Years active 1978 – 83 | Active until 1983 | |
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Past members Brian MarnellBill GibsonJack CasadyPaul ZahlNick Buck Albums Sex Attraction Live... Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco. 26 Jan '80 - Remastered, No Regrets, Extended Play Similar Bob Steeler, Barry Mitterhoff, Joey Covington, Jack Casady, Papa John Creach |
SVT was a San Francisco power pop/new wave band from the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are perhaps best remembered for their bassist Jack Casady, who had played in both Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Other members were singer Brian Marnell, drummer Bill Gibson (later of Huey Lewis and the News, replaced by Paul Zahl), and Nick Buck, also a Hot Tuna veteran, on keyboards .
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The group is said to have taken its name from the medical condition known as supraventricular tachycardia. A more plausible explanation is that the name was taken from a model of bass guitar amplifier, the Ampeg Super Vacuum Tube.
SVT recorded two singles in 1979, one EP in 1980, and one album, No Regrets, in 1981. They were one of the first bands ever to record on North America's first punk label. San Francisco's 415 Records released their single, Heart of Stone, in 1979. The group disbanded after both Zahl and Casady left to form Yanks with Jack Johnson and Owen Masterson. Casady later quit Yanks and was replaced by bassist Steve Aliment. Brian Marnell died in 1983. Casady's former Jefferson Airplane bandmate Marty Balin covered the song Heart of Stone on his album, Lucky in 1983.
Discography
Side one
- "Price of Sex" (Brian Marnell) – 2:28
- "I Can See" (Nick Buck) – 2:59
- "Red Blue Jeans" (Jack Rhodes, Bill Davis) – 2:05
- "Always Comes Back" (Marnell) – 3:55
Side two
- "I Walk the Line" (Johnny Cash) – 2:13
- "Modern Living" (Buck) – 2:56
- "Down at the Beach" (Marnell) – 2:43
Personnel
Production
Side one
All songs by Brian Marnell except where noted
- "Bleeding Hearts" – 4:51
- "Waiting for You" – 2:53
- "Heart of Stone" – 3:00
- "No Regrets" (Brian Marnell, Suzie Kobrofsky) – 3:23
- "Money Street" – 5:23
Side two
- "Love Blind" – 2:52
- "North Beach" – 3:07
- "What I Don't Like" – 3:20
- "Secret" – 2:44
- "Too Late" – 5:07
- "You Don't Rock" – 4:35
Personnel
Production
Songs
Always Come Back for More1980
North BeachNo Regrets · 2006
You Don't RockNo Regrets · 2006