Harvey Danger Research and Background

• Harvey Danger was a rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1992, and rose to prominence in 1998 with the single "Flagpole Sitta." On August 29, 2009, the band played its final show at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle.

(This is an intresting fact as it give us an outline of where the band have been and where thier going. Since they broke up this year we could use that to our advantage in making the DVD as a greatest Hits limited edition cover. )

• (1992–1996) Early years -
  Harvey Danger began in 1992 with University of Washington classmates Lin and Huffman deciding "it might be fun to start a band." Taking their name from a phrase graffitied onto the wall of the UW student newspaper office, the duo played house parties and bars as they were until the following year, when they invited Evan Sult to be their drummer. Despite his complete lack of drumming experience, Sult agreed, bringing along his own similarly-inexperienced classmate Sean Nelson.
  
• The band recorded a three-track demo tape with producer John Goodmanson, a demo tape which drew attention from some generally uninterested major labels and the very interested Greg Glover, a London Records intern who ran his own small label, the Arena Rock Recording C0. Glover expressed interest in releasing a 7" single, and Harvey Danger provided him with an additional three songs—including "Flagpole Sitta"—also recorded with Goodmanson. On the strength of these, Glover agreed to bankroll a full-length album.
  

(This is also helpful as it outlines a sense of style for the band as a low budget but popular band, again helpfull for our early ideas of what to do with the DVD Cover.)

(1997–1998) Success

• Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? was released in July 1997 to local critical acclaim. The record performed well on college radio charts, and sold steadily in Seattle and New York, among other cities. By the end of the year, however, the band felt as though the record had lost its momentum and the group began to contemplate breaking up. Shortly before taking January 1998 off to contemplate their future, Nelson gave a copy of Merrymakers to a KNDD DJ. Within weeks, "Flagpole Sitta" had become KNDD's most-requested song.
  
• Influential L.A. radio station KROQ picked the track up, and stations across the country shortly followed suit. When Greg Glover of Arena Rock Recording Co. was hired at Slash/London Records, Harvey Danger were signed to the label. "Flagpole Sitta" made Billboard magazine's Top 40, and appeared in a number of films and television shows. Its video got heavy rotation on MTV and VH1. The song also became famous globally as one of the most memorable songs on the soundtrack for the film American Pie, despite not being on the official soundtrack sold in stores. It also appeared in the movie Disturbing Behavior and its trailer. More recently, the song was used as the opening theme to the British sitcom Peep Show for the second series and onwards.

(I Found this the most intresting and usefull out of the research as it gives us another option and idea to explore for our DVD cover. It goes to show that Harvey danger is mostly a popular American band. The fact that they have only really hit the UK in the last year or so gives us the idea that e could base the DVD release cover and poster on a UK market advertising it as a new band even though they have been around for a while. )

(2009) Breakup
On May 28, 2009, the band announced, "After 15 years, three albums, hundreds of shows, and far more twists and turns than we ever imagined possible, we've decided to put Harvey Danger to rest. The decision is totally mutual and utterly amicable." Harvey Danger played eight farewell shows in August, the last three of them in Seattle. The band closed with the last song it wrote, "The Show Must Not Go On," scheduled for release as a free download in September.

( this really works well with our video as we based our idea of not haveing the band in the video but rather the illusion that they are in it. Since they have just broke up we could aim the music video based on the idea tat the badn has gone. We included this in our Video with shots of missing instruments ad a sign saying " where's the band?" the humerous twist works as from research the band is non for its quirky style which is protrayed in our Video which could be seen as thier last fun day out.

Members
Sean Nelson – vocals (1993 – 2009)
Jeff J. Lin – guitar, piano, violin (1992 – 2009)
Aaron Huffman – bass, guitar (1992 – 2009)
Evan Sult – drums (1993 – 2001)
Michael Welke – drums (2004 – 2009)
Rob Knop – keyboards (2005 – 2009)