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The Posies
12+ albums
power popindieindie rockrockalternative
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The Posies was an American indie rock band, originally from Bellingham, WA, United States, although all band members had moved to Seattle when the band gained prominence. Active from 1986 to 2021, the band's two core members, singers, songwriters and guitarists were Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. Formed in 1986, the band fell apart abruptly in October 2021, as allegations of sexual misconduct by Stringfellow surfaced in an article published by KUOW, Seattle's NPR affiliate. Auer, who had learned about the allegations a few months prior to publication, announced that he had terminated his partnership with Stringfellow immediately in August. The Posies began as a set of informal home recordings by Stringfellow and Auer, but soon became a full-fledged band. Those early demos were released as the album Failure (1988). Mike Musburger and Rick Roberts joined soon after, allowing the band to play its first live shows in Seattle and Bellingham. The four then moved into a house in Seattle's University District. The band's first full album was their major-label début Dear 23 (1990). It was produced by John Leckie and features lush orchestrations for the songwriters' literate, clever, melodic pop with occasional hard-hitting guitars. The Posies' guitars hit even harder on their third and fourth albums, 1993's Frosting On The Beater and 1996's Amazing Disgrace. These two albums are the band's most succesful and are still widely regarded as classics of nineties indie rock and power po
