Spent was an American

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band from

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consisting of singer/guitarist John King, guitarist/singer/keyboardist Annie Hayden, bassist/occasional vocalist Joe Weston and drummer Ed Radich.

History

Spent formed in the early 1990s in Jersey City, New Jersey. After releasing several EPs under various independent labels the band released their first full album. ''Songs of Drinking and Rebellion'' was released in March 1995 on

Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expand ...

, an indie label formed by

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and

Laura Ballance Laura Jane Ballance (born February 22, 1968) is the bassist in the rock band Superchunk (also contributing occasional backing vocals) and co-founder of Merge Records along with Mac McCaughan. In 2013 she announced that she would no longer be touri ...

Superchunk Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, consisting of singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Laura King. Formed in 1989, they were one of the bands that hel ...

, a band that Spent toured with extensively throughout their career. In September 1996 the band released an EP entitled ''Umbrella Wars'', which included a cover of

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's "

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". ''Umbrella Wars'' served as a teaser for their next album released a month later in October 1996 entitled ''A Seat Beneath the Chairs''. In 1997 John King joined

lead guitarist Jim Wilbur in a side project called Humidifier releasing the album ''Nothing Changes'' on Link Records. On July 21, 1997 the band officially split. In 1999 their last song "(I'll Clean Up) The Mess That You Are" appeared on the 10 year anniversary album of Merge Records called ''Oh, Merge''. They did reform briefly to perform at XX Merge, the 20th anniversary celebration of the label. The band never received much attention outside of the 90's indie rock world.

Discography

Albums

*''Sorry About The Deformed Heart'' (split with Crop Circle Hoax and Lambchop) (Traumatone, 1993) *''

Songs of Drinking and Rebellion Songs of Drinking and Rebellion is the first studio album released by the indie rock band Spent, in 1995. The album was released on Merge Records and was followed by a tour with labelmates Superchunk Superchunk is an American indie rock ba ...

'' (Merge, 1995) *''A Seat Beneath the Chairs'' (Merge, 1996)

EPs

*Keeping Secrets (Lactate Records, 1995) *Sinking In (spinART Records, 1995) *Umbrella Wars (Merge, 1996)

References

External links

Merge Records - Spent

* Allmusic.com - Spent {{Authority control Indie rock musical groups from New Jersey Merge Records artists Musical groups from Jersey City, New Jersey