Amulance

Amulance formed in Los Angeles in 1986 with David Roback on vocals and guitar, Mark Linkous on guitar, Merrill Ward on bass, and Steve Moses on drums. Their debut album 'The Amulance' came out that same year, establishing a sound that drew from dream pop and shoegaze textures. The band's early material had an introspective quality that felt connected to the personal struggles some members were facing at the time.

Their 1992 album 'Souvenir' brought wider attention, largely on the strength of the single 'Black Moon Rising.' That song, along with tracks like '7th Son' and 'Feel the Pain,' defined their atmospheric approach for many listeners. They kept recording through the 1990s, putting out albums like 'The Last Tango' in 1994 and 'Shirley' in 1996.

Their catalog includes songs with titles that suggest a certain darkness, 'Deathwish,' 'Holocaust,' 'Schizophrenia', but the music itself often leaned toward the ethereal and hypnotic rather than the aggressive. They never became a mainstream fixture, but for a certain segment of alternative rock fans in the '90s, their records held a particular pull.