Artist description A female-fronted, indie pop/rock band based out of Seattle, WA.

Music Style Indie pop/rock

Musical Influences U2, The Sundays, Kate Bush

Similar Artists The Sundays, 10,000 Maniacs, U2

Artist History Formed in 1993, TWBA has been touring the greater Northwest for the last three years. The band has released five albums, with the latest, Be, due out this spring.

Group Members Mary Beth Kite, vocals; Matt Kite, guitar; Jay Perry, bass; Roger Johnson, drums.

Instruments Guitar, bass, drums.

Albums Be, Amnesty, Spinner, The Whole Bolivian Army, Hazen

Press Reviews "The noise of the Whole Bolivian Army isn't the ominous stomping of boots on dirt, Paul Newman and Robert Redford's sweat making wet splats in the dust as their fate approaches in a flurry of gunfire. This Whole Bolivian Army is from Seattle, not South of the Border, and dispatches a crisp-as-Wasa-bread power-pop sound, spread with a touch of honey and butter for added sweetness. 'Modern rock'--that is, the left-of-center pop mode that predated 'alternative'--is a descriptor that springs immediately to mind. Mary Beth Kite's throaty, vibrato vocals slither over resonating guitar chimes, and elastic bass lines alternately recall the Sundays and 10,000 Maniacs." -- John Graham, Willamette Week.

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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