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Verve Pipe- Photograph
The Verve
Pipe were formed in Lansing, Michigan in
1992 by Brian Vander Ark (vocals, guitar),
Donny Brown (drums, backing vocals), Brad
Vander Ark (bass, backing vocals), and Brian
Stout (guitar, backing vocals). The Vander
Arks had played previously in Johnny with an
Eye, and Brown and Stout had played in Water
4 the Pool -- both bands had been local
favorites throughout Michigan.
Porno For Pyros- Pets
Perry Farrell's
post-Jane's Addiction band, Porno for Pyros,
followed the same path as his previous band,
combining art rock, punk, heavy metal, and
funk into one shrieking whole. On their
self-titled 1993 debut,
Farrell's
pretensions got out of hand at times,
resulting in some ridiculously self-absorbed
conceptual pieces sitting next to some
straightforward rockers and pop songs; it
sold well at first, but soon slipped down
the charts. While he prepared new
Porno material in
1994,
Farrell returned
to the organization of Lollapalooza -- the
traveling rock festival he conceived -- for
the first time since 1992. The band released
Good Gods Urge in
1996.
Toad The Wet Sprocket- Walk On The Ocean
Named in
honor of a sketch by the
Monty Python
comedy
troupe, Toad the Wet Sprocket became one of
the most successful alternative rock bands
of the early '90s, boasting a contemporary
folk-pop sound that wielded enough melody
and
R.E.M.-styled
jangle to straddle both the modern rock and
adult contemporary markets. Singer
Glen Phillips,
guitarist
Todd Nichols,
bassist
Dean Dinning (the
nephew of '50s hitmaker
Mark "Teen Angel" Dinning),
and drummer
Randy Guss
formed the group in 1986
Sponge- Molly (Sixteen Candles)
Sponge
was one of the more underrated groups in the
post-grunge boom of the mid-'90s. When they
were on top of their game -- as evidenced by
the hits "Plowed" and "Molly (Sixteen
Local H- Bound For The Floor
Born David Scott Lucas, Scott
is the nucleus of Local H. Not only is he
the vocalist, but he is also the guitarist
and bassist for the band. Raised in Zion,
Illinois, Scott started Local H in 1987 with
high-school friends Joe Daniels on drums and
Matt Garcia on bass. When Matt left the band
in the early 1990s, it was Scott who
developed a unique way to play bass and
electric
Gandharvas- Downtime
In the early 1990s, five
youths from London, Ontario decided to form
a rock band named after a Hindu term meaning
"celestial musicians to the gods." Paul Jago,
guitarists Jud Ruhl and Brian Ward,
bassist/keyboardist Beau Cook, and drummer
Tim McDonald became the Gandharvas. After
playing various live shows around the London
area, Watch Music took an interest in the
band; the Gandharvas then signed with the
label in 1994. That same year saw the
release of their debut album, A Soap Bubble
and Inertia. Hum-
Stars
Endless feedback, a heavenly
drone, and an obsession with science and
outer space: these three elements perhaps
most define the beautiful style that has
become the trademark of the unmatchable Hum.
Despite a career marked with slight
commercial successes, most obviously their
1996
radio
hit "Stars," Hum has never quite been given
the full attention and emphasis that they
deserve.
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