Angry Salad

Angry Salad was a pop rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Started at Brown University in 1991, they had a few radio hits in the late nineteen nineties like The Milkshake Song and a cover of 99 Red Balloons. Before their major label deal, they had 1 full length CD Bizarre Gardening Accident and 1 EP The Guinea Pig EP. Angry Salad had an enthusiastic New England following and filled local venues to capacity. They were known for their extensive crowd interaction.

In 1998 they secured a deal with Blackbird / Atlantic and re-released "Bizarre Gardening Accident" as a self-titled album in 1999. The band continued to tour for 2 years in support of the album, and then was in the process of recording demos for their next Atlantic release when AOL and Time Warner merged, and their Blackbird label (along with a number of other affiliate labels) was closed for financial reasons. Angry Salad was left with no label to release their recordings, and in lieu of standard Major Label contracts they lost rights to their name, music, and albums. Some members regrouped as Star64 and released a CD called You May Be Beautiful that contained the songs that Angry Salad had already begun recording.

Angry Salad were known in the industry as road warriors, and between the years of 1996-2000, they played an average of over 225 shows per year and spent as many as 300 days on the road each year.

In addition to the performing members of the band, the Angry Salad organization included Jim Dand (Tour Manager), and Adam Lewis (Manager).

Angry Salad was immortalized with a mention in the Official Spinal Tap A-Z book that was released along with the 25th anniversary edition of the This Is Spinal Tap DVD. The mention was in reference to Angry Salad's album "Bizarre Gardening Accident".

Angry Salad's song "Stretch Armstrong" was used in pilot of the online sitcom series "Family Practice".