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Pond was a band from Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. They formed in 1991 and broke up in 1998. They were signed to Sub Pop

Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

(first two albums) and the Work Records sub-label of Sony Records (last album).

On October 23, 2010, Pond reunited for a show to commemorate the closing of the Portland club, Satyricon

Satyricon nightclub

Satyricon Nightclub was a nightclub in the Old Town neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States, best known for providing a place for local and touring alternative rock bands to play. Located at 125 N.W...

Members

Charlie Campbell — guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Chris Brady — bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, vocals
David Triebwasser — drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

Albums

Pond (1993)
1. "Young Splendor"
2. "Perfect Four"
3. "Gone"
4. "Agatha"
5. "Tree"
6. "Wheel"
7. "Spots"
8. "Foamy"
9. "Grinned"
10. "Filler"

The Practice of Joy Before Death (1995)
1. Sideroad
2. Mubby's Theme
3. Union
4. Magnifier
5. Patience
6. Ol' Blue Hair
7. Sundial
8. Glass Sparkles in Their Hair
9. Van
10. Happy Cow Farm Family
11. Carpenter Ant
12. Artificial Turf
13. Rock Collection
14. Gagged and Bound

Rock Collection (1997)
1. "Spokes"
2. "You're Not an Astronaut"
3. "Scoliosis"
4. "One Day in the Future"
5. "Twins"
6. "You're Not a Seed"
7. "Flawed"
8. "My Dog Is an Astronaut Though"
9. "Forget"
10. "Golden"
11. "Greyhound"
12. "Rebury Me"
13. "Filterless"
14. "(Untitled)"
15. "(Untitled)"
16. "Ugly"

Singles/EPs

Young splendor/Tree (1991)
Wheel/Cinders (1992 - Wheel 7')
Wheel/Cinders/Snowing (1992 - Wheel 12')
Wheel/Cinders/Ebner (1992 - Wheel 12' Import)
Wheel/Cinders/Snowing/11X17 (1992 - Wheel EP)
Moth/You Don't Quite Get It Do You? (But You're Trying Hard) (1994 SubPop SP263)
Glass Sparkles In Their Hair/Sundial (1995 SubPop SP146/366)

External links

Info at subpop
artificial turf: a fan page
The Pond Page
pondtheband at myspace includes extensive history of the band

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