{"name":"The Verve Pipe","title":"The Verve Pipe","id":3625,"slug":"the-verve-pipe","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/3625/?format=json","bio_short":"<a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Verve+Pipe\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Verve Pipe</a> is an <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/american\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">american</a> <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/post-grunge\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">post-grunge</a> band from East Lansing, Michigan. It was formed in 1991 by <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Brian+Vander+Ark\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Brian Vander Ark</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Brad+Vander+Ark\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Brad Vander Ark</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Donny+Brown\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Donny Brown</a> and Brian Stout, releasing their first album, <a title=\"The Verve Pipe - I've Suffered A Head Injury\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Verve+Pipe/I%27ve+Suffered+A+Head+Injury\" class=\"bbcode_album\">I've Suffered A Head Injury</a> later that year. They released a second album <a title=\"The Verve Pipe - Pop Smear\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Verve+Pipe/Pop+Smear\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Pop Smear</a> helping to gain a devoted following in their native state of Michigan, which led to signing with <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/label/RCA+Records\" class=\"bbcode_label\">RCA Records</a> in 1995.  Despite the similarity in name to the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/british\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">british</a> band <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Verve\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Verve</a>, there is no relation between the two.  ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/TheVervePipe.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":25548,"title":"Colorful","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/colorful/"}]}