 5, a music group having a revolving door of music artists, including R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck and people from the Posies. The Minus 5 documented their first record, Aged Liquidator, in 1995, accompanied by The Lonesome Loss of life of Buck McCoy in 1997. McCaughey provides toured as a supplementary musician for R.E.M.