The Pharmacy

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Pharmacy

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Img_capt = From left to right: Brendhan Bowers, Scott Yoder
Background = group_or_band
Genre = Punk rock, psychedelic
Years_active = 2002—present
Label = Don't Stop Believin'
Tic Tac Totally
High Fives & Handshakes
Bachelor Records (Austria)
URL = [http://www.dontstopbelievin.net/ Don't Stop Believin']
(Record label)
Current_members = Scott Yoder
Brendhan Bowers
Stefan Rubicz
Past_members = Joey Seward
Ryan Thompson
Live_members = Calvin Havnaer

The Pharmacy is a psychedelic/indie punk band from Seattle, Washington, consisting of three members: Scott Yoder (guitar, lead vocals), Brendhan Bowers (drums, backing vocals), and Stefan Rubicz (keyboards, backing vocals). They also have been known to record with a wide array of other instruments including strings, horns, and many different types of synthesizers/keyboards. They occasionally play live with cellist Calvin Havnaer.

History

The Pharmacy were founded on Vashon Island, Washington in 2002 by Scott Yoder and Brendhan Bowers after leaving indie twee-pop band The Terror-Dactyls. The band was founded while they were in their freshman and junior years in high school. Drawing influence from Nirvana, The Unicorns, The Beatles, Electric Light Orchestra and Andrew W.K. the two created a messy mix of garage and punk, later evolving into a dance-able pop band. Don't Stop Believin' Records, a like-minded local record label released their first full length record, "B.F.F." with Scott singing and playing guitar, Joey Seward playing keyboards and bass, and Brendhan playing drums. After graduating high school on Vashon, they moved to Seattle and Olympia. They continued to play while Brendhan attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

They first reached local prominence in 2005, after completing their first United States tour with Kimya Dawson of the Moldy Peaches. Throughout most of the tour, they performed as her backing band.

In early 2006 recording sessions for a planned second album began at a Freemason Temple in Seattle. After a few weeks the project was permanently shelved. They instead spent the year with more touring following the release of the "Overcast Summer" 7" EP. They performed at Plan-It-X Fest in July of this year. 2006 also saw the departure of Joey Seward and his subsequent replacement by keyboardist Stefan Rubicz and bass player Ryan Thompson. Not long after Joey's departure he soon joined both Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground as well as [http://www.myspace.com/doomhawk Doomhawk] .

By the beginning of 2007, they had released the "Abominable" 7" on Chicago label "Tic Tac Totally". It featured the song "Tropical Yeti Song" which was accompanied by a music video. They toured frequently throughout the rest of the year, performing at several music festivals including Bumbershoot, Capitol Hill Block Party and the Seattle Weekly Reverb Festival. In September bassist Ryan Thompson was kicked out of the band amid the recording sessions for their second album.

Discography

*"Ship of Fools," a five-song 7" record (August, 2003)
*"Ray-Gun Mariachi" demo CD-R (2004)
*"B.F.F." LP/CD yellow cover (June, 2005)
*"B.F.F." CD blue cover (January, 2006)
*"Overcast Summer," a four-song 7" record lmtd. 333 copies (March, 2006)
*"Abominable," a two-song 7" record lmtd. 500 copies (March, 2007)
*"Choose Yr Own Adventure" CD/LP/Cassette (February 29, 2008)

Videos

*" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws5xpg41J1w Tropical Yeti Song] " (2007) from the "Abominable" 7"

External links

* [http://www.dontstopbelievin.net/ Don't Stop Believin' Records]
* [http://www.myspace.com/pharmacy MySpace page]
* [http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/archives/121044.asp A live review in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
* [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=81110 Feature in The Stranger]
* [http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2007/08/070827_thepharmacy/ A Spin "Band Of The Day," feature]
* [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=171490 Feature in The Stranger]
* [http://threeimaginarygirls.com/pharmacy06jan.asp Review on Three Imaginary Girls]
* [http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kbfixq8rldte AllMusic.com bio]