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Infobox musical artist|name = The Throes|image =|caption =|background = group_or_band|origin = Washington, D.C. Northern Virginia United states of america|United States |instrument =|genre = Independent music|Indie Band |years_active = 1988-Present|label = R.E.X. Records Glasshouse Records Rode Dog / BMG Brainstorm Artists International|Brainstorm Artists |associated_acts = Daniel Amos Poole (band)|Poole The Lilys The Choir (alternative rock band)|The Choir John Austin (songwriter)|John Austin |current_members = Bill Campbell (musician)|Bill Campbell Harry Evans (musician)|Harry Evans Jeff Booth David Lash Harv Evans | past_members = Joy Gewalt (bass guitar)
The Throes is an indie band|indie band formed in 1988 in Northern Virginia .
The original lineup consisted of singer/guitarist Bill Campbell (musician)|Bill Campbell , percussionist Harry Evans (musician)|Harry Evans and bassist Joy Gewalt . Friends from the suburbs of Greater Washington, D.C., The Throes released an independent cassette in 1989, The Era of Condolence , featuring seven songs written by Campbell and Evans of "youth, love and unanswered questions." http://www.myspace.com/throes The Throes My Space Page
In 1990, The Throes were the first alternative pop band to sign with R.E.X. Records, an indie label based out of New York City and known mostly for its speed and death metal acts. In September 1990, The Throes released ''All The Flowers Growing In Your Mother's Eyes, which features "a barrage of guitars, vocals and the lyrical musings of Harry Evans". Or, as reviewer J. Edward Keyes says, Flowers "creates moody, dour pop akin to R.E.M. (band)|REM and The Smiths " with "sparkling guitar" driven by "idiosyncratic percussion." On the whole, Keyes says, the album is "charged with the unmistakable energy of possibility, the sound of a young band who still believes they can change the world."Allmusic|class=album|id=r304720|pure_url=yes All Music.com: Review of All The Flowers Growing in Your Mother's Eyes
Three albums followed: Fall on Your World (1992);Allmusic|class=album|id=r184026|pure_url=yes All Music.com: Review of Fall on Your World 12 Before 9 (1995), featuring the only remaining founding member, Bill Campbell, presiding over its creation;Allmusic|class=album|id=r210112|pure_url=yes AllMusic.com Review of 12 Before 9 and Amerofriasiana (1997), ushering the return of Harry Evans.Allmusic|class=album|id=r586394|pure_url=yes AllMusic.com Review of Amerofriasian
Current band members are as follows: Campbell and Evans, Jeff Booth, David Lash, and Harv Evans.
The Throes fifth album, Evila , is forthcoming. http://www.thethroes.com Throes Official Website
Discography
All The Flowers Growing in Your Mother’s Eyes (1990) – R.E.X
When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos , 2000
References
External links
http://www.thethroes.com/ The Throes official website
http://www.myspace.com/throes The Throes My Space Page
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p41970|pure_url=yes AllMusic.com: The Throes
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