Rose Blossom Punch

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Rose Blossom Punch
Origin Flag of the United States Seattle, Washington
Genre(s) Post-grunge
Alternative rock
Years active 19951999
Label(s) Jackson Rubio
Five Minute Walk/SaraBellum
Tooth and Nail
Associated acts Poor Old Lu
Aaron Sprinkle
Fair
Members
Aaron Sprinkle - Lead Vocals / Guitar
Terry Coggins - Lead Guitar / Vocals
Nick Barber - Bass / Vocals
Paul Mumaw - Drums / Percussion

Rose Blossom Punch is a post-grunge/alternative rock band featuring Aaron Sprinkle from Seattle, Washington. They ran from 1995, to 1999.

[edit] Biography

Rose Blossom Punch was started in 1995 as a side project by Aaron Sprinkle and Paul Mumaw. Aaron Sprinkle and Nick Barber (bass) had previously played together in Poor Old Lu. Once that group disbanded, Sprinkle and Mumaw decided to join forces with Coggins and Barber and tackle Rose Blossom Punch full time. Their self-released independent recordings were regional hits and earned the band some national attention. Before Poor Old Lu disbanded though, they released two songs: “Sowing In the Sun” (1995) and “See It In Me” (1996) on Tooth and Nail Records's Art Core (volumes 1 & 2 respectively) compilation CDs. They then signed to Five Minute Walk/SaraBellum Records who put a demo of “Based On A True Story” on their Music For Meals: Take Time To Listen Vol. III sampler (1997). Surprisingly, this didn’t end up on Rose Blossom Punch’s subsequent full length - however it was rerecorded for Aaron Sprinkle’s The Kindest Days album with Paul Mumaw on drums. Their first full-length album, Ephemere, was released on July 10, 1997 on SaraBellum Records.

The next couple of years were spent touring and working out problems with record labels when they finally settled with Jackson Rubio, only to decide that they were going to head their separate ways. They recorded an EP called Sorry To Disappoint You which was supposed to be released on the new label in December of 1999, but never was. It lay on the shelf for nearly a year until December 2000 rolled around, when they released it independently through mp3.com.

[edit] Discography

  • Par Avion 7" vinyl
  • So Sorry to Disappoint You - Independent (1999)
  • Ephemere - Five Minute Walk/SaraBellum Records (1997)

[edit] Compilation Appearances