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Artist: Front End Loader
Artist: Sugarsmack
The North Carolina alt-rock quintet Sugarsmack is led by vocalist Hope Nicholls, who was previously a member of roots rockers Fetchin Bones (issuing a string of albums that proved to be favorites of college radio during the late '80s). After the group's breakup, Nicholls formed Sugarsmack with her boyfriend/guitarist Aaron Pitkin, enlisting... [+] Read More
Artist: Challenger 7
Upon the demise of the Sydney indie outfit Front End Loader, bassist Richard Corey and drummer Peter Kostic got together with former You Am I guitarist Greg Hitchcock and former Kryptonics front man Ian Underwood in 1994. Assembled as the power-pop outfit Challenger 7, the group released a six song EP immediately recorded even before the group... [+] Read More
Artist: Thingy
Following the 1995 dissolution of the quirky art-pop band Heavy Vegetable, guitarist/singer/songwriter Rob Crow and lead singer Eléa Tenuta regrouped in Thingy, which turned into one of the restless and prolific Crow's main creative outlets. Both natives of the San Diego area, Crow and Tenuta added bassist Jason Soares (formerly of Loader,... [+] Read More
Artist: Fetchin Bones
Fetchin Bones missed the boat. Grungy years before grunge became an international phenomenon, Fetchin Bones wrote the blueprint for loud, metal-fueled, and female-led alternative groups like L7 and Hole to eventually reconstruct and take to the masses. Once college-radio all-stars, Fetchin Bones became forgotten left-of-the-dial pioneers,... [+] Read More
