Harvey Danger is a rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1992, and rose to prominence in 1998 with the single "Flagpole Sitta." The band released a new album in 2005, Little by Little..., after the three-year hiatus that followed the release of their sophomore album. Harvey Danger has a devoted cult following, but is widely considered to be a one-hit wonder due mainly to limited mainstream radio-play and lack of decent record deals. The band is little known in Europe also, for the same reasons but also because the band focuses on selling themselves in America (especially Seattle), thus making it very difficult for fans to get albums in Europe.
The band currently consists of: Sean Nelson: vocals Jeff J. Lin: guitar, piano, violin Aaron Huffman: bass, guitar Michael Welke: drums
Harvey Danger began in 1992 with University of Washington classmates Lin and Huffman deciding "it might be fun to start a band." Taking their name from a phrase graffitied onto the wall of the UW student newspaper office, the duo played house parties and bars as they were until the following year, when they invited Evan Sult to be their drummer. Despite his complete lack of drumming experience, Sult agreed, bringing along his own similarly-inexperienced classmate Sean Nelson.
The foursome played their first show on April 21, 1994 at the now-defunct Lake Union Pub; Sult and Nelson, both under 21, were only permitted entry during the set. That summer, the band moved into Nelson's student house together and began holding band practices in the basement. More shows at the Lake Union Pub and other low-rent Seattle clubs followed, leading to exposure in The Seattle Times.