Black Pepper

(Excerpt 126k, 189k / Full song 4.5 mins, 3.30M, 6.60M)

Raw, wrenched, and twisted guitar noise tempered by lively bass lines and heavy, aggressive drum beats with a voice above it all both smooth and dynamically manic. Ambient mood swings, tempermental songwriting and explosive live shows have established Poppy as a major contender in the Bay Area music scene.

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"...Poppy, with their melodic, slightly acoustic, hardcore edge, hinting at that "post-punk" thing... There is little to fault them on. Their sound is good. Their energy is good." Hectic Times 'Zine

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• Kris Burt - guitar, vocals
• Russ Granger (parade@iuma.com) - bass
• Eric Schneider - drums

Kris played guitar and sang in another Santa Cruz band, Slant 6 (now ostensibly living on as Headcase-O-Matic). By day, she owns a small house-cleaning business with her husband, Tony.

Russ was a glam-boy down in L.A (he'd rather not talk about it). He spends most of his time helping out at IUMA and works on his own project, Santa Cruz Alternative Music

Eric joined in December 1994, and was previously filling in for Eden Retread after his own band, Pile, broke up.

Our new demo tape, "Cigarette" is ready! Five songs (Black Pepper, Red Sweet, Into The Ground, Tune and Pashing) and an attractive color cover can be yours for only $5 (shipping included which is usually $1.50). Allow a few weeks for delivery 'cause we're slackers.

Poppy will be touring this summer. Southern California in April and hopefully the Northwestern States in June (but maybe not). We'll go back to L.A. in August and maybe more stuff in the fall.