Polara (band)

Polara
OriginMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
GenresAlternative rock, Indie rock
Years active1994–2019
LabelsClean Records, Interscope Records, Susstones Records
MembersEd Ackerson: guitar, vocals, production
Peter Anderson: drums
Jennifer Jurgens: guitar, vocals, organ
Jason Orris: bass, vocals
Dan Boen: bass
Matt Wilson: drums[1]
Websitesusstones.com

Polara is an American alternative rock band formed in 1994 by Ed Ackerson, a musician and producer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2][3] The band was considered one of the most prominent and creative groups to emerge from Minneapolis in the 1990s. Billboard writer Deborah Russell called Ackerson and Polara the front of "the emergence of a new local (Twin Cities) scene" more interested in pop music and postpunk than the punk rock of bands like Hüsker Dü and The Replacements.[4]

  1. ^ "Polara | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  2. ^ Riemenschneider, Chris (5 October 2019). "Minneapolis 'musical wizard' and Polara frontman Ed Ackerson dies at 54". Star Tribune. Minneapolis-St. Paul. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ^ Marx Jr., Wally (July–August 2011). "Ed Ackerson: A Minneapolis Institution Goes Solo". Tape Op. No. 84.
  4. ^ Deborah Russell (25 February 1995). "Polara Defines New Scene: Restless Set Mixes '80s Pop, Synth". Billboard (published February 25, 1995). p. 5.