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Jellyfish was one of the great bands of the early 90s. At a time when pop music had lost its way \u2013 or at least moved away from the things that made it such a culturally vital part of previous times (most notably the 70s), the Jellyfish approach celebrated the bombast and excess of rock\/pop, aiming squarely at fun. But fun of a decidedly intelligent sort. While neither of the albums made a huge impact on the commercial marketplace, they were critical darlings (and, judging from available video, one hell of an exciting band to see live) and exerted great influence within a narrow scope.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, nearly twenty years after their final release, Jellyfish has released Stack-a-Tracks<\/em>, instrumental versions of both of their studio albums. I spoke about it and more with Roger Manning, co-leader of Jellyfish (along with Andy Sturmer) throughout the band’s relatively brief tenure.<\/span><\/p>\n Bill Kopp:<\/strong> What was the motivation \u2013 or, put another way — who came up with the idea for releasing these Stack-a-Tracks<\/em> tapes?<\/span><\/p>\n Roger Manning:<\/strong> To the best of my knowledge, it was Cheryl<\/strong> [Pawelski<\/strong>] at Omnivore. I didn’t even recall that these mixes existed. I understood that we had done \u201cTV mixes\u201d \u2013 most bands do \u2013 but I had no idea that they were sitting in a vault somewhere, ready to be made available. I was very happy that she had the foresight and the inspiration to realize this.<\/p>\n