Joe Pernice

Joe Pernice
Joe Pernice playing with the Pernice Brothers, 2006
Background information
Genres	Indie rock, alternative pop, chamber pop, alternative country
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Sub Pop, Ashmont,
Associated acts	Scud Mountain Boys, Chappaquiddick Skyline, Pernice Brothers, Jale, The New Mendicants, Budo (Musician), Roger Lion Band

Joe Pernice is an American indie rock musician and writer, who has fronted several bands, including the Scud Mountain Boys, Chappaquiddick Skyline and the Pernice Brothers.

Originally from Holbrook, Massachusetts, he is currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he is married to Canadian musician Laura Stein, formerly of the band Jale.

Pernice formed the Scud Mountain Boys in 1991, in Northampton, Massachusetts. The Scud Mountain Boys released three albums before disbanding in 1997.

After the break-up, Pernice formed the Pernice Brothers. The band released their first album Overcome by Happiness in 1998 for Sub Pop. The band released The World Won't End in 2001, under Pernice's own label, Ashmont Records and Yours, Mine and Ours in 2003. After a 2004 tour, the band released their first live album in early 2005, Nobody's Watching/Nobody's Listening, and, in June of the same year, released their fourth studio album, Discover a Lovelier You. The band released Live a Little, their fifth studio album, in October 2006. In 2007 he co-produced the Transnormal Skiperoo album for Jim White. In 2009, Pernice released a solo album called It Feels So Good When I Stop, which was an album of cover songs, marketed as a soundtrack for his debut novel of the same name. In June 2010, the band released its first album in four years, Goodbye, Killer.