# Absolute Grey

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**Absolute Grey** were an [alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)–[jangle pop](/source/Jangle_pop) band formed in September 1983 in [Rochester, New York](/source/Rochester,_New_York), [United States](/source/United_States).[1] The group's original lineup comprised drummer [Pat Thomas](/source/Pat_Thomas_(American_musician)) (who later founded [Heyday Records](/source/Heyday_Records)), guitarist Matt Kitchen, vocalist Beth Brown and bassist Mitchell Rasor.[2]

The band's debut release was a six-song cassette, followed by the *Green House* [mini-LP](/source/Mini-LP) in December 1984.[1][2] They then signed to Midnight Records, and two years after their debut released *What Remains*, produced by Tim Lee of [The Windbreakers](/source/The_Windbreakers).[2][3] Thomas left in 1987, later releasing a series of solo albums, and Kitchen also left, leaving Brown and Rasor to continue, with the acoustic *Painted Post* [EP](/source/Extended_play) released in mid-1987.[2][4] A live album recorded in 1984 followed, released on the Greek Di-Di label, before the original line-up came back together to record their final album, *Sand Down the Moon*.[2]

After disbanding in 1990, an expanded reissue of *A Journey Through the Past* was released in 2001.[5] In 2003 a remixed edition of *Green House: 20th Anniversary Edition* with a bonus disc of live recordings was released.[1] The band reunited, and announced plans for a new album in 2004, although nothing was released.[1]

## Discography

### Albums

- *Green House* (1984), Earring
- *What Remains* (1986), Midnight
- *A Journey Through the Past* (live) (1988), Di-Di
- *Sand Down the Moon* (1989), Di-Di
- *Green House - 20th Anniversary* (2004)

### Compilations

- *Broken Promise* (1993)

### EP's and singles

- *Painted Post* EP (1987), Midnight

## References

1. MacNeil, Jason "[Absolute Grey Biography](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/absolute-grey-p143833/biography)", [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic), retrieved 2010-12-08

1. Strong, Martin C. (2003) *The Great Indie Discography*, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 191

1. Schoemer, Karen "[Absolute Grey/Pat Thomas](http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=absolute_grey)", *[Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press)*, retrieved 2010-12-08

1. Schinder, Scott "[Pat Thomas](http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=pat_thomas)", *[Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press)*, retrieved 2010-12-08

1. Deming, Mark "[*A Journey Through the Past* Review](http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-journey-through-the-past-r213069/review)", [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic), retrieved 2010-12-08

## External links

- [Paisley Pop - Greenhouse 20th anniversary reissue label](http://www.paisleypop.com)

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