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, Washington. The band consisted of Denny Porter as lead vocalist, John Fox on bass, John Atten on guitar, Brian Parker on

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, and Chris White on drums. Their sound is described as influenced by

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, with touches of

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and

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. Porter got his motivation to start a band from watching '' A Hard Day's Night'' by

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when he was a kid and declared "That's it, that's what I want to do." Porter mentions that other bands inspired him like

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, and early

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. The band would eventually work with producer Mike Caviezel to produce some of their albums, and later Denny Porter as a solo artist. Denny Porter would also be a part of the group Blue Baboons. The band appeared on the Northwest Post-Grunge compilation by Elemental Records and their track "Oh Well" was described as a stand out track. Two of the band's songs, "Act Your Age" and "Oh Well", were covered by the

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band Snake River conspiracy on their debut studio album, '' Sonic Jihad'' (2000).

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Running With Scissors'' (1993) * ''Single Bullet Theory'' (1994) * ''Ordinary Leper'' (1994)

Other releases

* ''Northwest Post-Grunge'' (1994, compilation disc – track "Oh Well")

References

{{Reflist Musical groups established in 1991