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The Posies Is An American Indie Rock Band Originally From Bellingham WA. United States Although All Band Members Had Moved To Seattle When The Band Gained Prominence. The Band's Two Core Members Singers Songwriters And Guitarists Are Jon Auer And Ken Stringfellow. The Posies Began As A Set Of Informal Home Recordings By Stringfellow And Auer But Soon Became A Full-Fledged Band. Those Early Demos Were Released As The Album Failure 1988 . Mike Musburger And Rick Roberts Joined Soon After Allowing The Band To Play Its First Live Shows In Seattle And Bellingham. The Four Then Moved Into A House In Seattle's University District. The Band's First Full Album Was Their Major-Label Début Dear 23 1990 . It Was Produced By John Leckie And Features Lush Orchestrations For The Songwriters' Literate Clever Melodic Pop With Occasional Hard-Hitting Guitars. The Posies' Guitars Hit Even Harder On Their Third And Fourth Albums 1993's Frosting On The Beater And 1996's Amazing Disgrace. These Two Albums Are The Band's Most Succesful And Are Still Widely Regarded As Classics In Indie Rock And 'power Pop'. The Band's Rhythm Section Underwent Many Changes Over The Years. During The Recording Of 'Frosting' Roberts Left And Was Replaced By Dave Fox. During The 1994 European Tour Musberger Left New Bassist Joe Howard A.K.A. Joe Skyward Whole Brian Young Took Over On Drums The 'Amazing Disgrace Line-Up' Also Recorded Album #5 Success 1998 Which Failed Commercially. The Posies Went On Hiatus While The Members Concentrated On Outside Projects Including Solo Albums Stringfellow Auer And Projects Such As Lucky Me Skyward And Chariot While Brian Young Played Drums In Fountains Of Wayne. From 1997 To 2001 There Was Only Sporadic Posies Activity Although Two Live Albums Saw The Light Of Day An 'electric' One Alive Before The Iceberg 1999 And An 'acoustic' One In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In 2000 . After A Satisfying Tour As A Duo Auer And Stringfellow Brought The Band Back To Active Service Now With Darius Minwalla On Drums And Matt Harris On Bass. The New Line-Up Recorded And Released The Studio Albums Every Kind Of Light 2005 And The Particularly Well-Received Blood/Candy 2010 . From 1993 Onwards Auer And Stringfellow Also Joined Alex Chilton And Jody Stephens As Band Members Of 'power Pop' Legends Big Star Playing On Many Tours As Well As The Big Star Studio Album In Space 2005 . The Years 2010-2016 Were A Particularly Dark Time For The Posies. Ayer And Stringfellow's Association With Big Star Came To An Abrupt End When Alex Chilton Died In 2010. The Posies' 2014 Incarnation Included Darius Minwalla On Drums And Joe Skyward On Bass But Disaster Would Strike On May 21 2015 Darius Minwalla Died Suddenly In His Home In Vancouver From Unknown Causes. On March 26th 2016 Joe Skyward Passed Away After A Battle With Cancer. The Posies However Re-Emerged With A New Album Their 8th Solid States Set For An April 2016 Release.
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Biography - The Posies
The Posies Is An American Indie Rock Band Originally From Bellingham WA. United States Although All Band Members Had Moved To Seattle When The Band Gained Prominence. The Band's Two Core Members Singers Songwriters And Guitarists Are Jon Auer And Ken Stringfellow. The Posies Began As A Set Of Informal Home Recordings By Stringfellow And Auer But Soon Became A Full-Fledged Band. Those Early Demos Were Released As The Album Failure 1988 . Mike Musburger And Rick Roberts Joined Soon After Allowing The Band To Play Its First Live Shows In Seattle And Bellingham. The Four Then Moved Into A House In Seattle's University District. The Band's First Full Album Was Their Major-Label Début Dear 23 1990 . It Was Produced By John Leckie And Features Lush Orchestrations For The Songwriters' Literate Clever Melodic Pop With Occasional Hard-Hitting Guitars. The Posies' Guitars Hit Even Harder On Their Third And Fourth Albums 1993's Frosting On The Beater And 1996's Amazing Disgrace. These Two Albums Are The Band's Most Succesful And Are Still Widely Regarded As Classics In Indie Rock And 'power Pop'. The Band's Rhythm Section Underwent Many Changes Over The Years. During The Recording Of 'Frosting' Roberts Left And Was Replaced By Dave Fox. During The 1994 European Tour Musberger Left New Bassist Joe Howard A.K.A. Joe Skyward Whole Brian Young Took Over On Drums The 'Amazing Disgrace Line-Up' Also Recorded Album #5 Success 1998 Which Failed Commercially. The Posies Went On Hiatus While The Members Concentrated On Outside Projects Including Solo Albums Stringfellow Auer And Projects Such As Lucky Me Skyward And Chariot While Brian Young Played Drums In Fountains Of Wayne. From 1997 To 2001 There Was Only Sporadic Posies Activity Although Two Live Albums Saw The Light Of Day An 'electric' One Alive Before The Iceberg 1999 And An 'acoustic' One In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In 2000 . After A Satisfying Tour As A Duo Auer And Stringfellow Brought The Band Back To Active Service Now With Darius Minwalla On Drums And Matt Harris On Bass. The New Line-Up Recorded And Released The Studio Albums Every Kind Of Light 2005 And The Particularly Well-Received Blood/Candy 2010 . From 1993 Onwards Auer And Stringfellow Also Joined Alex Chilton And Jody Stephens As Band Members Of 'power Pop' Legends Big Star Playing On Many Tours As Well As The Big Star Studio Album In Space 2005 . The Years 2010-2016 Were A Particularly Dark Time For The Posies. Ayer And Stringfellow's Association With Big Star Came To An Abrupt End When Alex Chilton Died In 2010. The Posies' 2014 Incarnation Included Darius Minwalla On Drums And Joe Skyward On Bass But Disaster Would Strike On May 21 2015 Darius Minwalla Died Suddenly In His Home In Vancouver From Unknown Causes. On March 26th 2016 Joe Skyward Passed Away After A Battle With Cancer. The Posies However Re-Emerged With A New Album Their 8th Solid States Set For An April 2016 Release.
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