A piledriving pop-punk band formed in 1989 in Antioch, CA, Overwhelming Colorfast was a vehicle for Bob Reed, who was the band's sole permanent member, main songwriter, singer and lead guitarist. Reed looked like D. Boon from the Minutemen and sang like Bob Mould in his Hüsker Dü days, but there was a Buzzcocks-like love for sweet pop mixed in with his punky guitar roar. After a debut 7-inch single "It's Tomorrow" on indie label Sympathy for the Record Industry in 1991, Overwhelming Colorfast signed with Relativity Records and released 1992's self-titled debut, produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, etc.). After 1993's Bender EP, the band hooked up with Kurt Bloch of the Fastbacks and the Young Fresh Fellows and recorded 1994's excellent “Two Words”, an album that mixes pop, punk, and '70s hard rock influences in a manner similar to Redd Kross' Neurotica. Guitarist Torg Hallin was replaced in the summer of 1994 with future Oranger/Posies/Roky Erickson bassist Matt Harris. This lineup produced the highly acclaimed “Sourdough” EP. Dan Reed left in the fall of 1995, followed by bassist Bean. New drummer Alex Laipeneiks joined, Harris shifted from Guitar to Bass and Mike Drake joined on second guitar. this lineup recorded the final lp “Moonlight and Castanets”. After the release of that album, Harris and Drake left the band and formed Oranger. Rather than replace his guitarist and bassist yet again, Reed elected to simply break up the band.