The Posies
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The Posies are an alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

/power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...

 group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...

 by primary songwriters Jon Auer
Jon Auer
Jonathan P. "Jon" Auer is an American musician who co-founded the power pop band The Posies, along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow have also been a part of the rejuvenated Big Star....

 and Ken Stringfellow
Ken Stringfellow
Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American musician, best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star.-Musical career:...

. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders
Golden Blunders
"Golden Blunders" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the first single released from its major label debut album Dear 23 in 1990.-History:...

" (from Dear 23
Dear 23
Dear 23 is the major label debut by Seattle Alternative rock/grunge/power pop band The Posies. "Apology" appears in Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995 along with "I May Hate you Sometimes" from their first album, Failure.- Track listing :All tracks by...

), as well as "Dream All Day
Dream All Day
"Dream All Day" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the first single released from its album Frosting on the Beater in 1993.-Track listing:#"Dream All Day"#"How She Lied By Living"...

", "Solar Sister
Solar Sister
"Solar Sister" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the second single released from its album Frosting on the Beater in 1993.-Lyrics:The song mentions the book Sister Carrie by American novelist Theodore Dreiser....

" and "Flavor of the Month
Flavor of the Month
"Flavor of the Month" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the third single released from its album Frosting on the Beater in 1993.-Comments:...

" (from Frosting on the Beater
Frosting on the Beater
Frosting on the Beater is the third album by the Seattle rock group The Posies, released in 1993. It featured a heavier, more intense sound than the band's prior works, in part due to production duties being handled by Don Fleming. The band later revealed that the album title was a reference to...

). The band is currently signed to Rykodisc
Rykodisc
Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...

, and has been through a number of bassists and drummers over the years.

Early years (1986–1988)

Core members Jon Auer
Jon Auer
Jonathan P. "Jon" Auer is an American musician who co-founded the power pop band The Posies, along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow have also been a part of the rejuvenated Big Star....

 and Ken Stringfellow
Ken Stringfellow
Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American musician, best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star.-Musical career:...

 began writing songs together in late 1986 while Ken was in school at the University Of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

. Auer later recalled in an interview that "we first met at a Dan Reed Network
Dan Reed Network
The Dan Reed Network is a funk rock band formed by Dan Reed in Portland, Oregon, United States, in 1984. Dan Reed lended his vocals to a 1990 rap rock collaboration with the Portland Trail Blazers, "Bust a Bucket".-Breathless beginnings:...

 show; we were united in feeling we could do that stuff much better ourselves, the two of us". Their first public performance came as an acoustic duo that next summer while Ken was home in Bellingham.
During the last part of 1987 and the first two months of 1988, Ken drove home on weekends to join Jon as they recorded twelve songs in Jon's family's home studio. Though intended as demos to attract other members and form a full band, the recordings turned out so well that they became the Posies' first self-released album, Failure
Failure (The Posies album)
Failure is the debut album of The Posies. It was first released independently in 1988 on cassette only. In 1989 it was reissued on cassette, LP and CD in 1989 on PopLlama Records. Due to time playing time restrictions imposed by the LP manufacturer the band was forced to drop one song from the...

. Interest in the Posies rose out of the numerous home-copied cassettes that began to spread around Seattle and Bellingham.

Mike Musberger and Rick Roberts joined soon after, allowing the band to play its first live shows in Seattle and Bellingham. The four members moved in to a house in the University District
University District, Seattle, Washington
The University District is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because the main campus of the University of Washington is located there. The UW moved in two years after the area was annexed to Seattle, while much of the area was still clear cut forest or stump farmland...

 of Seattle, where they developed many of the songs that would appear on later albums. Failure was released on vinyl near the end of 1988 on local indie label PopLlama
PopLlama Records
PopLlama Records is an independent record label founded by record producer Conrad Uno in Seattle, Washington, in 1984. After making several of his own demos in his basement studio, Uno would produce the Young Fresh Fellows' debut album The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest at the bands request...

 with one song dropped.

Major label years (1989–1997)

Several major labels noticed the band early on and in late 1989 they signed to new Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

 imprint DGC Records
DGC Records
DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

. They chose John Leckie
John Leckie
John Leckie is a British music producer, notable for producing many high-profile albums such as The Stone Roses's debut and Radiohead's The Bends...

 to produce their first album for the label and Dear 23
Dear 23
Dear 23 is the major label debut by Seattle Alternative rock/grunge/power pop band The Posies. "Apology" appears in Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995 along with "I May Hate you Sometimes" from their first album, Failure.- Track listing :All tracks by...

was released in August 1990. "Golden Blunders
Golden Blunders
"Golden Blunders" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the first single released from its major label debut album Dear 23 in 1990.-History:...

" reached #17 on the US Modern Rock charts. Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...

 covered the song for his 1992 album Time Takes Time
Time Takes Time
Although the booklet's credits include the statement "Tom Petty appears courtesy of MCA Records," Petty is not listed as a player or vocalist on any of the booklet's track-by-track personnel listings.-Personnel:...

.

Upon returning from an extensive U.S. tour, the Posies thought they were ready to record their third album. They headed to Robert Lang Studio in Shoreline, Washington
Shoreline, Washington
Shoreline is a city in King County, Washington, United States, north of Downtown Seattle bordering the northern Seattle city limits. As of the 2010 census, the population was 53,007, making it the 19th largest city in the state of Washington....

, in late 1991 and recorded many of the songs they had been working on over the past two years. Among the recordings were three songs written (and two of them sung) by bassist Rick Roberts. Jon and Ken later decided that Rick's songs didn't fit with the band and asked him to leave. The entire recording session was then scrapped and is referred to by fans as "the Lost Sessions".

The remaining members spent the next few months developing new songs, then in early 1992 began recording their third album with Don Fleming
Don Fleming (musician)
Don Fleming is an American musician, best known for being the frontman of Velvet Monkeys, B.A.L.L., and Gumball.-Biography:...

. After completing what they thought was their new album with the title Eclipse, Geffen sent them back to the studio in the latter part of the year to record a few "hits". Dave Fox joined to play bass for the last of the "Hit Sessions" and the name then changed to Frosting On The Beater
Frosting on the Beater
Frosting on the Beater is the third album by the Seattle rock group The Posies, released in 1993. It featured a heavier, more intense sound than the band's prior works, in part due to production duties being handled by Don Fleming. The band later revealed that the album title was a reference to...

and was released in April 1993. Leadoff track "Dream All Day
Dream All Day
"Dream All Day" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the first single released from its album Frosting on the Beater in 1993.-Track listing:#"Dream All Day"#"How She Lied By Living"...

" enjoyed some success on U.S. MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 and alternative radio, becoming their biggest hit (#4 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart), leading the band to an extensive tour of the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Due in part to rumors of a break-up Dave left the band in 1994 to join the Seattle band Flop
Flop
- Terms :*Flop, a box office bomb in the entertainment world*Flop, as verb or noun, referring to flophouse, cheap rooms in a transients' hotel*Flop , a poker term describing the first three cards dealt to the board...

.

During a later European tour, a fight between Ken and Mike prompted Mike to leave the band.

In late 1994, Brian Young took over on drums and Joe Howard (AKA Joe Skyward, Joe Bass) played bass. Joe had earlier filled in on bass for a few shows after Rick left in 1992. It wasn't long before the band again entered the studio to begin work on a fourth album. Originally using the working title What Color Is A Red Light?, the bulk of Amazing Disgrace
Amazing Disgrace
Amazing Disgrace is the fourth album by Seattle Alternative rock band The Posies and their final release for DGC Records.- Track listing :All songs by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.# "Daily Mutilation" – 4:04# "Ontario" – 2:38# "Throwaway" – 3:53...

was finished in the first few months of 1995. Once again, the label wanted more hit material so they sent the band back to the studio near the end of the year where they recorded "Ontario". Amazing Disgrace was eventually released in May 1996.

Faced with a changing radio climate and fans who longed for the smoother sounds of Frosting On The Beater, the Posies found less success with Amazing Disgrace in the U.S. than with their previous album. The album fared better in Europe though, and led to it selling better worldwide than any of their previous efforts.

After spending most of 1996 and the early part of 1997 on tour in the U.S. and Europe, and making an appearance in association with their former record company Popllama to perform "Voyage of The Aquanauts" in the Ocean Exploration episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science Guy is an educational television program that originally aired from September 10, 1993 to June 20, 1998, hosted by Bill Nye and produced by Buena Vista Television. The show aired on PBS Kids and was also syndicated to local stations, making it the second first-run television...

, the band returned home and shifted focus to other projects outside the Posies. Ken played a new batch of solo songs around the U.S. and released his self-recorded first solo album, This Sounds Like Goodbye. Jon joined Seattle band Lucky Me as lead guitarist, Brian began drumming with Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne is an American power pop band that formed in New York City in 1996. The band consists of members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter and Brian Young.-Early years:...

, while Joe began work on an album under the name Skyward. All of this solo work caused many to wonder if the Posies were finished as a band.

The Posies also performed with Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...

 on a recording of his song "What the World Needs Now Is Love
What the World Needs Now Is Love
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month...

," which was featured in the 1997 movie, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.

Return to indie label, compilation albums and solo projects (1997–2001)

In late 1997, they came back together to play a small number of live shows, many accompanied by rumors of being the "final show". Instead, the band returned to the studio with the intent of writing their last chapter by rerecording a dozen unused older songs. Success
Success (The Posies album)
Success is the fifth album by Seattle Alternative rock band The Posies. This was their last album until their reunion album: Every Kind of Light .- Track listing :All songs by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.# "Somehow Everything"...

was released in February 1998, again on the local PopLlama label. A tour followed, including a return to Europe. It was on this tour that the live album Alive Before the Iceberg
Alive Before the Iceberg
Alive Before the Iceberg is live album by Seattle Alternative rock band The Posies. Recorded live at Luz De Gas on July 28th, 1998...

was recorded. Upon returning, they played their real "final" shows in September, one in Seattle at the yearly Bumbershoot
Bumbershoot
Bumbershoot is an annual international music and arts festival held in Seattle, Washington. One of North America's largest such festivals, it takes place every Labor Day weekend at the 74-acre Seattle Center, which was built for the 1962 World's Fair. Seattle Center includes indoor theaters,...

 Festival and another in San Francisco.
In 1999 the Posies played a low-profile benefit show in honor of their longtime roadie and friend Joe Norcio. Jon and Ken spent the rest of the year focusing on their solo work. Ken formed a band called Saltine with Blake Wescott, where Ken's quiet solo songs were transformed into loud and powerful rock. The band recorded an album together late that year, but Ken later decided to break up the band and re-recorded the album with the help of studio musicians. Touched was given the unfortunate release date of September 11, 2001. Meanwhile, Jon formed a band of his own, known as the Jon Auer Band or the Jon Auer Experience. He released a pair of EPs and began work on a full-length album, which would be released in 2006 as Songs from the Year of Our Demise
Songs from the Year of Our Demise
Songs from the Year of Our Demise is the debut solo album from The Posies' Jon Auer. It was released on May 2, 2006 and highlighted by Allmusic as one of the best albums of the month.-Track listing:All songs by Jon Auer unless otherwise noted....

.

Jon and Ken came back together in early 2000 for a one-off acoustic show in Seattle, which was recorded and released as In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In is a live album by Seattle Alternative rock band The Posies. A recording of the 24 February 2000 show on their acoustic tour, at the Showbox in Seattle...

. The show went so well that they decided later that year to put together a large tour of the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Upon returning from the tour, they filled 2001 with a mix of solo work and a handful of live Posies shows played in support of the Nice Cheekbones and a Ph.D. EP, which was recorded the previous year.

Also released in 2000 was a four-CD box set composed almost entirely of unreleased demos, outtakes, and live tracks from throughout the Posies' career. Created mostly to satisfy fans, At Least, At Last
At Least, at Last
At Least, at Last is an album from the band The Posies, released in 2000.At Least, at Last is a box set containing a "history" of The Posies b-sides, demos and outtakes from 1987-1998 on four discs. Published by Not Lame records, this box set was produced to satisfy fans after the reported "demise"...

showed many previously unseen facets of the band. The same year, DGC Records
DGC Records
DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

 release Dream All Day: The Best of the Posies
Dream All Day: The Best of the Posies
- Personnel :*Jon Auer - Lead vocals and guitar*Ken Stringfellow - Lead vocals, guitar and keyboards*Dave Fox - Bass*Joe Skyward - Bass*Mike Musburger - Drums*Brian Young - Drums...

, a compilation with songs from the bands major label years and some b-sides and covers.

Comeback and Every Kind of Light (2001–2009)

After playing drums in Jon's band, Darius Minwalla took over on drums for the Posies in early 2001. That summer, Matt Harris of Oranger
Oranger
-Band history:Mike Drake, Matt Harris and Jim Lindsay knew each other from playing together in previous bands Overwhelming Colorfast and Stick Figures. They formed Oranger in 1997 with Chad Dyer of American Sensei on bass, Mike Drake providing vocals and guitar, Jim Lindsay on drums and Matt Harris...

 replaced Joe on bass. The new rhythm section quickly learned the band's back catalog in time for a US tour that summer. The band played together sporadically over the next two years. Though comments in interviews suggested a desire to write new songs with the new lineup, new material didn't show up in live performances until 2004. They wrote and recorded a new batch of songs relatively quickly and Every Kind of Light
Every Kind of Light
Every Kind of Light is an album from the band The Posies, released June 28, 2005. The album was released in the U.S. by Rykodisc. This was the first full-length album release by The Posies since 1998's Success. The Posies had broken up after Success release...

was released in June 2005; its songs "Love Comes" and "I Guess You're Right" are included as sample music tracks in the release of Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

's Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...

 operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...

. A tour of the US and Europe lasted through the end of the year. A brief Japanese tour was scheduled for the summer of 2006. In 2008 Ken and Jon undertook a Posies 20th anniversary tour, playing several shows as a duo in the U.S. and Europe.

Ken remarried and now lives in France with his wife and child, though he travels often to play with the Posies, Big Star, R.E.M., as well as playing in support of his solo albums. He is as of 2008 vocalist in the band The Disciplines
The Disciplines
The Disciplines is a garage rock band from Oslo, Norway, led by singer Ken Stringfellow .- Albums :*VIRGINS OF MENACE, CD 2011, Rock's My Ass Records www.rocksmyassrecords.com , SPARK & SHiNE ,Tin Robot , Naked Man VOW , Other Tongues *SMOKiNG...

. The rest of the line up are previous members of the Norwegian band Briskeby
Briskeby
Briskeby is an electro-pop band from Norway. Bjørn Bergene, Claus Heiberg Larsen and Bård Helgeland are from Larvik, while Lise Karlsnes is from Tønsberg.-Band name:The band's name is derived from the neighbourhood where their rehearsal room was located....

. The Disciplines will join R.E.M. on their European tour in 2008 as a warm-up, and their song "Yours For Taking" was included on a CD with songs selected by R.E.M. for the March 2008 issue of Q magazine
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...

.

Blood/Candy (2010–present)

In February 2010, The Posies announced their plans to record a new album in Spain.

The band released their seventh studio album Blood/Candy
Blood/Candy
-Personnel:The Posies*Jon Auer - Lead Vocals and guitars*Ken Stringfellow - Lead Vocals, guitars and keyboards*Matt Harris - Bass guitar*Darius Minwalla - DrumsAdditional musicians*Hugh Cornwell - vocal on ‘Plastic Paperbacks’...

on September 28, 2010. The album was recorded and mixed in Spain and their hometown of Seattle, with stops in Ecuador, Canada, Paris and Los Angeles.

The reformed Big Star, which featured the Posies' Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow alongside musicians Jody Stephens and Alex Chilton, came to an end in March 2010- when Chilton died following a heart attack.

Musical style and influences

The band has been compared to The Hollies
The Hollies
The Hollies are an English pop and rock group, formed in Manchester in the early 1960s, though most of the band members are from throughout East Lancashire. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style, they became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s and 1970s...

 due to their vocal harmonies and Big Star due to their songwriting. Ken's solo albums have been the more experimental of the band's side projects, while Jon's solo releases reside more in the power pop tradition. Auer has also had some success as a producer.

Members

Current
  • Jon Auer
    Jon Auer
    Jonathan P. "Jon" Auer is an American musician who co-founded the power pop band The Posies, along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow have also been a part of the rejuvenated Big Star....

     – guitar, vocals
  • Matt Harris – bass guitar (2001–present)
  • Darius "Take One" Minwalla – drums (2001–present)
  • Ken Stringfellow
    Ken Stringfellow
    Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American musician, best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star.-Musical career:...

     – guitar, vocals


Past
  • Dave Fox – bass guitar (1992–1994)
  • Mike Musburger – drums (1988–1994)
  • Rick Roberts – bass guitar, vocals (1988–1991)
  • Joe Skyward (b. Joe Howard) – bass guitar (1994–1999)
  • Brian Young – drums (1994–1998)

Studio Albums

  • Failure
    Failure (The Posies album)
    Failure is the debut album of The Posies. It was first released independently in 1988 on cassette only. In 1989 it was reissued on cassette, LP and CD in 1989 on PopLlama Records. Due to time playing time restrictions imposed by the LP manufacturer the band was forced to drop one song from the...

    (PopLlama Records, 1988)
  • Dear 23
    Dear 23
    Dear 23 is the major label debut by Seattle Alternative rock/grunge/power pop band The Posies. "Apology" appears in Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995 along with "I May Hate you Sometimes" from their first album, Failure.- Track listing :All tracks by...

    (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1990)
  • Frosting on the Beater
    Frosting on the Beater
    Frosting on the Beater is the third album by the Seattle rock group The Posies, released in 1993. It featured a heavier, more intense sound than the band's prior works, in part due to production duties being handled by Don Fleming. The band later revealed that the album title was a reference to...

    (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1993)
  • Amazing Disgrace
    Amazing Disgrace
    Amazing Disgrace is the fourth album by Seattle Alternative rock band The Posies and their final release for DGC Records.- Track listing :All songs by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.# "Daily Mutilation" – 4:04# "Ontario" – 2:38# "Throwaway" – 3:53...

    (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1996)
  • Success
    Success (The Posies album)
    Success is the fifth album by Seattle Alternative rock band The Posies. This was their last album until their reunion album: Every Kind of Light .- Track listing :All songs by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.# "Somehow Everything"...

    (PopLlama Records, 1998)
  • Every Kind of Light
    Every Kind of Light
    Every Kind of Light is an album from the band The Posies, released June 28, 2005. The album was released in the U.S. by Rykodisc. This was the first full-length album release by The Posies since 1998's Success. The Posies had broken up after Success release...

    (Rykodisc
    Rykodisc
    Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...

    , 2005)
  • Blood/Candy
    Blood/Candy
    -Personnel:The Posies*Jon Auer - Lead Vocals and guitars*Ken Stringfellow - Lead Vocals, guitars and keyboards*Matt Harris - Bass guitar*Darius Minwalla - DrumsAdditional musicians*Hugh Cornwell - vocal on ‘Plastic Paperbacks’...

    (Rykodisc
    Rykodisc
    Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...

    , 2010)

Compilation and live albums

  • Dream All Day: The Best of the Posies
    Dream All Day: The Best of the Posies
    - Personnel :*Jon Auer - Lead vocals and guitar*Ken Stringfellow - Lead vocals, guitar and keyboards*Dave Fox - Bass*Joe Skyward - Bass*Mike Musburger - Drums*Brian Young - Drums...

    (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 2000)
  • Alive Before the Iceberg
    Alive Before the Iceberg
    Alive Before the Iceberg is live album by Seattle Alternative rock band The Posies. Recorded live at Luz De Gas on July 28th, 1998...

    (Houston Party Records, 2000)
  • In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In
    In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In
    In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In is a live album by Seattle Alternative rock band The Posies. A recording of the 24 February 2000 show on their acoustic tour, at the Showbox in Seattle...

    (Casa Recording Co., 2000)
  • At Least, At Last
    At Least, at Last
    At Least, at Last is an album from the band The Posies, released in 2000.At Least, at Last is a box set containing a "history" of The Posies b-sides, demos and outtakes from 1987-1998 on four discs. Published by Not Lame records, this box set was produced to satisfy fans after the reported "demise"...

    (Not Lame, 2000)

Singles and EPs

  • "Golden Blunders
    Golden Blunders
    "Golden Blunders" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the first single released from its major label debut album Dear 23 in 1990.-History:...

    " (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1990)
  • "Suddenly Mary
    Suddenly Mary
    "Suddenly Mary" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the second single released from its major label debut album Dear 23 in 1991.-History:...

    " (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1991)
  • "Feel" / "I Am the Cosmos" (PopLlama Records, 1992)
  • "Going, Going Gone" (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1993)
  • "Dream All Day
    Dream All Day
    "Dream All Day" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the first single released from its album Frosting on the Beater in 1993.-Track listing:#"Dream All Day"#"How She Lied By Living"...

    " (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1993)
  • "Solar Sister
    Solar Sister
    "Solar Sister" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the second single released from its album Frosting on the Beater in 1993.-Lyrics:The song mentions the book Sister Carrie by American novelist Theodore Dreiser....

    " (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1993)
  • "Flavor of the Month
    Flavor of the Month
    "Flavor of the Month" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the third single released from its album Frosting on the Beater in 1993.-Comments:...

    " (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1993)
  • "This is not The Posies" (Elefant Records, 1993)
  • "Definite Door
    Definite Door
    "Definite Door" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the final single released from its album Frosting on the Beater in 1994.-Track listing:#"Definite Door"#"Song of the Baker"#"Ooh Child"...

    " (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1994)
  • "Ontario" (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1996)
  • "Please Return It" (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1996)
  • "Everybody is a Fucking Liar" (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1996)
  • "Start a Life" (PopLlama Records, 1998)
  • "Nice Cheekbones and a Ph.D." (Houston Party Records, 2001)
  • "Conversations" (Rykodisc
    Rykodisc
    Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...

    , 2005)
  • "Second Time Around" (Rykodisc
    Rykodisc
    Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...

    , 2005)

Compilation and soundtrack contributions

  • "Smash it Up" on Another Damned Seattle Compilation
    Another Damned Seattle Compilation
    Another Damned Seattle Compilation is a musical tribute to 1970s punk band The Damned, featuring tracks recorded in 1990 to 1991 by 18 Seattle area bands and released on Seattle's Dashboard Hula Girl Records.-History of the Compilation:...

    (Dashboard Hula Girl Records
    Dashboard Hula Girl Records
    Dashboard Hulagirl Records is a Seattle-based independent American record label founded in 1989 by Trev Dellinger and Chris Swenson. The label released several LPs, EPs, and singles before folding in 1992...

    , 1990).
  • "Going Going Gone" on the Reality Bites Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993).
  • "Open Every Window" on DGC Rarities, Vol. 1 (DGC Records
    DGC Records
    DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...

    , 1994).
  • "Coming Right Along" on Basketball Diaries Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    The Basketball Diaries (soundtrack)
    -External links:* [ AllMusic]*...

    (Island
    Island
    An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

    , 1995).
  • "Throwaway (Live)" on Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack (Sub Pop Records, 1996).
  • "Richie Dagger's Crime" on A Small Circle of Friends: A Germs Tribute Album
    A Small Circle of Friends (Germs)
    A Small Circle of Friends: Germs was a tribute album for the band The Germs released in 1996. The album features multiple Germs covers by several artists, including NOFX, L7, The Melvins, Gumball, and Hole, playing under the moniker "The Holez" with Pat Smear.- Track listing :# NOFX – "Forming"...

    (1996)
  • "Christmas" on Just Say Noël
    Just Say Noël
    Just Say Noël is a Christmas compilation album on Geffen Records. It includes cover songs as well as traditional Christmas songs...

  • "Limitless Expressions" on Home Alive - The Art of Self Defense (Epic Records, 1996)
  • "Tomorrow We Are Not Alone" on Together We Are Not Alone (Japan Relief Compilation) (Thistime Records, 2011)

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
US Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

US Modern Rock US Mainstream Rock UK
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

1990 "Golden Blunders" - 17 - - Dear 23
1993 "Dream All Day" - 4 17 - Frosting On the Beater
1994 "Definite Door" - - - 67 Frosting On the Beater

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