Greta

Los Angeles-based alternative rockers Greta executed one of the most impressive mid-career changes of direction of the '90s. Originally, the band (singer/guitarist Paul Plagens, lead guitarist Kyle Baer, bassist Josh Gordon, and drummer Scott Carneghi) had a grungy hard rock edge to their music. Their debut, 1993's No Biting, is along the lines of Alice in Chains or early Pearl Jam, with lyrics of a tenor that necessitated the release of a "clean" version of the CD. However, it didn't feel like the band's heart was truly in the heavy rawk aspects of No Biting; the songs thems...