Absolute Grey
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Absolute Grey were an alternative rock
/jangle pop
band formed in September 1983 in Rochester, New York
, United States
. The group's original lineup compromised of percussionist Pat Thomas, guitarist Matt Kitchen, vocalist Beth Brown and bassist Mitchell Rasor. The band's debut release was a six-song cassette, followed by the Green House mini-LP
in December 1984. They then signed to Midnight Records, and two years after their debut released What Remains, produced by Tim Lee of The Windbreakers. Thomas left in 1987, later releasing a series of solo albums, and Kitchen also left, leaving Brown and Rasor to continue, with the acoustic Painted Post EP
released in mid-1987. A live album recorded in 1984 followed, released on the Greek Di-Di label, before the original line-up came back together to record their final album, Sand Down the Moon.
After disbanding in 1990, an expanded reissue of A Journey Through the Past was released in 2001. In 2003 a remixed edition of Green House: 20th Anniversary Edition with a bonus disc of live recordings was released. The band reunited, and announced plans for a new album in 2004, although nothing was released.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
/jangle pop
Jangle pop
Jangle pop is a genre of alternative rock from the mid-1980s that "marked a return to the chiming or jangly guitars and pop melodies of the '60s" bands such as The Byrds, with their electric twelve-string guitars and power pop song structures. Mid-1980s jangle pop was a non-mainstream "pop-based...
band formed in September 1983 in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
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, United States
United States
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. The group's original lineup compromised of percussionist Pat Thomas, guitarist Matt Kitchen, vocalist Beth Brown and bassist Mitchell Rasor. The band's debut release was a six-song cassette, followed by the Green House mini-LP
Mini-LP
A Mini-LP or Mini-album is a short album, usually retailing at a lower price than an album that would be considered "full-length".-History:...
in December 1984. They then signed to Midnight Records, and two years after their debut released What Remains, produced by Tim Lee of The Windbreakers. Thomas left in 1987, later releasing a series of solo albums, and Kitchen also left, leaving Brown and Rasor to continue, with the acoustic Painted Post EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
released in mid-1987. A live album recorded in 1984 followed, released on the Greek Di-Di label, before the original line-up came back together to record their final album, Sand Down the Moon.
After disbanding in 1990, an expanded reissue of A Journey Through the Past was released in 2001. In 2003 a remixed edition of Green House: 20th Anniversary Edition with a bonus disc of live recordings was released. The band reunited, and announced plans for a new album in 2004, although nothing was released.
Albums
- Green House (1984), Earring
- What Remains (1986), Midnight
- A Journey Through the Past (live) (1988), Di-Di
- Sand Down the Moon (1989), Di-Di
- Green House - 20th Anniversary (2004)
External links
- [ AMG info]
- Absolutegrey.com Official Website
- Paisley Pop - Greenhouse 20th anniversary reissue label
- Paisley UndergroundPaisley UndergroundPaisley Underground is an early genre of alternative rock, based primarily in Los Angeles, California, which was at its most popular in the mid-1980s.- History :...