When Coombes began working at the local Harvester , he befriended co-worker Mick Quinn . The two realised they had common music interests and Coombes invited Quinn to come and jam with him and Goffey. In February 1993 they formed a band named Theodore Supergrass “for about two months,” according…
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Jimmy Eat World formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona . Front man Jim Adkins and drummer Zach Lind, who had been friends since preschool, joined guitarist Tom Linton and bassist Mitchel Porter to try their hand at music. They originally formed with a punk rock sound and first released a…
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After the Puck and Zen experience, Jenkins moved in the direction of starting a rock band. Jenkins recounted that over the span of a few years, he recruited members, and they dropped out because of drug addiction or join other bands. Jenkins wrote and workshopped early material with musician Jason…
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Reset was formed in 1993 by Pierre Bouvier and Chuck Comeau when they were 13 years old. The original band members were Pierre Bouvier (vocals), Philippe Jolicoeur (guitar and vocals), Chuck Comeau (drums), and Jean-Sébastien Boileau (bass). The original name for the band was Roach, but as another Canadian band…
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Green Day supported another California punk band Bad Religion as an opening act for their Recipe for Hate Tour for most of 1993.
Acid Eaters , consisting entirely of cover songs, came out in 1993.
Burney and Chandler soon formed the Folkadots, while Wiseman formed Gary & the Wiseman. Burney and Chandler, along with Morrill, also formed the band Slaw. Around this time, Reddick formed the band Terminal Seasons. Not too long after, Reddick and Morrill formed coolfork! which Burney later joined. The band was…
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That same year, the Ramones were featured in the animated television series The Simpsons , providing music and voices for animated versions of themselves in the episode ” Rosebud “, marking the series’ first guest appearance by a punk band. Executive producer David Mirkin described the Ramones as “gigantic, obsessive…
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In 1993 the band recorded the Garage Girl demo tape, which featured “Jack Names the Planets” and “Intense Thing”, taken from Shed , and new tracks, including “Petrol”. Following Garage Girl , Ash released a compilation demo tape, Pipe Smokin’ Brick later that year, which featured an assortment of songs…
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Gob formed in 1993 consisting of Tom Thacker as lead guitarist and vocalist, Theo Goutzinakis as rhythm/co-lead guitarist and vocalist, Patrick “Wolfman Pat” Paszana on drums, and Kelly Macauley on bass guitar. Thacker and Goutzinakis often switched between lead vocals with Goutzinakis playing the occasional lead guitar line.