Drop Nineteens

Boston-based Drop Nineteens (1991-1995) were one of a select few US-based bands who were influenced by My Bloody Valentine and the raft of UK Indie bands such as Ride and Lush that were producing the type of music that was often known as 'shoegazing' (a tag the bands themselves often disliked, as they wished to avoid being pigeon-holed). Much like Boston's Pixies who came before them, the band were more widely acknowledged in the UK than in their native US, where the then unsigned Drop Nineteens first gained attention from the British music press with two 8-track demos.