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Group Members:

Scott Schmaljohn, Tony Reed, John Polle, Pat Brown, Wayne Rhino Flower, Eric Carnell, Doug Martsch, Eric Akre

Similar Artists:

The Microphones, Iqu, Sarah Dougher, Mount Eerie

Formal Connection With:

Violent Green, Built to Spill, The Halo Benders
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Something Vicious for Tomorrow/Time Whore
  • Representative Songs: "Liquid Boy", "Better Days", "Andy Warhol

Biography

Upon the breakup of the Boise, ID, punk band State of Confusion, several members elected to head west to the thriving then-underground scene in Seattle, and so guitarist/vocalist Doug Martsch, guitarist/vocalist Scott Schmaljohn, bassist Pat Brown, and drummer Wayne Rhino Flower became Treepeople. An often melodic cross between punk and grunge highlighted by Martsch and Schmaljohn's guitar interplay, Treepeople's sound was never really altered to fit the post-Nirvana Seattle formula, and perhaps consequently, the group never attracted as much attention outside the local scene as many of its contemporaries. The group debuted on the Toxic Shock label in 1989 with Guilt Regret Embarrassment, switching to C/Z for Something Vicious for Tomorrow, which did not appear until 1992 but also included the out of print EP Time Whore. By this time, Tony Dallas Reed had taken over the drum seat; for the next album, 1993's Just Kidding, Reed switched to bass (taking over for new father Brown) and Eric Akre (ex-Christ on a Crutch) took his position behind the drum set. Claiming he was tired of touring, Martsch himself then quit the band, leaving Schmaljohn as the only remaining original member; on Treepeople's final album, 1994's Actual Re-Enactment, the lineup featured Schmaljohn, Akre, guitarist John Polle, and bassist Eric Carnell. Martsch then resurfaced in Built to Spill. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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This article is about a band. For information on the not for profit group, see TreePeople.
Treepeople
Origin Boise, Idaho
Genres indie rock, punk rock, post-punk, grunge
Years active 1988-1994
Labels K Records
C/Z Records
Silence Records
Toxic Shock Records
Sonic Bubblegum Records
Associated acts Built to Spill
The Halo Benders
State of Confusion
Stuntman
The Hand
The Treatment
Members
Doug Martsch
Pat Brown
Wayne Flower
Scott Schmaljohn

Treepeople was an alternative rock band from Boise, Idaho, although it spent most of its time and was officially based in Seattle, Washington. The band was composed of Pat Brown, Wayne Rhino Flower, Doug Martsch, and Scott Schmaljohn, many of them ex-members of the Boise punk band State of Confusion. The band gained local notoriety and success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but after losing members to family complications and other projects, particularly Martsch and Flower to The Halo Benders (and, subsequently, Martsch to Built to Spill) the group disbanded in 1994, having released three albums and a handful of singles. Scott Schmaljohn later played in Stuntman, The Hand, and The Treatment. Schmaljohn also guested on Built to Spill's latest release There Is No Enemy, playing on the song "Pat," a tribute to Pat Brown.

Discography

  • No Mouth Pipetting Cassette 1988 (self-released)
  • ImportantThings 7" 1988 Silence Records
  • Time Whore EP 1990 Silence Records
  • Makin' The D 7" 1990 Battery Records
  • Mistake 7" 1991 Sonic Bubblegum Records
  • split w/ House Of Large Sizes 7" 1991 Toxic Shock Records
  • Guilt, Regret, Embarrassment LP/CD 1991 Toxic Shock Records/K Records (reissue)
  • Something Vicious for Tomorrow EP/CD 1992 C/Z Records
  • Outside In 7" 1992 C/Z Records
  • Just Kidding CD 1993 C/Z Records
  • Hide And Find Out 7" 1993 Soil Records, UK
  • split w/ Archers Of Loaf 2x7" Sonic Bubblegum Records
  • Actual Re-Enactment CD 1994 C/Z Records

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Actual Re-Enactment (1994 Album by Treepeople)
C/Z Records: We've Come for Your Daughters, Vol. 1 (199z Music Film)
Guilt Regret Embarrassment (1989 Album by Treepeople)

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