Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev is an American rock band in the late 1980s by David Baker ( vocals), Jonathan Donahue (guitar), Sean " Grasshopper " Mackowiak (guitar ), Dave Fridmann ( bass), Suzanne Thorpe (flute) and Jimmy Chambers ( drums) was founded in Buffalo, New York.

Band History

On their first recordings Mercury Rev playing experimental, yet melodic psychedelic rock. The band was in its early stages, often compared with the Flaming Lips, which is related, among other things, that Donahue and Fridmann before their Mercury Rev time worked together even with the Flaming Lips. In 1991, the band released its first album Yerself Is Steam after a demonstration at the British label Rough Trade landed. Although the album received good reviews and could produce relatively high sales figures, Rough Trade went only a short time after the release of the money and you could no longer bind to Mercury Rev themselves. Nevertheless, the band went in consequence to a larger tour of England, with some leaders of the record company Sony were aware of Mercury Rev and they took under contract. Sony released her debut album over again.

1993 takes the band on their second album Boces. But already during the recording, tensions arose between the singer David Baker and the rest of the band. Therefore, Baker left the band after the subsequent tour and launched as " Shady " his solo career. After the third album See You On The Other Side also Suzanne Thorpe and Jimmy Chambers left the band.

After Baker's exit Jonathan Donahue became the lead singer of the band. In 1998, the fourth Mercury Rev album for the label V2 has been released. The band consisted of Donahue, Mackowiak and Fridmann at the time, as well as the two new members Adam Snyder ( keyboards) and Jeff Mercer (drums). This album Deserter 's Songs was their most successful up to that recording and included with Goddess On A Hiway a known hit single.

The album All Is Dream was released in 2001 and succeeded with "The dark is rising " in the UK Top 20 (# 16) into the UK Top 40

It was followed by the successful album The Secret Migration ( 2005) and the compilation The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991-2006.

On 29 September 2008, the band released two albums: The studio album Snowflake Midnight and the freely downloadable on the Internet MP3 album Strange Attractor instrument.

In 2009 appeared the double CD The Complete Peel Sessions, on which various live sessions the last 10 years have been published. These include different versions of old songs as well as their own diverse cover versions (including songs by John Lennon, Captain Beefheart, Black Sabbath and Erik Satie ).

Discography

Albums

  • Yerself is steam (1991 )
  • Boces (1993 )
  • See You On The Other Side (1995 )
  • Deserter 's Songs (1998)
  • All Is Dream ( 2001)
  • The Secret Migration ( 2005)
  • Hello Blackbird ( soundtrack to the film Bye Bye Blackbird ) (2006 )
  • Strange Attractor ( MP3 album for free download) (2008)
  • Snowflake Midnight (2008)
  • The Complete Peel Sessions (2009)

Compilations

  • The Essential Mercury Rev - Stillness Breathes (1991-2006) (2006)
  • Back to Mine (2006)
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