Biography
Upon the breakup from the Boise, ID, punk band State of Confusion, several associates elected to head west towards the thriving then-underground scene in Seattle, therefore guitarist/vocalist Doug Martsch, guitarist/vocalist Scott Schmaljohn, bassist Pat Brown, and drummer Wayne Rhino Flower became Treepeople. An frequently melodic combination between punk and grunge highlighted by Martsch and Schmaljohn’s electric guitar interplay, Treepeople’s audio was hardly ever really altered to match the post-Nirvana Seattle formulation, and perhaps therefore, the group hardly ever attracted just as much interest outside the regional scene as much of its contemporaries. The group debuted over the Dangerous Surprise label in 1989 with Guilt Regret Humiliation, switching to C/Z for Something Vicious for Tomorrow, which didn’t show up until 1992 but additionally included the away from print EP Period Whore. By this time around, Tony Dallas Reed acquired bought out the drum chair; for another album, 1993’s Simply Kidding, Reed turned to bass (overtaking for new dad Dark brown) and Eric Akre (ex-Christ on the Crutch) had taken his placement behind the drum established. Declaring he was sick and tired of touring, Martsch himself after that quit the music group, leaving Schmaljohn because the just remaining primary member; on Treepeople’s last album, 1994’s Real Re-Enactment, the lineup presented Schmaljohn, Akre, guitarist John Polle, and bassist Eric Carnell. Martsch after that resurfaced in Created to Spill.