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Group Members:

Robert Cooper, Marc Solomon, Gersh, Tommy Stinson

Similar Artists:

Johnny Thunders, Pixies, Nirvana, The Goo Goo Dolls, Little Feat, David Johansen, The Georgia Satellites

Influenced By:

The Rolling Stones, Mott the Hoople, Marc Bolan, Mick Ronson, Dave Davies, T. Rex

Formal Connection With:

Bash & Pop, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson
  • Formed: 1995
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe," "Sickly Men of Thirty or So"

Biography

After the Replacements' demise in the early '90s, bassist Tommy Stinson formed a new project called Bash and Pop, which released a single album, Friday Night Is Killing Me. Since the album was written entirely by Stinson in his attic, it wasn't a true band effort, or a rocking one for that matter, which became apparent when he tried to tour for the album with a newly assembled band. He decided to put his first post-'Mats project to rest, and soon formed the more typically Stinson-like band Perfect. The band came together in August 1995, consisting of Stinson on bass/vocals, Marc Solomon on guitar/vocals, Dave Philips on guitar/vocals, and Gersh on drums. They began gigging soon after and caught the attention of Medium Cool Records, who signed them after label head Peter Jesperson (an old manager of the Replacements) caught an explosive gig in their hometown of Los Angeles. They opted to release an EP first, 1996's When Squirrels Play Chicken. Produced by Don Smith (Keith Richards, Cracker, etc.), the album was a glorious return to Stinson's sloppy roots-rock sound. In 1997, the band went into the studio with producer Jim Dickinson (who manned the boards for the Replacements' Pleased To Meet Me) and recorded Perfect's first full-length album, Seven Days A Week. However, by the time the album was ready for release, Medium Cool Records were at loggerheads with Regency Pictures, the new owners of their distributing label, Restless Records. Regency shelved the album, and frustration over the album's fate led to the band's break-up in 1998. Stinson signed on as bassist for Axl Rose's new version of Guns 'n Roses and cut a solo album, while Phillips worked with Frank Black, Solomon played with Clumsy and Solly, and Gersh opened a drum sales and rental firm. A remixed and resequenced version of Seven Days A Week, retitled Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe, was finally released by Rykodisc in 2004. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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Background information
Birth name Greg Rose
Also known as Perfect, Mr. Perfect, Little Ninja
Born 26 March 1980 (1980-03-26) (age 29)
Origin St Ann's Bay/Parish, Jamaica
Genres Reggae
Occupations Singer
Years active 2000-present

Perfect (born Greg Rose, 26 March 1980, Bamboo, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica) is a reggae singer.[1]

Biography

The third child in a family of four children, Rose grew up in the cool hills of Bamboo, which is south of St. Anns Bay and east of Browns Town, in the parish of St. Ann. Perfect has always been exposed to various genres of music, and spent many evenings listening to and singing his favourite songs.

Perfect cut his first tune as Little Ninja, before settling on his current stage name due to his perfectionism as a recording artist.

He began deejaying in the sound system Trend Setter from Bamboo where he grown and recorded his first dubplates. In the late 1990s he often had to go to Kingston to make his name and record. The first song that really began making his name was "Lock Me Up" in 2004 for Courntey MacIntosh from Irie FM but he was really revealed with "Handcart Bwoy" in 2005. He released his first album, Giddimani the next year including many of his first singles. After releasing many of his 7", the Austrian record label, Irievibrations, released his second album, Born Dead With Life in 2008.

References

  1. ^ "Biography PERFECT Biography". United Reggae Online Reggae Magazine. http://www.unitedreggae.info/artist/n432/perfect Biography. Retrieved 30 May 2008. 

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