Quiet

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There is more than one artist with this name: 1) quiet or Quiet (English translation) is a Japanese indie rock band comprised of Rue Burch (vocals, guitar), Rich Lee (background vocals, bass), and Trés Goodman (Goodearl) (background vocals, drums, percussion), formed in Northern Kyushu, Japan during the summer of 2001. The band originally started in 1992 when Rue Burch met Rich Lee in Ellensburg, Washington. In 1997 Rue and Rich ended up in Kyushu, Japan and decided to start a band in 1998, with drums and other guitars covered by a number of folks who come and went. It was not until 2000 when they met up with Trés Goodman (Goodearl) a fellow American and drummer who also happened to live in Kyushu. The band cements and calls itself bleach after the first nirvana album, does a bunch of gigs throughout northern Kyushu, but changes their name to Quiet so as to avoid confusion with the Okinawan female punk band Bleach in 2001. quiet Quiet has two studio albums, including one recorded in a makeshift studio in Rich's traditional Japanese house in the mountains of Yabakei, Oita Prefecture, Japan followed by the 2002 recording of one of their many Tropi Coco Cafe live sessions at the famous Tropicocs in Yanagigaura-Usa, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Rue has since headed to grad school on some remote island paradise; Rich joined Nanbanjin for a minute while their bassist left for sabbatical to study ESL teaching in Budapest; Trés became Nanbanjin's International tour manager for the...