 | Built To Spill |
Prior to Built To Spill singer-songwriter Doug Martsch was a member of Seattle by way of Boise punk rock band Treepeople. The Treepeople were one of the more popular early-90s Seattle bands yet didn’t fit the grunge mode. Doug left Treepeople and returned to Boise, Idaho where he formed Built to Spill in 1993. Treepeople put out one more album and members of that band formed Boise-based Stuntman. The current Built To Spill line-up is Doug Martsch, Brett Nelson, Scott Plouf, Jim Roth and Brett Fucking Resin. Current band members also play in the Halo Benders, Caustic Resin, Suffocation Keep, The Delusions, Mark Lanegan Band and several others nationally recognized indie rock bands. Built To Spill Albums include Ultimate Alternative Wavers, There's Nothing Wrong With Love, Keep it Like a Secret, The Normal Years, Perfect From Now On, Ancient Melodies from the Future. Built To Spill was on of the most popular indie rock bands of the 1990s and still enjoys wide-wide popularity today. They have albums out on Up Records, CZ records, K Records and Warner Brothers. New album has been pushed back but is expected to be released on Warner some time this spring. They are currently on tour, playing small and mid-sized clubs along the West coast. |