MP3 Smidgen - Purple Green

First release by young southern Oregon 90s alternative wave legends. A seamless meld of complex and innovative rock music with quick funky beats. Made all the more impressive by the band still being in high school when this was originally released.

9 MP3 Songs in this album (34:46) !
Related styles: Rock: Post-Rock/Experimental, Rock: Funk Rock, Mood: Quirky

People who are interested in Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Mr. Bungle Red Hot Chili Peppers should consider this download.


Details:

Melding jazz and punk songwriting with strange noises and undeniably dancy rhythms, Smidgeon was âthe band,â for Southern Oregon in the early 90s. While somewhat comparable to better-known alt-rock groups like Mr. Bungle or early Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smidgeonâs style was their own. They wowed audiences with their ability to seamlessly meld complex and innovative rock music with funk beats and Sesame Street singalongs, influencing many a young Oregonian not just to pick up an instrument, but to dare to play it in a new way. It was a feat made all the more impressive by the band still being in high school when they formed.
Too alternative to ever achieve commercial success, the band served as a launching point for its members into other projects like Fractal and A Million Fingers.
(Josh Gross, August 2011))

Libby Roach - guitar, vocals
Warwick Varaday - bass
Kai Strandskov - trumpet
Shawn Evans - sax
Ken Frink - sax
Adam Rafalovich - drums

Recorded and mixed by Wayne Lobb in June of 1993
Mastered by Kipp Crawford in May of 2007

Special Thanks to: Tingle Finger Records, Dustin Wasserman, Josh Gross, Kipp Crawford, Wayne Lobb, Jake Merriman, Simon Martin, Jake Cotton for the artwork, The Cherry Poppin' Daddies, 5th Business, our amazing families and friends, you and anyone else we forgot to list.