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Keith and Glenn Kochanowicz of Riverside | 90s Artist Interview
Keith and Glenn Kochanowicz of Riverside | 90s Artist Interview
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Length:
88 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
With the music landscape dominated by the grunge movement coming out of Seattle, it’s little wonder that Pennsylvania’s Riverside, a band influenced by the likes of The Smiths and Echo and the Bunnymen, didn’t stand a chance. Featuring Keith Kochanowicz (vocals, guitar, organ) and his brother Glenn Kochanowicz (bass, vocals), Kenneth Jackson (guitars), and Geoff Verne (drums), the band’s debut - and ultimately lone - album for Sire Records, One, was released in 1992. While featuring a number of alt-rock-radio friendly songs (“Waterfall,” “Cinnamon Eyes,”), Riverside couldn’t catch a break and were dropped by the label despite finishing a sophomore album, Taste. More than 30 years after One’s release, the Kochanowicz brothers hooked up with the Lost in Ohio record label and a Kickstarter campaign was launched to fund the first-ever pressing of the album on vinyl. Despite never achieving massive success in the ‘90s, the campaign was fully funded within weeks of the announcement and the vinyl will be available later this summer. In this conversation, the Kochanowicz brothers discuss the formation of the band, how fellow Pennsylvania band The Ocean Blue served as mentors, the realities of having a major label record deal in the ‘90s, and what happened after Sire dropped Riverside.
Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Waterfall
7:15 - General Nature
57:00 - Waterfall
1:04:48 - Marvel (from Taste)
Outro - Cinnamon Eyes
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Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Waterfall
7:15 - General Nature
57:00 - Waterfall
1:04:48 - Marvel (from Taste)
Outro - Cinnamon Eyes
Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon.
Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.
Released:
Mar 14, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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