What key details about the western state hurricanes can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: the western state hurricanes was a short-lived seattle-based indie rock band in the late 1990s . it is best known as a precursor to the more successful group the long winters : both bands were fronted by songwriter john roderick , and many western state hurricanes songs were later revamped into long winters songs .
- years active is 1997 -- 1999- caption is schilling , wicker , gilliland and roderick- origin is seattle , washington- genre is indie rock- name is the western state hurricanes- background is group_or_band- label is none- current members is john roderick stephanie wicker bo gilliland michael shilling- associated acts is the bun family players long winters harvey danger death cab for cutie