| Profile: | Rake, formed by bassist Bill Kellum (owner of the alternative label VHF) in Fairfax (Virginia), belong to the florid progressive-school of the 1990s. They established themselves as one of the most creative ensembles of the Washington scene via the single Cow Song/ My Fish Died (L Records, 1990), the EP Motorcycle Shoes/ Look at Rocks, My Miserable Existence/ The Center (VHF, 1991), the cassette The Day I Remembered Seeing Ice (Sweet Portable Junket, 1992) and the single Subterranean Marijuana Garden/ USTV (VHF, 1992). |