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One of the better bands using the worst type of fortune, New Jersey’s the Wrens were establishing themselves among the catchiest & most thoughtful indie rock and roll sets of the ’90s when label complications prevented them from releasing another recording for seven years. The group — guitarist/vocalist Charles Bissell, …

Birmingham, AL-native Mike Thrasher left for LA in the first ’90s, starting up with John Boutin (drummer) and Matt Westfield (bass) to create Gwenmars in 1995. The trio designed their very own guitar-driven alterna-rock in the influences from the Treat and Echo & the Bunnymen, that was quite recognizable in …

Mixing wry, intelligent lyrics and erotic overtones with alternate tunings and distortion, Menthol produces its own edition of noisy punk pop. The music group began in 1991 in Champaign-Urbana, Sick., where in fact the three music group members, previous Hum bassist Balthazar De Ley (vocals and electric guitar), Joel Spencer …

First used mainly because an outlet for relieving job anxieties among friends, Possum Dixon ballooned in to the big style when Interscope signed them about the effectiveness of their L.A. golf club trips. The band’s neo-new influx pop style 1st made an appearance in early 1993 on the self-titled debut. …

The choice punk-pop group Walt Mink formed in the later ’80s at Macalester College in Minnesota, with guitarist/vocalist John Kimbrough, bassist Candice Belanoff, and drummer Joey Waronker taking their name from a popular psychology professor. Motivated by proto-punkster Jonathan Richman in addition to British folky Nick Drake (whose “Green Moon” …

Named following the infamous, clean cut, bible thumping neighbor from the Simpsons, the ironically entitled Flanders are not. Making use of their 1995 debut seven-inch I Am The Parmesan cheese, the fall into line of Gibby (drums), Julie (vocals), Johnny (bass/ accordion) and Stephen (acoustic guitar) taken to their indigenous …

Initially pegged because the voice of the generation when “Loser” converted into a smash crossover success, Beck finished up crystallizing a lot of the postmodern ruckus inherent within the ’90s alternative explosion, however in unexpected ways. Located in the underground anti-folk and noise-rock worlds, Beck encompassed all types of contemporary …

Area of the extended Squirrel Bait family members tree, Bitch Magnet was 1 of 2 rings that guitarist David Grubbs joined in the wake of his departure. Unlike another one, Bastro, Grubbs wasn’t a charter person in Bitch Magnet, nor was he the first choice; that duty dropped to bassist/vocalist …

The lineup from the Los Angeles-based indie pop quartet that dog. symbolized the flowering of another era of musical luminaries: vocalist/guitarist Anna Waronker was the girl of famed manufacturer and Warner Bros. mind Lenny Waronker, while bassist Rachel Haden and her violinist sister, Petra, had been two of the triplet …