Jellyfish was a short-lived but highly influential power pop band from San Francisco The core members were drummer / singer / songwriter Andy Sturmer keyboardist / multi-instrumentalist chord and Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and guitarist / songwriter / vocalist Jason Falkner 



Sturmer and Roger Manning formed Jellyfish after the dissolution of their previous band Beatnik beatch led by bassist / vocalist Chris Ketner Before that Falkner had written and performed on songs from the acclaimed Paisley Underground band The Three O'Clock big brands debut Vermillion Roger had met Falkner some time before Beatnik beatch just looking for someone to jam with, and Jason was the only person in the job advertisements that mention XTC as a reference Both found the meeting interesting, but the icelutändan amounted to nothing in the search for a guitarist before Jellyfish recorded the final tracks Roger gave Jason a call 



Jellyfish released their umbilical debut album in 1990 album featured the band's biggest hit "Baby's Coming Back" which peaked at No. 62 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart and the singles "That's why" "I want to stay at home" "Now she knows She's Wrong" and "The King Is Half-Undressed" (the video was nominated for Best Art Direction in 1991 MTV Video Music Awards) 



Frustrated with just being a guitarist Jason Falkner left the band after the tour for their debut album, Chris Manning also left the band after the first album, but unlike Falkner it was because he just did not omturnerande rock star lifestyle, Andy and Roger recruited Tim Smith och a small handful of studio musicians (including Jon Brion) to fill the void and give an account of recording their second album Spilt Milk album far more lush than the heel which contains a significant amount of overdubs and many new instruments 



Increased creative differences between Sturmer and Manning caused the abrupt end of Jellyfish Andy Sturmer stayed silent for a few years but has since become legendary for writing catchy pop music 

pop songs for Japanese pop phenomenon Puffy AmiYumi and soloist YUKI (former front woman and lead singer of the Japanese rock band JUDY AND MARY) Roger Joseph Manning Jr. immediately joined up with Jellyfish live band member Eric Dover in a project called Imperial Drag, worked with Brian Kehew in a band called the Moog Cookbook andIn 2005 he was released in Japan, his first solo CD called Solid State Warrior changed to resequenced with some different songs and released in the U.S. in 2007 as the Land of pure imagination, he also played keyboards for Beck participate in multiple registers and also remixed some songs for French duo Air His brother Chris show up occasionally as a sound engineer 



After leaving Jellyfish Jason Falkner, along with other disillusioned pop musician Jon Brion, Buddy Judge and Dan McCarroll (the latter three are known for their work with Aimee Mann) in a band called The Grays Falkner has gone on to have a successful solo career, Roger Manning and Jason Falkner has recently reunited (along with ex Redd Kross member Brian Reitzell) in a new-wave insutlupna band called TelevisionEyes Reitzell and Manning also joined together to compose two tracks for Lost in Translation soundtrack