UNCLE GREEN You 1989

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Artist Biography by Steve Huey

A jangly Southern power pop band in the classic mold, Atlanta-based Uncle Green featured vocalists/guitarists/songwriters Matt Brown and Jeff Jensen, bassist Bill Decker, and drummer Pete McDade. Naturally, Uncle Green looked to R.E.M. as a chief influence, but also drew from less elliptical power pop influences both classic (the Beatles, Squeeze) and contemporary (Trip Shakespeare, the Posies, Matthew Sweet). Formed when some of its members were just 15, Uncle Green debuted with two albums for the small New Vision label (1987's Get It Together and 1988's 15 Dryden), but didn't truly hit their stride until signing with the indie DB. Produced by Brendan O'Brien, 1989's You was a major step forward, finding Brown and Jensen both perfecting their voices as lyricists and their senses of craft and structure as tunesmiths. 1991's What an Experiment His Head Was further refined the group's sound and helped them land a major-label deal with Atlantic. With O'Brien again at the helm, Uncle Green recorded Book of Bad Thoughts, their hardest-rocking -- and, some said, best -- album yet. Unfortunately, despite radio's greater receptivity to Uncle Green's style of music, the record failed to catch on with a wider alternative audience; after Atlantic ditched them, the group wound up disbanding in 1994. However, they immediately regrouped -- with the exact same lineup -- as the slightly more alt-rock-sounding 3 Lb. Thrill; they signed to O'Brien's Sony subsidiary 57 and recorded one album, Vulture, in 1995. 

Tracklist

1	He's The Man	3:56
2	Time To Make Demands	2:45
3	Pass It By	3:10
4	Terrified	2:53
5	Vulnerability	4:43
6	At Least I've Got You	5:52
7	The Suspense Is Killing Me	3:03
8	Leave It Alone	3:05
9	I Wonder Why	3:41
10	A Word Of Advice	3:51
11	You	2:49
12	Permanent Love	4:45

 

 

3 LB THRILL Vulture 1995

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Artist Biography

by Charlotte Dillon

The alternative group 3 Lb. Thrill was formed in 1994 by guitarist, pianist, and vocalist Matt Brown, bassist Bill Decker, drummer Pete McDade, and vocalist Jeff Jensen on harmonica and guitar. The band's music, much of it written by Brown, offers fans guitar-based soft grunge, similar to tunes by groups like Total Chaos, Royal Hunt, and the Mutton Birds.

Brown, Decker, McDade, and Jensen had all originally worked together in a jangle pop band called Uncle Green. While performing as the long-lived Uncle Green, the band released five albums. Its first, What an Experiment His Head Was, came out in 1980 under the DB Records label. With tracks like "I Always Knew You'd Come to Me," "Guilty Party," and "Don't Fix It if It Works," Uncle Green's music was compared to that of artists like Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band and Thin White Rope.

By 1994, Uncle Green was officially laid to rest, but its members rose again as 3 Lb. Thrill. The foursome signed with Brendan O'Brien over at the 57 Records label, a subdivision of Sony 550 Music. The group, with its new name and a slightly revamped sound, released its debut album, Vulture, in 1995. The album is filled with numbers like "Baby Come Clean," "Something Will Come," and "Bikini Island."

 

Tracklist

1		Born Again
2		Diana
3		Baby Comes Clean
4		Stop Inviting
5		Mary Tells Me
6		Jeff's Fast One
7		Something Will Come
8		Bikini Island
9		Bad Seed
10		Coffin Nails
11		Collide
12		Embrace
13		Piñata