Hush Harbor

Emerging only briefly amid the Pacific Northwest indie circuit, Hush Harbor served as the origin point for multiple subsequent groups, above all the emo standard-bearers 764-HERO. The Seattle-formed trio comprised vocalist and guitarist John Atkins, bassist John Wickhart, and drummer Andy Rohrmann. Atkins already carried experience from earlier local projects, distinct from the grungesters Seaweed whose bassist happened to share the same name. Taking cues from emotionally charged emo alongside stripped-down indie acts ranging from Beat Happening through Low, the group cultivated an audience in Seattle yet split suddenly without having issued any recordings. Up Records then contacted the members to reassemble temporarily for a studio session that would preserve their material, an offer they accepted and which produced the self-titled EP issued in 1995. Atkins had by then launched 764-Hero and would additionally begin concurrent work with the Magic Magicians in 2000, while Wickhart eventually signed on with the post-grungesters Mavis Piggott and Rohrmann issued occasional solo pieces as Scientific American.