ARTIST: Stingray Green
TITLE: Hard Numbers
LABEL: Independent
GENRE: Pop
TIME: 31:36 min
SIZE:  47,5 MB
RIP DATE: May-02-2006
RELEASE DATE: Apr-22-2006
WEBSITE: http://www.stingraygreen.com/

Track List:

01. I Can Count On You                         02:35
02. Go Home                                    02:26
03. Good Intentions                            03:43
04. Bad Batch                                  03:20
05. Something Else                             02:16
06. Hard Cold Stone                            03:08
07. Christmas Lights                           04:00
08. Not In Love With Me                        02:37
09. All Over You                               03:37
10. When She Comes                             03:54

Release Notes:

Nothing in pop is so pure as a cartoon band, and in
the late `90s The Vandalias were the ultimate
cartoon band.

Trouser Press, Village Voice, Option, People and
scores of others praised the smart songs, guileless
enthusiasm and aggressive playing. The band appeared
on page one of Billboard on the release of their
first album, and were blessed with legions of
dedicated fans. The cartoon Vandalia brothers
starred in a promo short featuring the voice talent
of Peter Fernandez, best known for his late-`60s
work as Speed Racer.

But by decade's end the Vandalias' label had folded,
and after a period of intense work trying to float a
Vandalias TV series the band's DIY foundations
collapsed beneath the weight of their Disney
ambitions.

Singer/songwriter Dan Sarka and lead guitarist Kent
Militzer were set free to pursue more manageable
dreams.

In the early `90s Militzer had been a member of
legendary Minneapolis punks The Magnolias, while
Sarka was catching the attention of the burgeoning
indie-powerpop scene with a band called Sparrows.
Both had a love for live performance that couldn't
be satisfied within the bounds of a studio-only
cartoon band. So even as The Vandalias soldiered on,
they starting talking about a side project -- a way
to keep up their chops and have fun in the long
stretches between recording sessions.

Dan Boardman had spent the early `90s playing drums
and guitar in The Spectors, a blood-soaked traveling
cage match disguised as a beat band. He worked on
both Vandalias albums as a bassist, guitar player,
singer and studio engineer. Dan called up his
drummer friend Robb Burnham (who had done time with
him in the great Minneapolis garage trio Magnatone),
and Stingray Green was born.