- Garden Variety (band)
Garden Variety was an American rock band active in the 1990s. During their time together, the band created two LPs (a self-titled album in 1993 and "Knocking the Skill Level" in 1994) and several 7" singles between
1991 -1996 . The band broke up in the mid-1990s, with the members joining other bands.Band personnel
*Anthony Roman - bass, vocals
*Anthony Rizzo - guitar
*Joe Gorelick - drums, backing vocalsDiscography
*"New Guitar Parts" (Garden Variety split with JeJune 7") Montalban Hotel Records/BWR 1996
*"Binder" (CMJ New Music Monthly - May 1995 comp) gern blandstein/cmj 1995
*"Stickler" (Garden Variety split 7") Cargo 1995
*"(Knocking The Skill Level)" Cargo/Headhunter 1995
*"Parker" (Garden Variety split with Dahlia Seed 7") MintTone 1994
*"S/T" (Garden Variety) Gern Blandsten 1993
*"Hedge" (Garden Variety 7") MintTone 1992
*First demo tape recorded on Northern Blvd in Queens 1991Other appearances
Garden Variety appeared on a "SoundViews" magazine CD compilation, and with Pavement and many others on the famous "Homage" Descendants tribute CD. They were interviewed by actress
Janeane Garofalo on the 1995 "7-Up listen up" series (in studio interview and recordings), appeared on the Lookout Records compilation "Punk Rock USA" alongside Jawbreaker, appeared withTexas is the Reason , Quicksand and many more on the "Anti Matter" CD/vinyl compilation (as well as the "Anti Matter" book), and on several other VHS video compilations during 1995/1996. In 1996, "Vogue" magazine interviewed the band for its Spring 1996 issue.Where they are now
Anthony Roman played and recorded with
Rockets Red Glare , then created the band Radio 4.Anthony Rizzo played and recorded with members ofThe Bogmen in the bandVic Thrill (as guitarist "The Saturn Missile") and played guitar for Radio 4. He is currently playing in Little Embers.Joe Gorelick played and recorded withBluetip , Sugarhigh, The St. James Stars, Retisonic and Marah. He is currently playing a series of 2008 reunion shows Bluetip and Retisonic shows, in addition to recording new music with the two bands. A possible Marah U.S. tour is in the works.
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