Greta was an American
hard rock band formed in 1990 by Paul Plagens, Kyle Baer, Josh Gordon, and
Brad Wilk
Brad Wilk (born September 5, 1968) is an American drummer. He is best known as a member of the rock bands Rage Against the Machine (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–present), Audioslave (2001–2007, 2017), and Prophets of Rage (2016–2019 ...
.
Wilk left the band in 1991 to join
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to simply Rage) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commer ...
, and was replaced on the drums by Scott Carneghi who went on to co-found the band
Buffalocomotive in 2012.
The band signed a two-record deal with
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it i ...
in 1993 and released their debut album, ''No Biting'', on September 21 of that year. Their second and final album, ''
This Is Greta
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'', was released in 1995, after which the band was dropped from the label. Greta disbanded in 1995. Vocalist Paul Plagens died in 2015
Discography
Albums
* ''No Biting'' (1993)
* ''This Is Greta!'' (1995)
Singles and promos
* "Rocking Chair" (1993)
* "Revolver" (1993)
* "Love Is Dead" (1993)
* "Is It What You Wanted?" (1993)
* "Fathom" (1993)
* "Jesus Crux" (1994)
* "Nature" (1994)
* "About You" (1995)
* "Some People" (1995)
References
External links
Greta-Information from Answers.com
1990 establishments in California
1995 disestablishments in California
Alternative rock groups from California
American post-grunge musical groups
Hard rock musical groups from California
Musical groups established in 1990
Musical groups disestablished in 1995
Musical groups from Los Angeles
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