The Refreshments (Arizona band)

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The Refreshments
Origin	Arizona, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Post-grunge
Years active	1992 - 1998
Label(s)	Mercury
Associated acts	Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Disasteroid
Former members
Roger Clyne Brian David Blush Arthur Eugene "Buddy" Edwards Paul "P.H." Naffah

The Refreshments were a rock band from Tempe, Arizona. The band is best known for the witty single "Banditos" from their album Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy, and also for the theme song to the long-running animated series King of the Hill. The latter was a piece the band traditionally performed at soundchecks.^[1]

The group was known for its "Southwestern Sound," similar to other bands hailing from Arizona such as the Gin Blossoms and Dead Hot Workshop. The band split-up after releasing their second album, The Bottle and Fresh Horses, and breaking from Mercury Records. Lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter Roger Clyne and Paul "P.H." Naffah re-grouped to form Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, and still play many Refreshments songs in concert.

Arthur Eugene "Buddy" Edwards is now a writer and self-published his first novel, Stuck Outside of Phoenix. Brian David Blush was a member of the local Arizona band Disasteroid, as well as doing regular acoustic shows, and his side project Luck and Trouble; however he now resides in the midwest playing shows with his new group, The South Slope Cut Throats.

The group had two charting singles; "Banditos" (U.S. Mainstream Rock #11, Modern Rock #14), and "Down Together" (Modern Rock #38).^[2]