Pretty Mary Sunshine

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Pretty Mary Sunshine was a band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1994.

Almost as quickly as they were formed, they were signed to A&M Records. Instead of unifying the five piece, being signed to a major record label seemed to hasten their disintegration. PMS was contracted to produce two albums for A&M Records but they only "officially" released one. What was intended to be their first album was recorded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and produced by Keith Cleversly, who had the year before co-produced Transmissions from the Satellite Heart in 1993 with The Flaming Lips for Warner Bros. Records.

During the recording of this "first" album, Pretty Mary Sunshine experienced a personnel change. Pam Barger and Joe Howard quit the band, before the recording sessions had ended. Upon returning to Seattle, lead guitarist Jerry O'Neill also quit the band, as the band had just started to audition a new rhythm section. Guitarist Kurt Elzner (former Mazzy Star) and singer Patrice Tullai (the core song writing team of the band) made the decision to record their 2nd album with a new line-up of musicians. This "second" album was recorded in Los Angeles in the recording studios of A&M Records. The album, "Bird Medicine" is not significantly different than most of the tracks recorded in the Oklahoma fiasco. The band supported the release of this new album with a tour of the United States in 1995.

Kurt and Patrice went on to form Frownland with the original drummer, Pam Barger, Paul Hutzler and replacement bass guitar player, Sean Wheatley, of Pretty Mary Sunshine. Joe Howard, aka Joe Skyward, went on to join the Posies. Jerry O'Neill went on to record some solo material and then seemingly dropped out of the music world entirely. The only song from the ill-fated "Oklahoma sessions" that A&M Records released, was "Can I Stay?" (featured in the movie soundtrack of S.F.W.). In an attempt to market Pretty Mary Sunshine as an indie-rock band, A&M Records also released two previously recorded tracks from the band's demo tape recorded at the Electric Eel Studio, in Seattle. The band broke-up in early 1996, after being dropped by A&M Records.

Kurt and Patrice are are still making music together and currently going by the name of Pet Knives.


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[edit] Discography

  • "Jessica b/w Can I Stay?" 7" (Spontaneous Underground aka A&M Records) 1994 - Featuring Pam Barger, Joe Howard and Jerry O'Neill.
  • S.F.W. soundtrack "Can I Stay?" (A&M Records) 1994 - Featuring Pam Barger, Joe Howard and Jerry O'Neill.
  • Bird Medicine (A&M Records) 1995 - Featuring Sean Wheatley, Andy Harderson and Mark Wilcox.
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