Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Power Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1988 in Kent, OH
The Raspberries, The Move, The Hollies, Cheap Trick, Big Star, The Beatles, Alex Chilton, The Sneakers, Pilot, Guadalcanal Diary, Mott the Hoople, The Velvet Underground, Badfinger, The Kinks, The dB's, Jigsaw Chris Bell, Teenage Fanclub, Matthew Sweet, Bill Lloyd, The Merrymakers, Super Deluxe, Daryll-Ann, Gigolo Aunts, International Pop Overthrow, The Broken West, UHF, The Bigger Lovers, Popland, Sparkle*Jets U.K., Gallygows, John Moremen, Household Names, Frisbie, Scarlet Crush Saltine, Dolour, Beezewax, Carpe Wade, Autoliner, Cecilia Ann, Central Services, Sounds Like Violence, Botticellis, Surround Sound, Shake Some Action!, Lostage, The Everyday Visuals, Paper Airplane Pilots, Kenneth Ishak, Knievel, Wellingtons, Army/Navy, What Made Milwaukee Famous |  |
The Posies were one of the most popular power pop bands of the '90s; along with other revivalists like Matthew Sweet and Teenage Fanclub, they helped update the classic power pop sound for the alternative age, marrying bright, British Invasion-style melodies and harmonies to loud, grungy guitars and quirky lyrics. The Posies were centered around the partnership of guitarists/vocalists/songwriters Jonathan Auer and Ken Stringfellow, who began recording songs together in Auer's Bellingham, WA, home in 1988. That year, the duo self-released a cassette called Failure, on which they played all the instruments; sounding especially indebted to the Hollies and Simon & Garfunkel, it was soon picked up by the Seattle indie Pop Llama, and wound up getting the band a deal with Geffen.
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Release: June 28, 2005
Label: Rykodisc
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Release: October 11, 2000
Label: Not Lame Recordings
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