The Posies

The Posies
The Posies perform in Chicago, Illinois in June 2009.
Background information
Origin	Bellingham, Washington, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, power pop
Years active	1986–present
Labels	DGC, Rykodisc, PopLlama, Houston Party, Not Lame, Casa Recording Co., Lojinx
Associated acts	The Fastbacks, Flop, Fountains of Wayne, Love Battery, The Minus 5, Sky Cries Mary, Sunny Day Real Estate, Big Star, The Orange Humble Band
Website	Official website
Members	Jon Auer Ken Stringfellow
Past members	Arthur "Rick" Roberts Dave Fox Mike Musburger Joe Skyward† Brian Young Darius Minwalla† Matt Harris

The Posies are an American power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" (from Dear 23), as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month" (from Frosting on the Beater).

Core members Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow began writing songs together in late 1986 while Ken was in school at the University of Washington. Auer later recalled in an interview that "we first met at a Dan Reed Network show; we were united in feeling we could do that stuff much better ourselves, the two of us". Their first public performance came as an acoustic duo that next summer while Ken was home in Bellingham. During the last part of 1987 and the first two months of 1988, Ken drove home on weekends to join Jon as they recorded twelve songs in Jon's family's home studio. Though intended as demos to attract other members and form a full band, the recordings turned out so well that they became the Posies' first self-released album, Failure. Interest in the Posies rose out of the numerous home-copied cassettes that began to spread around Seattle and Bellingham.

Mike Musburger and Arthur "Rick" Roberts joined soon after, allowing the band to play its first live shows in Seattle and Bellingham. The four members moved into a house in the University District of Seattle, where they developed many of the songs that would appear on later albums. Failure was released on vinyl near the end of 1988 on local indie label PopLlama with one song dropped.