Within 2 years of forming in San Diego, CA in 1991, TRUMANS WATER were literally splattered all over the media. Featured in magazines and newspapers ranging from Spin to NME to Melody Maker to the New York Times, TRUMANS WATER were hailed as the bringers of punk rock's "next level;" this being at a time when the ailing musical climate blinded itself enough to believe that MTV and "gateway bands" like NIRVANA and GREEN DAY could possibly be their ticket out of the doldrums of 3-chord excess. By 1995 (and after releasing 8 full-length albums, a 6-song 10", 3 cassettes and 8 7" singles), the band reached a major turning point with a 3-way split- Kirk Branstetter relocating to Portland, OR to reform TW with new drummer Kevin Cascell while his brother Kevin divided his time between the band's new homebase and Paris, France. Glen Galloway remained in San Diego with his blossoming family and new band SOUL JUNK. In 1998, TRUMANS WATER resurfaced as a 4-piece again with the return of Glen. They released the band's (by this time) 11th full-length album Fragments of a Lucky Break on Emperor Jones Records; more importantly, they proved that transglobal barriers could not keep them apart. They toured the US and Europe extensively for the next year, with and without Glen. Fast-forward three more years to the present, 2002. TRUMANS WATER are now an 11-year running institution of modern rock music. Their long list of record labels includes releases on Homestead, Sub Pop, Drunken Fish, Sympathy For The Record Industry, Elemental, Way Out Sound, Wantage, the above-mentioned Emperor Jones, and John Peel's Strange Fruit. They have shared the stage with bands such as BECK, THE JESUS LIZARD, POLVO, BABES IN TOYLAND, GUIDED BY VOICES, ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT, and DOO RAG and while on their only day off during their month- long European tour in March of this year, they showed up at a FALL gig and got a spot on the bill - no booking agent, no contract! Such are the fruits of the continuous laboring of one of the best rock bands to survive the 90's and continue into the new millennium. Godspeed!