Grenadine was an

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'supergroup' from

Arlington, Virginia Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from the District of Columbia, of which it was once a part. The county is ...

comprising

Jenny Toomey Jennifer "Jenny" Gillen Toomey (born 1968) is an American indie rock musician and arts activist. Career Toomey was a member of the bands Geek, Tsunami, Liquorice, Grenadine, So Low and Choke, among others, and has also recorded under her own ...

(of

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), Mark Robinson (of

Unrest Unrest, also called disaffection, is a sociological phenomenon, including: * Civil unrest * Civil disorder * Domestic terrorism * Industrial unrest * Labor unrest * Rebellion * Riot * Strike action * State of emergency Notable historical instance ...

), and

Rob Christiansen Rob Christiansen is an American musician and recording engineer, who played in the 1990s indie pop band Eggs and the Grenadine Grenadine is a commonly used nonalcoholic bar syrup characterized by its deep red color. It is a popular cocktail ...

(of

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). The band released two albums and three singles in the early 1990s. In contrast to the band members other work, the band's sound has been described as "lounge-pop".

History

The band formed in 1991 and featured Jenny Toomey (vocals, guitar), Mark Robinson (vocals, guitar), and Rob Christiansen (trombone, guitar, drums).Robbins, Ira
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Trouser Press ''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference to ...

'', retrieved 2011-12-18Phares, Heather
Grenadine Biography
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Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

, retrieved 2011-12-18 Debut single ''Triology'' and the Kramer-produced album ''Goya'' were released in 1992 on

Shimmy Disc Shimmy Disc is a New York City-based independent record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, artists like Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween, Gwar ...

in association with Toomey's and Robinson's labels,

Simple Machines A simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force. In general, they can be defined as the simplest mechanisms that use mechanical advantage (also called leverage) to multiply force. Usually the term refer ...

and

TeenBeat Teen Beat is an American independent record label, originally based in Arlington, Virginia, now based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was founded by Mark Robinson (of Unrest) in 1984 at Wakefield High School, along with Phil Krauth (of Unrest) ...

respectively.O'Hara, Gail (1992)
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'', December 1992, retrieved 2011-12-18 Second and final album ''Nopalitos'' was released in 1994. The band has been described as "indie-lounge-pop" and a "crooning, loungey cocktail act", being compared with

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.Phares, Heather
''Goya'' Review
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, retrieved 2011-12-18Raha, Maria (2004) ''Cindarella's Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie Underground'', Avalon, , p. 173Phares, Heather
''Nopalitos'' Review
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, retrieved 2011-12-18 The band continued until 1998.Grenadine
, simplemachines.net, retrieved 2011-12-18

Discography

Albums

*''Goya'' (1992),

*''Nopalitos'' (1994), Simple Machines/TeenBeat

Singles

*''Triology'' (1992), TeenBeat/Simple Machines - "Fillings"/"Gillan" *"Don't Forget The Halo" (1993), TeenBeat/Simple Machines *''Christiansen'' EP (1994), TeenBeat/Simple Machines

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grenadine Indie rock musical groups from Virginia Musical groups established in 1991 Musical groups disestablished in 1998 TeenBeat Records artists