Uncle Green

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Formed in Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 1980, the band Uncle Green consisted of Matt Brown (guitar and vocals), Jeff Jensen (guitar and vocals), Bill Decker (bass), and Pete McDade (drums). Brown and Jensen were the principal songwriters and vocalists for the group. After relocating to Atlanta, the band recorded two independent records, "Get It Together" and "15 Dryden" before meeting producer Brendan O'Brien, with whom they recorded the albums "You" and "What An Experiment His Head Was" for DB Records. After establishing themselves as a well-known regional college-rock band, they signed a contract with Atlantic in the early 1990s and recorded "Book of Bad Thoughts", one of their strongest efforts. Subsequent tours supporting The Reivers, The Black Crowes, Matthew Sweet, Robyn Hitchcock and the Ben Folds Five increased their visibility.

Disappointed with their limited success, the band renamed themselves 3 lb. Thrill (the weight of the human brain) and recorded the harder-edged "Vulture" for O'Brien's vanity label, 57 Records.