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Years active
  
1989–2000 2011

Past members
  
Bob Bulgrien Alan Cage

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Origin
  
Tacoma, Washington, United States

Members
  
Aaron Stauffer, Wade Neal, Alan Cage, Jesse Fox

Genres
  
Grunge, Punk rock, Alternative rock, Post-hardcore, Emo, Pop punk

Record labels
  
Sub Pop, Hollywood Records, Merge Records

Albums
  
Spanaway, Actions and indic, Four, Despised, Weak

Seaweed is an American band from Tacoma, Washington who were active throughout the 1990s. Their style of music is a combination of punk rock and grunge, mostly due to its "dirty" sound.

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History

Seaweed (band) Seaweed on Sub Pop Records

In their early days, Seaweed was signed to Washington's Sub Pop, but later released albums on Hollywood Records and Merge Records. Seaweed's contemporaries during the time of their existence included Mudhoney, Samiam, Jawbreaker, and tourmates Superchunk and Quicksand. Their song "Kid Candy" was featured as a music video in an episode of Beavis and Butt-head.

Seaweed (band) Rank Your Records Seaweed39s Aaron Stauffer Rates the Mostly

The band toured extensively in the United States with Green Day, Superchunk, and Bad Religion, as well as overseas, including shows in Brazil with Garage Fuzz and others in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. They were well known for their cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way", which appeared in the movie Clerks. In 2006, their song "Losing Skin" appeared on the soundtrack for the video game NHL 2K7.

Seaweed (band) Seaweed Punknewsorg

On May 15, 2007, the band announced, via MySpace, that they had reformed and were writing a new album, tentatively titled Small Engine Repair. They also announced several live dates. Neither the album nor the tour came to pass, but in 2011 the band did release a 7 inch single on the punk record label No Idea, titled "Service Deck" / "The Weight". Frontman Stauffer works as a nurse in Northern California and has said "It’s hard to play a show because it hurts me physically. I only have one show in me. I can’t do two."

Band members

  • Aaron Stauffer – vocals
  • Clint Werner – guitar
  • Wade Neal – guitar
  • John Atkins – bass
  • Jesse Fox – drums (2007–present)

    • Former members

  • Bob Bulgrien – drums (1989–1996)
  • Alan Cage – drums (1996–1999)

    • Albums

  • Despised (1991, Sub Pop)
  • Weak (1992, Sub Pop)
  • Four (1993, Sub Pop)
  • Spanaway (1995, Hollywood Records)
  • Actions and Indications (1998, Merge Records)

    • EPs

  • Seaweed (EP) (1990, Leopard Gecko/Tupelo)
  • Service Deck The Weight (EP) (2011)

    • Singles

    Seaweed (band) SEAWEED

  • Seaweed 7" (1989, Leopard Gecko)
    1. "Inside"
    2. "Stargirl"
    3. "Re-think"
    4. "Love Gut"
  • Just A Smirk 7" (1990, Leopard Gecko)
    1. "Just A Smirk"
    2. "Installing"
  • Seaweed/ Superchunk/ Geek" (1990, Leopard Gecko)
    1. "Patchwork"
  • Deertrap 7" (1991, K Records)
    1. "Deertrap"
    2. "Carousel"
  • Bill 7" (1992, Subpop)
    1. "Bill"
    2. "Pumpkin (Wwax)"
  • Bill 12"/CD (1992, Subpop)
    1. "Bill"
    2. "Pumpkin (Wwax)"
    3. "Squint: The Killerest Expression"
  • Measure 7" (1992, Subpop)
    1. "Measure"
    2. "Turnout"
  • Measure 12"/CD (1992, Subpop)
    1. "Measure"
    2. "Turnout"
    3. "Taxing" (demo version)
  • Go Your Own Way CD (1993, Subpop)
    1. "Go Your Own Way"
    2. "Losing Skin" (remix)
    3. "Card Tricks"
    4. "She Cracked" (Nathan Rox)
  • Go Your Own Way 7"/CD (1993, Subpop)
    1. "Go Your Own Way"
    2. "Losing Skin" (remix)
    3. "She Cracked"
  • Kid Candy PROMO CD (1993, Subpop)
    1. "Kid Candy" (radio edit)
    2. "Sing Through Me"
    3. "Shephard's Pie"
  • Free drug zone CD (1995)
    1. "Baggage" (demo version) CD only
  • Free drug zone/ "Losing Skin" Green Vinyl 7" (1996, Hollywood UK)
    1. "Baggage" (demo version) CD only
  • Service Deck/The Weight 7" (2011, No Idea)

    • Music Videos

  • One Out of Four (1991)
  • Bill (1992)
  • Squint (1992)
  • Measure (1993)
  • Losing Skin (1993)
  • Kid Candy (1993)
  • Start With (1995)

    • Compilation appearances

  • The Estrus Lunch Bucket (Estrus, 1990)
  • "Bewitched"
  • Three's A Company (Simple Machines/Merge Records/Leopard Gecko, 1990)
  • "Patchwork"
  • The Estrus Half-Rack (Estrus, 1991)
  • "Foggy Eyes" (Beat Happening)
  • International Pop Underground Convention (K Records, 1991)
  • "Bill"
  • Fortune Cookie Prize (Simple Machines, 1992)
  • "Foggy Eyes" (Beat Happening)
  • Revolution Come 'n' Gone (Subpop, 1992)
  • "Baggage"
  • International Hip Swing (K Records, 1993)
  • "Deer Trap"
  • Alternative Route '94 (?)
  • "Losing Skin"
  • Jabberjaw No. 4 (Mammoth Records, 1994)
  • "My Letters"
  • Jabberjaw No. 5 Good To The Last Drop (Mammoth Records, 1994)
  • "My Letters"
  • John Peel Sub Pop Sessions (Sub Pop, 1994)
  • "Sit in Glass"
  • "She Cracked"
  • Music From The Motion Picture Clerks (Sony, 1994)
  • "Go Your Own Way"
  • West X North-South (Vagrant Records, 1995)
  • "Sing Through Me"
  • Oh, Merge (Merge Records, 1999)
  • "Brand New Order"
  • Live At Emo's (Rise Records, year ?)
  • "Baggage"
  • Patchwork Compilation (Mere Exposure Records, 2002)
  • "Days Missed Dearly"
  • Nowcore! The Punk Rock Evolution (K-tel, 1999)
  • "Start With"

    • Songs

    Kid CandyFour · 1993
    Start WithSpanaway · 1995
    Crush Us AllSpanaway · 1995

    References

    Seaweed (band) Wikipedia
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