Imperial Teen

*Roddy Bottum: Guitar/Vocals,
*Will Schwartz: Guitar/Vocals,
*Lynn Truell: Drums/Backing vocals
*Jone Stebbins: Bass/Backing vocals

Imperial Teen is a San Francisco-based indie pop group. The band features many prominent musicians from other bands such as Faith No more, The Wrecks, and the Dicks. The band’s original name was ‘Star 69’ but had to change the name after a local band from New York City threatened to sue over the trademark of the name. A lot of the band’s lyrics deal with gay/lesbian issues and the band has made this an important issue ever since Roddy Bottum announced that he was gay in 1993. Imperial Teen first gained notice with their debut album, ‘Seasick’, in 1996. The album was popular thanks to the band’s breakout single called ‘You’re One’ and helped the band be listed as Spin magazine’s 4th best album of the year. In 2002, the band needed to change labels after issues arose with Universal Records. The band made the switch to Merge Records and released a third album entitled ‘On’. After a brief hiatus, the band returned on stage at the 2007 South by Southwest music festival. Their fifth studio album,’ Feel the Sound’, was released on January 31, 2012. Furthermore, the band has also released a live album called ‘Live at Maxwell’s’ that came out in 2002.

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