Mach Five

Mach Five is a New York-based guitar-pop quartet led by vocalist/guitarist Jeff Darien. The band formed in the spring of 1995, and over the next year, they played continually throughout Manhattan. In 1996, they released a seven-inch single, "Sunday's Here"/"Blown Away," on Wagon Train. Although the single was limited to 1,000 copies, it earned good word of mouth, receiving a positive review in Billboard and spins on several college stations across the U.S. Shortly afterward, the positive buzz and the band's demo led to a bidding war, and the band signed with Island in 1997. Ma...