Genres Pop/rock Website www.wednesdayweek.com Record label Enigma Records Albums What We Had | Labels Enigma Genre Rock Members David Nolte | |
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Years active 1983 (1983)–1990 (1990), 1998–present Associated acts The Undeclared
Goat Deity
Narrow Adventure
The Urinals
The Last
Lucky Past members David Provost
Tom Alford
Steve Ney
Jennifer Dorfman
John Talley-Jones
Ilene Markell
Karen Blankfeld
Mike Anderson
Jeff Burgess
Russell Chaput
Tracy Elms
John Ferriter
"Whitey" Pryor
Tim Edmundson
Rob Hunt Origin Los Angeles, California, United States Similar Heidi Rodewald, The Negro Problem, True West, The Textones, The Reducers | ||
Wednesday Week is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. After releasing two albums, the band split up in 1990, with members going on to form Lucky. They reformed in 1998.
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History
At the core of the band were the sisters Kristi and Kelly Callan, who formed their first group, The Undeclared, in 1979, which in 1980 evolved into the trio Goat Deity when they were joined by Steve Wynn. Wynn left to concentrate on his other band, The Dream Syndicate, and Kjehl Johansen (of The Urinals) joined on bass guitar, with the band name changing again to Narrow Adventure. With David Provost replacing Johansen in 1983, the band became Wednesday Week (named after the Undertones song), and they released their debut EP later that year. Further lineup changes followed, with Provost being replaced by Heidi Rodewald at the end of 1983, and Tom Alford joining on lead guitar in early 1984. In 1985, David Nolte (of The Last) replaced Alford, giving the band its most stable lineup. The band signed with Enigma Records, releasing the Don Dixon-produced debut album What We Had in 1987. Two songs from the album were featured in the film Slumber Party Massacre II. Towards the end of 1987 Rodewald left, and another former Urinals member, John Talley-Jones, joined as one of a string of short-lived members before the band split up in 1990. Before splitting up they self-released a second album, No Going Back.
After Wednesday Week, the Callan sisters and Nolte (who married Kristi Callan) formed Lucky in 1995 with former Mad Parade bassist Mike Lawrence. Nolte and Kristi Callan also played in David Gray's band. Kristi Callan later formed the band Dime Box, releasing the album Five and Dime Waltz in 2008. Rodewald later formed Negro Problem with Mark "Stew" Stewart, with whom she created the Tony Award-winning musical Passing Strange.
Wednesday Week reformed in 1998, and continued to play occasional live shows.
Albums
EPs
Singles
Songs
Boy {You Got Me Good}What We Had · 2013
WhyUnder Cover · 1987
MissionaryUnder Cover · 1987