American
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band formed in
Boston
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Lead singer and bassist
Aimee Mann
Aimee Elizabeth Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. Over the course of four decades, she has released more than a dozen albums as a solo artist and with other musicians. She is noted for her sardonic and literate lyr ...
formed the group after she dropped out of
Berklee College of Music
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along with guitarist/singer Doug Vargas and drummer Dave Bass Brown. Brown left the band in the fall of 1981 to help form the Boston hardcore punk band
Negative FX
Negative FX was a hardcore punk band from Boston, formed in 1981. Though the band lasted only a short time, playing a total of five shows (six flyers exist), the band was well known for their involvement in the local straight edge scene of the e ...
, and was replaced by former D Club drummer Mike Evans.
After releasing the song "Brains and Eggs" on the Modern Method compilation ''A Wicked Good Time'', the band released a five-song EP, 1982’s '' Bark Along with The Young Snakes'', on Ambiguous Records. The compilation album ''Aimee Mann & The Young Snakes'', released in 2004, included "Brains and Eggs" and a radio performance, but not the ''Bark Along'' tracks.
Mann has described the band as "a little punk noise-art outfit," noting that the group’s "break every rule" ethos became a rule in itself, and that her later band
'Til Tuesday
Til Tuesday (often stylized as til tuesday) was an American new wave band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The band, consisting of Aimee Mann (lead vocals, bass), Robert Holmes (guitar), Joey Pesce (keyboards), and Michael Haus ...
was a rebellion against The Young Snakes’ lack of interest in "sweetness and melody."
Discography
*'' Bark Along with The Young Snakes'' (EP, 1982)
*''Aimee Mann & The Young Snakes'' (compilation, released 2004)
File:YoungSnakesUnderground.jpg, The Young Snakes playing the Underground, Allston, Massachusetts. From left to right are Doug Vargas, Dave Bass Brown, and Aimee Mann.
File:YoungSnakesUnderground2.jpg, The Young Snakes playing the Underground, Allston, Massachusetts. From left to right are Doug Vargas, Dave Bass Brown, and Aimee Mann.
File:YoungSnakesUndergroundVertical.jpg, The Young Snakes backstage at the Underground, Allston, Massachusetts. From left to right are Dave Bass Brown, Aimee Mann, and Doug Vargas.
File:YoungSnakesUndergroundVertical2.jpg, The Young Snakes backstage at the Underground, Allston, Massachusetts. From left to right are Dave Bass Brown, Aimee Mann, and Doug Vargas.