Facts: - years active: 1991 & ndash ; 2000 - past members: rebecca gates scott plouf - origin: olympia , washington -lrb- usa -rrb- - label: imp records , sub pop , merge - genre: indie rock - name: the spinanes - background: group_or_band - image: the_spinanes . jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of the spinanes .
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the spinanes were an american indie rock band , primarily active during the 1990s .originally founded by and consisting only of singer-songwriter/guitarist rebecca gates and drummer scott plouf , the band released three albums on the sub pop label before gates retired the name in 1999 and began releasing music as a solo artist ; plouf began playing with built to spill in 1996 , and left the spinanes shortly thereafter to become their permanent drummer .the duo formed in portland , oregon in 1991 , just as worldwide interest in the music scene of the pacific northwest was beginning to crest .after releasing two singles on the local label imp records in 1992 , they were signed by sub pop , who issued the single '' spitfire '' in mid-1993 , followed that october by their first full-length album , '' manos '' .much was made of the spinanes ' unorthodox lineup - specifically , the lack of bass guitar - but it proved invaluable in helping them forge a more singular , original sound .in a march 2010 review , nearly two decades after the album 's release , emusic praised them for having '' a sense of negative space that 's rare for a rock band '' , then went on to describe their sound as '' gates 's dreamy murmur and resonant , open-tuned riffs up top , plouf 's inexorable attack at the bottom , and nothing but air between them . ''manos became the first album released by an independent label to hit no. 1 on the college radio charts ; its second single , '' noel , jonah and me '' , received considerable airplay on college and alternative radio stations and video outlets such as mtv 's 120 minutes .a video was also made for a third single , '' sunday '' , in 1994 , but the duo 's appearances over the following two years were largely limited to separate guest spots on their friends ' records .gates provided backup vocals on elliott smith 's '' st. ides heaven '' -lrb- from his self-titled album -rrb- , as well as on multiple tracks on ben lee 's first album , '' grandpaw would '' .plouf did a brief stint in...