Album Notes

Gentian Violet was initially formed in the late 1990s (we're not sure of the exact year, but the decade sounds about right) when Blue Stephenson, Gary Johnson and Laura Bowers were indirectly introduced to each other by Laura's Music Theory Teacher. The three of them went frolicking down the yellow brick road with Laura's dog Toto. (Oh sorry, wrong fairy tale.) Well, Anyway, the trio auditioned many drummers and lead guitar players only to have them spontaneously combust just when things would seem to be working out, leaving just a pair of green globule encrusted shoes where they once stood.

This went on for several years as Blue, Gary and Laura were witness to several such explosions. However, they continued to write music and the musical material began to pile up. Then one sunny day, Gary found out that an old friend he use to jam with was not happy with his current band and was showing signs of impending combustion. So Gary went and saved him from this terrible fate. (Hey, these things happen a lot, we're not kidding.) Aaron seemed to work out really well. Happy with his new band, he no longer showed signs of bursting into flame. All that they needed now was a drummer.

Tom was the drummer for the same band that was almost responsible for Aaron's implosion. When Tom saw how happy Aaron was with Gentian Violet, he realized that he was also very close to leaving behind the tell tale legacy of globule encrusted footwear and decided to hook up with a new band. Amazingly enough, the band finally seemed to be whole without the threat of spontaneous combustion. And with a backlog of wonderful music to play, they lived happily ever after. Well at least until the lawyers got involved. But that's another story.