The Verve Pipe
From Academic Kids
The Verve Pipe are an American grunge band from East Lansing, Michigan. It was formed in 1991 by Brian and Brad Vander Ark, Brian Stout and Donny Brown, releasing their first album, I've Suffered a Head Injury later that year. They released a second album "Pop Smear" helping to gain a devoted following in their native state of Michigan, which lead to signing with RCA Records in 1995. Their first major label release was 1996's Villains, which was a minor hit and launched two respectably-selling singles, first "Photograph" then the #1 hit "The Freshman". They came back with a new album, The Verve Pipe, in 1999. Their most recent release is 2001's Underneath.
Despite the similarity in name to British band The Verve, there is no relation between the two.
