Peach – Seattle was ground Zero for a lot of bands in the 90s.

Peach for this lunch hour – recorded in the studios of KCMU, Seattle on January 8, 1994.

Peach were part of that onslaught of bands coming from Seattle who were more or less lumped together as Grunge. Two of the members were part of another Seattle band, The Posies, and some of that vibe continues here.

Peach were active from 1992-1995, releasing two full-length albums on Caroline Records (“Siesta”, and “II”), an EP (“Dead Soldier’s Coat”), and two 7″ singles (“Pinwheels/Smart Went Crazy” on the band’s own Sylvia Records and “Dead Soldier’s Coat/Passenger”).

For a little insight on the band, who they were, what they did, there is a very informative article, written by Vanessa Ho for The Seattle Times in 1993 – I think. you get the whole picture there:

Who they are: Mark Adler, 26, guitar, vocals. Shawn Allen, 29, drums. Nick Lynam, 24, bass. Rick Roberts, 24, guitar, vocals.

If you’ve followed the Seattle music scene for a while (as in before you-know-what became the hottest thing), you may recognize the names in Peach. Rick Roberts was the original bassist with the Posies. Mark Adler played in folk-rock duo Like Rain, and Shawn Allen played in Room Nine, a psychedelic, jangly ’80s band. Together with Lynam, a Chicago native whom Allen met in a bar at a bachelor’s party, they make up Peach.

Their sound: They describe their sound as “hard rock with a kind of a sort of a ’70s classic rock feel to it” and “big guitar rock, but not heavy metal.”

They list influences from the Flaming Lips and early David Bowie to the Pixies and Dinosaur, Jr.

They’ve mostly opened for bands like Sister Psychic and Lazy Susan, and their first album is due out this winter.

Roberts has a day job doing “mail room stuff” in an office, Adler works in a record store, and Allen does technical computer support in the same office as Roberts. Lynam, who has a degree in business finance, is unemployed.

During a recent chat, band members described their musical shapings. The first albums they remember buying: There is a collective groan and Allen asks, “Do we have to follow that format?” referring to Sound Check’s question-and-answer style.

Uh, OK. Next question. What was their first concert? Adler says he saw Elton John in 1975 with his father. “I had a hip dad.”

“Ooh, that may be the first album I bought,” says Roberts.

Allen saw the Subhumans. A silence falls on the group, and everyone looks at Lynam, who is meticulously rolling a smoke. “Oh, are we going through first shows for everybody?” he asks.

“Nick’s is going to be, like, Slayer,” jokes Adler.

“It was Todd Rundgren & Utopia,” says Lynam.

“I don’t know, I would have respected him more for Slayer,” says Roberts.

May or may not clear up any fuzzy recollections. Still, this is who they were in 1993.

Crank it up and enjoy lunch!