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The Verve Pipe

Alternative pop group

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The Verve Pipe’s third album, Villains, earned gold status on April 24, 1996, establishing their rise from college radio smash to mainstream success. The album produced two hit singles, “Photograph” and “The Freshmen,” which continue to propel them towards platinum status. Many years of hard work are behind their apparent overnight success.

Producer Jerry Harrison was brought in to work with the band on Villains. Harrison, ex-member of the Talking Heads, has produced many other successful bands, including Crash Test Dummies and Live. After recording the album at The Plant in Sausalito, Harrison stated, “I may be biased, but I think this record has the depth and quality of playing you’ll want to hear over and over. This band is not about looks or anything else. It’s about music.” As usual, Harrison, who also was a member of the legendary Modern Lovers, shows an a

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The Verve Pipe is an Americanpost-grunge band from East Lansing, Michigan. It was formed in 1991 by Brian Vander Ark, Brad Vander Ark, Donny Brown and Brian Stout, releasing their first album, I've Suffered a Head Injury later that year. They released a second album Pop Smear helping to gain a devoted following in their native state of Michigan, which led to signing with RCA Records in 1995.

Despite the similarity in name to the British band The Verve, there is no relation between the two.

In 1992, working with producer/engineer Jon Frazer, they released their first album, I've Suffered a Head Injury, which featured an acoustic version of the band's calling-card hit, "The Freshmen." The original 10-song version of the CD is no longer available. A 7-song version, without the original recording of "The Freshmen" and two songs written by Stout, was later released as an EP.

The band, known for its energetic live performances, built strong followings during its early years, especially in the college towns of Kalamazoo and East Lansing.

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The Verve Pipe

American alternative rock band

Not to be confused with The Verve or Verve Records.

The Verve Pipe are an American rock band from Michigan. It was formed in 1992 in East Lansing by Brian Vander Ark, Brian Stout, and Donny Brown.^[3]

History

In November 1992, Brian Vander Ark of the band "Johnny with an Eye" signed a production deal with producer/engineer Thomas Jansen, owner of Station C Studios Inc. After Jansen produced, recorded and mixed all "Johnny with an Eye" tracks, Jansen was looking for a little more from the band. During this same period of time Jansen was courting Don Brown's "Water for the Pool" band to come over and record the rest of their album at Station C Studios. Frazer was then given the job of engineering the rest of their album project. In a conversation with Vander Ark, Jansen advised Vander Ark to call Brown to join the band with one guitar member of "Water for the Pool". Frazer then engineered Brown's drums and vocals, and Stout's guitars and vocals, on "Johnny with an Eye" songs, and Vander Arks's guitar and vocals