The Throes (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Throes


Img_capt = Cover: All The Flowers Growing In Your Mothers Eyes (1990)
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Washington, D.C.
Northern Virginia
United States
Instrument =
Genre = Indie Band

Years_active = 1988-Present
Label = R.E.X. Records
Glasshouse Records
Rode Dog / BMG
Brainstorm Artists
Associated_acts = Daniel Amos
Poole
The Lilys
The Choir
John Austin
Current_members = Bill Campbell
Harry Evans (musician)
Harry Evans
Jeff Booth
David Lash
Harv Evans
Past_members = Joy Gewalt (bass guitar)

The Throes is an indie band formed in 1988 in Northern Virginia.

The original lineup consisted of singer/guitarist Bill Campbell, percussionist Harry Evans and bassist Joy Gewalt. Friends from the suburbs of Greater Washington, D.C., The Throes released an independent cassette in 1989, "The Era of Condolence", featuring seven songs written by Campbell and Evans of "youth, love and unanswered questions." [http://www.myspace.com/throes The Throes My Space Page] ]

In 1990, The Throes were the first alternative pop band to sign with R.E.X. Records, an indie label based out of New York City and known mostly for its speed and death metal acts. In September 1990, The Throes released "All The Flowers Growing In Your Mother's Eyes," which features "a barrage of guitars, vocals and the lyrical musings of Harry Evans". Or, as reviewer J. Edward Keyes says, "Flowers" "creates moody, dour pop akin to REM and The Smiths" with "sparkling guitar" driven by "idiosyncratic percussion." On the whole, Keyes says, the album is "charged with the unmistakable energy of possibility, the sound of a young band who still believes they can change the world." [http://wc01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifwxqejldde All Music.com: Review of "All The Flowers Growing in Your Mother's Eyes"] ]

Three albums followed: "Fall on Your World" (1992) [http://wc01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:knfwxqegld6e All Music.com: Review of "Fall on Your World"] ] ; "12 Before 9" (1995), featuring the only remaining founding member, Bill Campbell, presiding over its creation [http://wc01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fqxq9hldhe AllMusic.com Review of "12 Before 9"] ] ; and "Amerofriasiana" (1997), ushering the return of Harry Evans. [http://wc01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hnfoxqt0ldke AllMusic.com Review of "Amerofriasian"] ] .

Current band members are as follows: Campbell and Evans, Jeff Booth, David Lash, and Harv Evans.

The Throes fifth album, "Evila", is forthcoming. [http://www.thethroes.com Throes Official Website] ]

Discography

*All The Flowers Growing in Your Mother’s Eyes (1990) – R.E.X
*Fall on Your World (1992) - Glasshouse
*12 Before 9 (1995) - Rode Dog/BMG
*Amerofriasiana (1997) – Brainstorm Artists
*Evila (forthcoming)

Compilations

*, 2000

References

External links

* [http://www.thethroes.com/ The Throes official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/throes The Throes My Space Page]
* [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3xfuxql5ldte AllMusic.com: The Throes]