current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
richard baluyut fontaine toups edward baluyut + the pacific ocean , flower , containe / - , tft , whysall lane , 1990 ; current & ndash ; 2001 , 2009 & ndash teenbeat , caroline , merge versus -lrb- band -rrb-
 robert hale james baluyut patrick ramos group_or_band indie rock new york city , u.s. versus
versus -lrb- band -rrb-

versus is an american indie rock band formed in 1990 by richard baluyut , fontaine toups , and edward baluyut in new york city .
richard and fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band 's history .
the band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to the `` loud-soft '' dynamics of grunge and alternative rock .
they were also noted for their proficient and disciplined musicianship and for their credo of `` meat , sports , and rock '' , none of which had much currency in the early 1990s american indie scene .
they named themselves after the mission of burma album `` vs. '' versus has counted at least one , usually two , and sometimes three of the filipino-american baluyut brothers as members throughout its existence , and was perhaps the most prominent example of a wave of american indie bands emerging in the early 1990s which featured asian american members .
merge records is versus ' most recent record label , although they have maintained a long involvement with teenbeat records , and released two cds through caroline records in the mid-1990s .
the band makes an appearance in the 1994 cult road movie half-cocked .
