Poor Old Lu

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Poor Old Lu was one of the pioneer alternative Christian bands in the Northwest. Just sophomores in the spring of 1990, Nick Barber, Aaron Sprinkle & Scott Hunter began playing under the name ‘Bellbangvilla’. The group threw together a 9-song first album named ‘In Love with the Greenery’. A few months later Jesse Sprinkle joined the band.

In the summer of 1991, the band officially changed its name to Poor Old Lu, which is taken out of the first book in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe. In spring of 1992 the group released their first full-length demo entitled Star-Studded Super Step. After Aaron & Jesse’s father passed their demo to Randy Stonehill, the group was signed to Alarma Records in the summer of 1993.

Their first album released with Alarma Records was entitled Mindsize, a critically praised release from the foursome. The next summer the band regrouped to record their second album. Wanting to capture a more raw sound on the record, the group teamed up with engineer & producer John Goodmanson. Simply called Sin, the group released the album to high reviews and a growing fan base.

In the midst of their constant touring at this time, the group took about a month in the late spring of 1995 to record an elusive experimental EP entitled Straight Six. The EP saw new musical steps for the group as well as guest vocals from Jeremy Enigk and a cover of The Swoon’s Speak Soft.

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