Mistle Thrush (band)
| Mistle Thrush | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Genres |
Alternative rock Ethereal wave Gothic rock |
| Years active | 1993–2002 |
| Labels | Bedazzled, Egg, Ecstatic |
| Associated acts | Van Elk, Big Monster Fish Hook, The Lothars, Broken River Prophet, Funeral Party, Twelve Tone Failure, Funny Wagon, Kingpin, Gene Dante and The Future Starlets |
| Website | Official site |
| Members | Todd Demma: Drums, percussion Valerie Forgione: Vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, Theremin Scott Patalano: Acoustic and electric guitar |
| Past members | Matthew Kattman: Guitar Matthew Klain: Bass guitar Ruben Layman: Bass guitar Brad Rigney: Guitar |
Mistle Thrush was a female-fronted 1990s alternative rock band based in Boston, Massachusetts. They've been described by the Boston Herald as The Cure-meets-Fairport Convention. Steve Morse of The Boston Globe wrote that Valerie Forgione, the band's singer, has "some of the most versatile pipes since the dream-pop heyday of Kate Bush" and that the "band remains a local treasure". During the band's heyday, their songs frequently charted in CMJ's Top 200. According to the band's website, they're on hiatus but their last album was released in February 2002. In January 2011, they reunited to play their first concert since 2003. Forgione's current project is called Van Elk.
Formed in 1993 by guitarists Scott Patalano and Brad Rigney, bassist Ruben Layman, drummer Todd Demma and Forgione (ex-Funeral Party, Twelve Tone Failure), Mistle Thrush took their name from a bird that eats the poisonous-to-most berries of the mistletoe plant. Generally identified as goth—although the term, as The Phoenix's Brett Milano later put it, "never quite suited them"—quickly found a home at Washington, D.C.'s Bedazzled Records, who released the band's debut 7" in 1994. Later that same year, they released a 5-song CD entitled Agus Amàrach.
In May 1995 they advanced as far as the semi-finals of the 17th annual WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble; by the time they put out their full-length debut (1995's Silt), Rigney had been replaced by former teenage Boston hardcore semi-star Matthew Kattman (ex-Funny Wagon, Kingpin).
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