The Brood

Portland, ME garage rock revivalists the Brood formed in 1983 around the talents of Chris Horne (guitar and vocals), Crystal Light (drums), Betsy Mitchell (bass), and Asch Gregory (organ). The band's debut single "And I Know" appeared in the October 1985 issue of underground garage rock publication 99th Floor Fanzine #7 on a Flexidisc EP, and was followed in 1986 by "Writing on the Wall" and "You Lied to Me Before," both of which appeared on the various-artist compilations Deadly Spawn and The Sounds of Now, respectively. The band continued to release singles and appear on compilations in anticipation of their 1988 debut LP In Spite of It All, a 16-track onslaught of punk-infused, '60s-inspired fuzz-rock that predated the mainstream garage rock revival of the late '90s/early 2000s by nearly a decade. The Brood went on to release three more albums, including Vendetta (1991), Hitsville (1995), and Beyond the Valley of the Brood (2000), the latter of which featured a mock soundtrack cover that depicted the quartet as a girl group called the "Swizzle Chicks." ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide