Seaweed is a band from Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...

 who were active throughout the 1990s. Their style of music is a combination of punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 and grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

, mostly due to its 'dirty' sound.

History

In their early days, Seaweed was signed to Washington's Sub Pop

Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

, but later released albums on Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by Disney Music Group, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.-History:Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner with the idea of expanding the music operations of the company and to develop and promote...

 and Merge Records

Merge Records

Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...

. Seaweed's contemporaries during the time of their existence included Mudhoney, Samiam

Samiam

-Biography:Samiam was formed in late 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. Their first show was in January 1989 with Christ on Parade. They released records through New Red Archives and Hopeless Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Europe. In the mid-'90s, the band...

, Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker (band)

Jawbreaker was an American punk rock band active from 1986 to 1996 and considered one of the most influential acts of the early-1990s emo movement...

 and tourmates Superchunk

Superchunk

Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, consisting of singer/guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Jon Wurster. Formed in 1989, they were one of the bands that helped define the Chapel Hill music scene of the 1990s...

 and Quicksand

Quicksand (band)

Quicksand was an American post-hardcore band from New York City founded in 1990 by singer/songwriter Walter Schreifels. Their debut self-titled EP was followed by two major label albums, Slip and Manic Compression...

. Their song "Kid Candy" was featured as a music video in an episode of Beavis and Butt-head

Beavis and Butt-Head

Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. Beavis and Butt-head originally aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997...

.

The band toured extensively in the United States with Green Day

Green Day

Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...

, Candlebox

Candlebox

Candlebox is an American alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. Since their debut, the group has released four studio albums, which have achieved multi-platinum and gold certification, as well as numerous charting singles, a compilation, and a CD+DVD....

 and Bad Religion

Bad Religion

Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...

 as well as overseas, including shows in Brazil with Garage Fuzz. They were well-known for their cover of Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...

's "Go Your Own Way", which appeared in the movie Clerks

Clerks

Clerks is a 1994 independent comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also appears in the film as Silent Bob. Starring Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks and Jeff Anderson as Randal Graves, it presents a day in the lives of two store clerks and their acquaintances...

. In 2006, their song "Losing Skin" appeared on the soundtrack for the video game NHL 2K7.

On May 15, 2007, the band announced, via MySpace

MySpace

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, that they had reformed and were writing a new album, tentatively titled Small Engine Repair. They also announced several live dates.

Band members

• Aaron Stauffer – vocals
  Singing
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• Clint Werner – guitar
  Guitar
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• Wade Neal – guitar
  Guitar
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• John Atkins – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Jesse Fox – drums
  Drum kit
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   (2007–present)

Former members

• Bob Bulgrien – drums
  Drum kit
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   (1989–1999)
• Alan Cage – drums
  Drum kit
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   (1999)

Albums

• Despised
  Despised (Seaweed album)
  Despised is the debut album by Washington based Punk rock/Grunge band Seaweed.It was released in 1991 by Sub Pop.- Track listing :# Selfish# One Out Of Four# Rethink# Stale# Bought It# Sit In Glass# Installing# Patchwork# Inside# Lovegut...
  
  (1991, Sub Pop)
• Weak (1992, Sub Pop)
• Four (1993, Sub Pop)
• Spanaway (1995, Hollywood Records)
• Actions and Indications (1998, Merge Records)

Singles

• Just A Smirk 7" (1990, Leopard Gecko)
  1. "Just A Smirk"
  2. "Installing"
• Seaweed/ Superchunk/ Geek" (1990, Leopard Gecko)
  1. "Patchwork"
• Deertrap 7" (1991, K Records
  K Records
  K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and presently in the bands Dub Narcotic Sound System and The Hive Dwellers...
  
  )
  1. "Deertrap"
  2. "Carousel"
• Bill 7" (1992, Subpop)
  1. "Bill"
  2. "Pumpkin (Wwax)"
• Bill 12"/CD (1992, Subpop)
  1. "Bill"
  2. "Pumpkin (Wwax)"
  3. "Squint: The Killerest Expression"
• Measure 7" (1992, Subpop)
  1. "Measure"
  2. "Turnout"
• Measure 12"/CD (1992, Subpop)
  1. "Measure"
  2. "Turnout"
  3. "Taxing" (demo version)
• Go Your Own Way CD (1993, Subpop)
  1. "Go Your Own Way"
  2. "Losing Skin" (remix)
  3. "Card Tricks"
  4. "She Cracked" (Nathan Rox)
• Go Your Own Way 7"/CD (1993, Subpop)
  1. "Go Your Own Way"
  2. "Losing Skin" (remix)
  3. "She Cracked"
• Kid Candy PROMO CD (1993, Subpop)
  1. "Kid Candy" (radio edit)
  2. "Sing Through Me"
  3. "Shephard's Pie"
• Free drug zone CD (1995)
  1. "Baggage" (demo version) CD only
• Service Deck/The Weight 7" (2011, No Idea)

Compilation appearances

• The Estrus Lunch Bucket (Estrus, 1990)
  • "Bewitched"
• Three's A Company (Simple Machines
  Simple Machines
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  /Merge Records/Leopard Gecko, 1990)
  • "Patchwork"
• The Estrus Half-Rack (Estrus, 1991)
  • "Foggy Eyes" (Beat Happening
    Beat Happening
    Beat Happening is an American punk band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis and Bret Lunsford have been the band's continual members...
    
    )
• International Pop Underground Convention (K Records, 1991)
  • "Bill"
• Fortune Cookie Prize (Simple Machines, 1992)
  • "Foggy Eyes" (Beat Happening)
• Revolution Come 'n' Gone (Subpop, 1992)
  • "Baggage"
• International Hip Swing
  International Hip Swing
  International Hip Swing is a compilation CD released by the label K Records in 1993.International Hip Swing gathered together a selection of recordings previously released in the series of "International Pop Underground" 7" 45 vinyl singles....
  
  (K Records, 1993)
  • "Deer Trap"
• Alternative Route '94 (?)
  • "Losing Skin"
• Jabberjaw No. 4 (Mammoth Records
  Mammoth Records
  Founded by Jay Faires in 1989 in Carrboro, North Carolina, Mammoth Records was one of the premiere independent record labels of the 1990s. Its roster featured such diverse talent as Antenna, Blake Babies, Chainsaw Kittens, Dash Rip Rock, Dillon Fence, Far Too Jones, Frente!, Fun-Da-Mental, Fu...
  
  , 1994)
  • "My Letters"
• Jabberjaw No. 5 Good To The Last Drop (Mammoth Records, 1994)
  • "My Letters"
• John Peel
  John Peel
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   Sub Pop Sessions (Sub Pop, 1994)
  • "Sit in Glass"
  • "She Cracked"
• Music From The Motion Picture Clerks (Sony, 1994)
  • "Go Your Own Way"
• West X North-South (Vagrant Records
  Vagrant Records
  Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...
  
  , 1995)
  • "Sing Through Me"
• Oh, Merge (Merge Records, 1999)
  • "Brand New Order"
• Live At Emo's (Rise Records
  Rise Records
  -History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and...
  
  , year ?)
  • "Baggage"
• Patchwork Compilation (Mere Exposure Records, 2002)
  • "Days Missed Dearly"
• Nowcore! The Punk Rock Evolution (K-tel, 1999)
  • "Start With"

External links

• [ Seaweed at the AMG]
• Seaweed at Sub Pop
• Seaweed at MySpace