pc Quest was a pop music group in the 1990s from
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
. They were
managed by
George Tobin
George Tobin is an American musical artist and record producer who has produced albums for a long list of musical artists including Robert John, Smokey Robinson, Kim Carnes, Kicking Harold, and PC Quest. He is best known, however, for discove ...
, best known for managing
Tiffany, and
Tim James, one half of the duo
Rock Mafia
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. They were featured in ''
Bop'' and ''
Teen Beat
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Over its history, the magazine had multiple teen idols on its cover, including John Travolta, David Cassidy, Leif Garrett, Menudo, Michael J. ...
'' magazine as
teen idol
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By region Asia
East Asia possess ...
s.
The quartet was originally signed to
Geffen Records
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Founded in 1980, Geffen Records has been a part of Interscope Geffen A&M since 1999 and h ...
in 1990, but an initial release of "After The Summer's Gone" that fall to
Contemporary hit radio
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stations through both Geffen and
Giant Records
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failed to chart. Months later, now signed to Tobin's Headlinerecords and
RCA Records
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, their "Can I Call You My Girl?" became a minor hit, followed by a reissue of "After The Summer's Gone", which narrowly missed the top 40 on the
Billboard Hot 100
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. A 1992 follow-up album failed to yield any hits, and the group parted ways.
Group member
Chad Petree would find success years later as one of the leaders of indie rock band
Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2002. The band is composed of guitarist/vocalist Chad Petree, vocalist Carah Faye Charnow, keyboardist Jeremy Dawson, and drummer Mikey Martin.
Their first studio ...
, with brother Stephen credited as a writer on several of the band's songs.
Members
*
Chad Petree
*Stephen Petree
*Drew Nichols
*Kim Whipkey
Discography
*''
pc Quest'' (1991)
*''
Directions'' (1992)
Singles
* "Can I Call You My Girl" #58 Hot 100 (1991)
* "After the Summer's Gone" #41 Hot 100 (1991)
External links
pc Questat
Discogs
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*
pc Questat
Allmusic
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American pop music groups
Musical groups established in 1990
Musical groups disestablished in 1992
Musical groups from Oklahoma
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