Impatients

The Impatients were an indie/power pop band that came out of the fertile Ann Arbor music scene in the early to mid-'90s. Consisting of singer/songwriter Doug Way, drummer Dan Carroll, guitarist Vijay Kumra, and bassist Sean Rhyee, the group initially released their first cassette (a six-song EP appropriately titled First) in 1993. After steadily gigging and gaining a local following, the group followed up First with the CD release of Kickball in 1995. Produced in part by Scott Miller (of <a href="spotify:artist:3aCS3JvkoSr84i7ge9pA9o">Game Theory</a>/<a href="spotify:artist:7hQsq7p8cRabrNvklqxCvU">Loud Family</a> notoriety), the album was issued on the local Skillet Records label, a business venture of which <a href="spotify:artist:0zDDoKS1groXaQXVBz6FHU">Carroll</a> was a co-owner. Kickball was soon picked up for national distribution, but the Impatients dissolved shortly thereafter in 1996. Of note, <a href="spotify:artist:0zDDoKS1groXaQXVBz6FHU">Carroll</a> went on to join <a href="spotify:artist:4USVPhP06DX3JD1n0KnjBn">Getaway Cruiser</a>, who would later ink a major-label deal with 550 Music/Sony. ~ Steve Bekkala, Rovi