Green Pajamas
| The Green Pajamas | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Genres | Neo-psychedelia, indie rock, Paisley Underground, jangle pop |
| Years active | 1984–current |
| Labels | Green Monkey, Hidden Agenda, Camera Obscura, Woronzow |
| Associated acts | Jeff Kelly Goblin Market |
| Website | Secret Day |
| Members | Jeff Kelly, Joe Ross, Eric Lichter, Laura Weller, Scott Vanderpool |
| Past members | Karl Wilhelm, Steve Lawrence, Bruce Haedt |
The Green Pajamas are a musical group from Seattle, Washington. They formed in the spring of 1984 when Jeff Kelly and Joe Ross recorded and released their first album, Summer Of Lust. They are probably best known for the regional hit single "Kim the Waitress".
The band released 33 albums between 1984 and 2014. The band has never been picked up by a major label.
Joe Ross and Jeff Kelly met at a party and discovered a common interest in 60s psychedelia. Inspired by 1983's Los Angeles "paisley underground" music scene the duo decided to start a similar scene in their home town of Seattle. By spring of 1984 they had recorded and released a homemade cassette called Summer of Lust; it was described by one U.K. journalist as "British-style psychedelia similar to Dukes of the Stratosphear but more off-center and less pastiche".
The 7" record "Kim the Waitress" attracted regional college radio airplay in the mid-80s, and the band went on to record "Sister Anne", and the albums Book Of Hours and Ghosts of Love, before breaking up during the sessions for Ghosts of Love (released 1990 to some critical attention on the L.A. label Bomp!). During the next few years, Jeff Kelly released solo recordings on cassette. The band re-united in 1994 in the wake of "Kim The Waitress" covers released that year by Material Issue and the Seattle band Sister Psychic. A third single, "Song for Christina", was released. (The Green Pajamas' early singles, including "Kim The Waitress", can be heard on the 1997 anthology Indian Winter.)
With the 1999 release of Seven Fathoms Down and Falling on Nick Saloman's Woronzow records, they played the 1999 festival in London. They have been Terrastock regulars, playing at Terrastock 2 in San Francisco, #4 in Seattle and #6 in Providence, RI.
In 2009 the band returned to the Seattle record label where they started and has been putting out a steady stream of releases, both reissues and new material.
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