Relish was an American band in the 1990s that began in Fullerton, California. Relish was composed of Michele Walker (vocals, guitar), Laurita Guaico (guitar, vocals), Gina Karaba (bass, vocals), and Lynnae Hitchcock (drums, vocals). Performing extensively through Southern California, and participating in the Warped Tour, they released a full-length self-titled CD in 1999 and a 7" single on Volcom Entertainment before disbanding.
Their music has been described as Black Sabbath meets Guided by Voices, featuring heavy guitars and unconventional time signatures.
Michele Walker now performs as a solo artist, Laurita Guaico plays bass for Spare Parts For Broken Hearts and was a member of The Randies, Gina Karaba is a renowned glass sculptor, and Lynnae Hitchcock was a member of the Human Value. Sarah Green joined Relish in 1999, after Gina Karaba left the band. Green was with Relish as a bass player until they disbanded after recording their last EP with limited release. Sarah Green is founder of Long Beach band, Spare Parts for Broken Hearts, and is joined by Guaico on guitar/bass. Both are still making records under that name.
Billie Joe Armstrong is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and lead guitarist of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1985. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The Longshot, and The Coverups.
Gene Andrusco, better known as Gene Eugene, was a Canadian-born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the alternative rock band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies and as a founding member of the supergroup Lost Dogs.
Michael Ryan Pritchard, better known by his stage name Mike Dirnt, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder, bassist, backing and occasional lead vocalist and former guitarist of Green Day. He has also played in several other bands, including the Frustrators. His stage name was originally a nickname that his friends from grade school gave him, as he constantly played "air bass/guitar" and made a "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" noise while pretending to pluck the strings.
Sugarcult is an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California formed in 1999. The band currently consists of Tim Pagnotta, Airin Older, Marko DeSantis, and Kenny Livingston.
Michael Robert Green was an English rock and roll guitarist who played with The Pirates, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, and Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers.
Vixen is an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1980. During its most commercially successful period from 1987 to 1992, the band consisted of Jan Kuehnemund, Janet Gardner, Share Ross, and Roxy Petrucci (drums).
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White Heart, also listed as Whiteheart, was an American contemporary Christian music pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes thirteen albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997. Original members Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl worked with a continually-changing cast of band-mates. In 1985, former roadie Rick Florian became the lead singer.
Home Grown was a North American skapunk/pop punk band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California. They released three full-length albums and several EPs before disbanding in 2005. Their music is often characterized as pop punk, lyrically favoring humor and silly or satirical subjects.
James Fearnley is an English musician. He plays accordion in the folk/punk band The Pogues.
Tim Keegan is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. Keegan has recorded and performed with various bands and as a solo artist. He has worked with a number of noted musicians including Robyn Hitchcock – he can be seen in Jonathan Demme's film about Hitchcock, Storefront Hitchcock – and played guitar on the Blue Aeroplanes' Rough Music album.
Skinlab is an American metal band formed in 1994 in San Francisco, California by vocalist/bassist Steev Esquivel and guitarist Mike Roberts, now with San Francisco Bay Areas RAZE the STRAY, guitarist Gary Wendt, and drummer Paul Hopkins. After releasing 3 full-length studio albums and an EP, they disbanded in 2003 following the departure of two core members.
Counterfit was an American rock band from Fairfield County, Connecticut formed in September 1999 and disbanded in November 2004. They released two EPs and one album on San Diego label Alphabet Records and San Francisco-based Negative Progression Records. Over the band's lifespan, they toured the United States extensively. Their music is best described as fitting into the indie rock, post-hardcore, and emo genres.
The Bamboos were a swamp and alternative rock band from Collie, Western Australia which formed in 1984 by mainstays Mark Gelmi on bass guitar and Craig Hallsworth on guitar and vocals. They relocated to Perth by the following year and were joined by Greg Hitchcock on guitar, and by Shakir Pichler on drums in 1986 who was replaced by Russell Hopkinson in the next year. The Bamboos released an album, Rarer than Rockinghorse Shit and an EP, Born Killer, before they disbanded in late 1987.
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The Randies are a female-fronted punk rock band from Los Angeles, California. They have been featured in Blender, as well as selected as the featured artists of the month on Fender's website. The Randies have produced two full-length albums, and also two music videos for songs from their second release. They toured often, only taking a few months off at a time when they reach their home in California. Their most recent major appearance was on the Vans Warped Tour in summer of 2008.
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