REISSUE: Green Apple Quick Step – Dizzy: The Medicine Label Anthology

 

The criminally-underrated 90’s alt-rock band Green Apple Quick Step recently received the reissue treatment from Omnivore Recordings with Dizzy: The Medicine Label Anthology.  The 2-CD set offers up newly-remastered versions of the band’s major label debut Wonderful Virus and follow-up Reloaded alongside 13 bonus tracks, including 4 previously unreleased.  In addition, the two albums have been reissued on colored vinyl as well. 

The Seattle band – led by vocalist/guitarist Ty Willman - was signed during the 90’s major label feeding frenzy that began with Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.  Their 1993 debut for The Medicine Label (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.) shared the heavy grunge rock intensity of their peers but they delivered a sound their own with a focus on instantly catchy power-pop melodies and the male/female vocal melodies of Ty and bassist Mari Ann Braeden, which really took the spotlight on their 1995 sophomore album, Reloaded. 

Disc one features the charging debut album, Wonderful Virus (led by the stunning single “Dirty Water Ocean”) and is outfitted with 7 bonus tracks highlighted by an MTV Unplugged-worthy acoustic version of the standout track, “Feel My Way”, as well as energetic live versions of album tracks “Stereo” and “Pay The Rent” and a cover of “The Unheard Music” by X.  Celebrating its 30^th anniversary, disc two houses their second album, Reloaded (led by the jangly and infectious single “Dizzy” featured in the film The Basketball Diaries) along with its bonus tracks, of which highlights include, the previously unissued tracks “Restless”, “Pills” and the electrifying “Five Way Switch”.    

Green Apple Quick Step once had Mookie Blaylock (aka, a pre-fame Pearl Jam playing their first live show) open for them and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam and Nick Didia produced Reloaded yet despite that and their heavy psychedelic power-pop sound, the band never quite took off like they deserved.  This new anthology serves to remedy that as the perfect introduction for new listeners and a comprehensive document for all of the fans that were there from the beginning.   

For more info: https://omnivorerecordings.com/shop/dizzy/

Relive the video for “Dirty Water Ocean” here: