Jellyfish (band)

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rdf:langString Jellyfish

rdf:langString Jellyfish

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rdf:langString Jellyfish

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rdf:langString , and Eric Dover.

rdf:langString From left: Andy Sturmer, Tim Smith,

rdf:langString The Spilt Milk tour line-up of Jellyfish, 1993.

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rdf:langString Live albums

rdf:langString San Francisco, California, U.S.

rdf:langString * Andy Sturmer * Roger Manning * Jason Falkner * Chris Manning * Tim Smith * Eric Dover

rdf:langString [T]he band upped the ante considerably on 1993's Spilt Milk [...] there's no question that Sturmer and Manning sound like joyous kids left in a toy shop and making splendid use of every plaything at their disposal.

rdf:langString We love pop music. It had a bad reputation, but we think it's time to make the world safe for pop music again.

rdf:langString We don't fit anywhere, and we're up against a wall all the time. It would be very easy to slip into whatever the current fad is and cash in on that movement for as long as it lasts. Fortunately, we’re not associated with anything like that.

rdf:langString —AllMusic reviewer Chris Deming

rdf:langString —Andy Sturmer, June 1991

rdf:langString —Critic Dave Everley, 2015

rdf:langString —Roger Manning, April 1993

rdf:langString "Inside Jellyfish's 'Spilt Milk' with Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro"

rdf:langString Jellyfish was an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1989. Led by songwriters Andy Sturmer (drums, vocals) and Roger Manning (keyboards, vocals), the group was known for their blend of 1970s classic rock and XTC-style power pop. They released two albums, Bellybutton (1990) and Spilt Milk (1993), that proved influential to many subsequent acts in a similar vein. Sturmer and Manning met in high school and shared an admiration for jazz, post-punk, and British pop music. Following a stint as members of Beatnik Beatch, they quit the group to continue songwriting with one another and formed Jellyfish. They were initially supported by Jason Falkner (guitar) and Roger's brother Chris (bass). After the tour for Bellybutton, those musicians were replaced by Tim Smith (bass) and Eric Dover (guitar). The group viewed Spilt Milk as their "masterpiece" and the fulfillment of their original grandiose vision for the band, emphasizing bombasticity, vocal harmonies, orchestration, and studio experimentation. During their five-year existence, Jellyfish attracted critical acclaim and a devoted cult following, but struggled against prevailing rock trends (hair metal and grunge). Their only charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 was "Baby's Coming Back". Three other songs were top-twenty hits on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart: "The King Is Half-Undressed", "That Is Why", and "The Ghost at Number One". Elsewhere, they had six songs appear on the UK Singles Chart, although none reached higher than the top thirty. Jellyfish broke up in 1994 due to poor record sales, Sturmer's discomfort with his role as frontman, and artistic conflicts between the two songwriters. Manning subsequently formed Imperial Drag with Dover, and pursued careers as a solo artist and session musician. Sturmer worked with the Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi and continues to compose music for animated television programs. Since 2017, the trio of Manning, Dover, and Smith have recorded together as the Lickerish Quartet.