Pretty Mary Sunshine was a band formed in Seattle, Washington in March 1993. Almost as quickly as they were formed, they were signed to A&M Records. Instead of unifying the five piece, being signed to a major record label hastened their disintegration. "PMS" was contracted to produce two albums for A&M Records but they only "officially" released one. What was intended to be their first album was recorded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by Record producer Keith Cleversley. The only song from the ill-fated "Oklahoma sessions" that A&M Records released, was "Can I Stay?". In an attempt to market Pretty Mary Sunshine as an indie-rock band, A&M Records also released two previously recorded tracks from the band's demo tape recorded at the Electric Eel Studio, in Seattle. "Bird Medicine" - the full-length disc the band did manage to release was recorded at A&M Studio "C" in the Winter of 1994-1995. The band was completely dissatisfied with the recording process in Hollywood, with tensions between Kurt & Patrice escalating as the producers steered the band into a sound neither liked. "Bird Medicine" was released with no marketing, support or promotion from A&M. The release date was held back for nearly a year due to attorney squabbles about credits in the liner notes. The band supported the release of this album solely to fulfill contractual obligations with a disastrous tour of the United States in 1995. The band broke up in early 1996, after finally being dropped by their label after a debauched U.S. tour. Kurt and Patrice went on to form Frownland with the original drummer, Pam Barger, Paul Hutzler (guitar, multi-instrumentalist and bass guitar player, Sean Wheatley, of Pretty Mary Sunshine. Joe Howard, aka Joe Skyward, went on to join the Posies and Sunny Day Real Estate. Jerry O'Neill went on to record some solo material and then seemingly dropped out of the music world entirely until passing away in 2015.
Members
Core members
Patrice Tullai also known for Frownland and ...
Kurt Elzner also known for Frownland, the Purdins, Mazzy Star and currently of Pet Knives
Oklahoma sessions other members
Jerry O'Neill aka Gerald Weymeth also known for John the Baptist, the Purdins, Dolly Rocker
Joe Howard aka Joe Skyward also known for Sky Cries Mary, Sunny Day Real Estate and the Posies.
Only two songs were released as a single under the label Spontaneous Underground, a pseudonym of A&M. "Can I Stay?" was also featured on the film and the soundtrack of the S.F.W. movie while Jessica later appeared on the 1995 LP.
