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[[File:Mercury_Rev_6100.jpg|frame|The band's lineup circa 1998.]]
Mercury Rev are a psychedelic [[Alternative Rock]]/[[Dream Pop]]/[[Noise Pop]] band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1989. They are frequently compared to the [[Flaming Lips]], since both bands experienced the same evolution from noisy, punky psychedelia to lushly orchestrated [[Baroque Pop]], Jonathan Donahue was a guitarist in the Lips for a few years early in [[The Nineties]], and Dave Fridmann near-exclusively produces both bands.
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Mercury Rev finally regrouped to record 1998's ''Deserter's Songs'', which surprisingly became their most successful album in the UK and Europe, and gave them a minor hit with "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp". This convinced them not to disband, and they've continued making [[Baroque Pop]]/[[Psychedelic Rock]] albums ever since. Their lineup has also been reduced with Chambers and Thorpe leaving soon after ''Deserter's Songs'', leaving Donahue, Grasshopper, Fridmann and new drummer/pianist Jeff Mercel.
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* ''Yerself Is Steam'' (1991)
* ''Boces'' (1993)
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* ''Snowflake Midnight'' and ''Strange Attractor'' (2008)
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* [[Broken Record]]: "Car Wash Hair", "Very Sleepy Rivers".
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: According to a 1991 interview with ''Melody Maker'', Grasshopper's mother:
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