Wild Carnation was founded by Richard Barnes (Electric and acoustic guitars) and Christopher O'Donovan (Drums, percussion, backing vocals) in 1992; after a few month's Brenda Sauter (The feelies, Speed the Plough, The Trypes) joined and filled out the band on bass and vocals. Soon after Wild Carnation began playing shows in support of The Bats, Luna, SF Seals, The Stranglers, Silk Worm, Veruca Salt, Small Factory and many others. It was at an NYU Music Fest show at the now defunct NY club WETLANDS in support of Versus that Wild Carnation met Mark Linn of Delmore Recordings Chicago IL now Delmore Recording Society Nashville Tn. Delmore released Wild Carnation's first recording Dodger Blue b/w The Lights Are On But No One's Home (de702 45rpm) and a full length CD entitled "Tricycle" (de009 compact disc) to critical acclaim. In 1999 Anne Hopkins (Farfisa Mini-Compact Organ) joined in time to record the soon to be released full length cd "Superbus". Recorded at The Pigeon Club by Wayne Durell and produced by James Mastro (the Bongos, Health and Happiness Show, Ian Hunter Band). Chris and Rich also went on to join Speed the Plough for the release of "Mason's Box" and "Marina". Both released By East Side Digital, Minneapolis Mn. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.