SVT | |
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| Origin | San Francisco, California |
| Genres | Power pop, new wave |
| Years active | 1978–1983 |
| Past members | Brian Marnell Bill Gibson Jack Casady Paul Zahl Nick Buck |
SVT was an American power pop / new wave band based in San Francisco in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their bassist, Jack Casady, had played in both Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.[1] Other members were singer Brian Marnell, drummer Bill Gibson (later of Huey Lewis and the News, replaced by Paul Zahl), and Nick Buck, also a Hot Tuna veteran, on keyboards.[1]
The group is said to have taken its name from the medical condition known as supraventricular tachycardia.[1] Another plausible explanation is that the name was taken from a model of bass guitar amplifier, the Ampeg Super Vacuum Tube.
SVT recorded two singles in 1979, one EP in 1980, and one album, No Regrets, in 1981.[1] They were one of the first bands ever to record on San Francisco's 415 Records, who released their single, "Heart of Stone", in 1979.[2] The group disbanded in 1982 after both Zahl and Casady left to form Yanks with Jack Johnson and Owen Masterson.[1] Casady later quit Yanks and was replaced by bassist Steve Aliment. Brian Marnell died in 1983. Casady's former Jefferson Airplane bandmate Marty Balin covered the song "Heart of Stone" on his album, Lucky in 1983.