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Hazel was one of several groups (including <a href="spotify:artist:2ApaG60P4r0yhBoDCGD8YG">Elliott Smith</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:59IPo3F7aZifhZtHnoGHbo">Heatmiser</a>) that sprung up in Portland, Oregon in the early '90s, just as grunge was reaching fever pitch in neighboring Seattle. The trio of indie poppers included vocalist-guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:7qwyDX3fD7i7Der8oU30Ts">Pete Krebs</a>, bassist Brady Smith, and drummer-vocalist Jody Bleyle. They were often accompanied by a Fred Nemo, a dancer, and spirit man, à la <a href="spotify:artist:339DNkQkuhHKEcHw6oK8f0">the Happy Mondays</a>' (and <a href="spotify:artist:147FGf3bdxV1L0mmVtgaJR">Black Grape</a>'s) <a href="spotify:artist:4TQQlLMhm05z936VJnZkK1">Bez</a>. The group, who was signed to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Sub+Pop%22">Sub Pop</a> records, released their debut album, Toreador of Love, in 1993. The punk-pop effort was most notable for the unique melding of <a href="spotify:artist:7qwyDX3fD7i7Der8oU30Ts">Krebs</a>' and Bleyle's voices. By the time of the group's sophomore effort, 1995's Are You Going to Eat That?, the foundations of Hazel had become shaky. <a href="spotify:artist:7qwyDX3fD7i7Der8oU30Ts">Krebs</a> was slowly emerging as a solo performer and playing the occasional acoustic show, while Bleyle was involved with <a href="spotify:artist:1i0UobirqiiWT0AbrkZKrs">Team Dresch</a> and was a co-owner of the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Candy-Ass%22">Candy-Ass</a> record label. Like his friend and occasional collaborator <a href="spotify:artist:2ApaG60P4r0yhBoDCGD8YG">Elliott Smith</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7qwyDX3fD7i7Der8oU30Ts">Krebs</a> would soon outstrip his group and move on to a career as an introspective and critically acclaimed singer/songwriter. He debuted on his own with 1995's defiantly acoustic Brigadier; his solo status was cemented with the highly lauded follow-up Western Electric. ~ Erik Hage, Rovi
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