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Junction was a band based in State College, PA that was active from 1990 to 1993. The band consisted of Gregg Foreman on guitar, Garrett Rothman on bass, Vanessa Downing on vocals, Ben Azzara on drums from 1990 to 1992 and Eric Astor on drums in 1993. Junction also had several people contribute short stints on second guitar, including Jay Demko of Lincoln and Juan Carrera of The Warmers. Junction was often compared to Washington, DC bands such as Jawbox and Fugazi, but was also heavily influenced by Janes Addiction, Ride, PJ Harvey and traditional rock. In 1991, Junction released a split 7" with New Jersey band Separate Peace on Significant Records, which was founded by Rothman and Tom Pearson.  .  In 1992, Junction released the "Falling and Laughing" 4-song 7" on Significant Records, which showed the band developing a more dynamic sound and featured Downing, Foreman and Rothman all on vocals. . In 2003, Junction recorded the 6-song "Swingset" record in two different sessions at Trax East recording studio in New Jersey. The first session was produced by Peter Horvath and the second session was produced by Juan Carrera. "Swingset" was released on Redemption Records in 2003 and showed the band's sound evolving with more complex structures, multi-part harmonies and several layers of guitar. Later that year Junction was joined on drums by Eric Astor and the band recorded 3 songs at Washington, DC recording studio WGNS which were engineered by Geoff Turner. Two of the songs from the WGNS session appeared on Junction's "Mouth as a Gun" 7", released by the Art Monk Construction label in 1994, which was founded by Rothman and Astor. . In 1995, Art Monk Construction released a CD of all of Junction's recordings called "A Collection of Random Mishaps," which included an unrelased song called "Crosswords" that was recorded during the WGNS sessions..

Junction's first show was at the Machine Shop in Morgantown, WV in February 1991 with Admiral and Nation of Ulysses. The band did 4-week tours in summer 1991 with Separate Peace and 1992 with Fine Day, including shows in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida, West Virginia, Washington, DC, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Additionally, Junction played regional shows most weekends, playing with bands such as Fugazi, Jawbox, Grey Matter, Lungfish, Supertouch, Circus Lupus, and Born Against.

In late 1993, Junction called it quits, and band members moved in different directions. Astor and Downing started Samuel, which put out several records on Art Monk Construction. Foreman and Azzara reunited in Washignton, DC to start the Delta 72, and later Azzarra played in the Capitol City Dusters, and Rothman studied abroad and later joined the Peace Corps in Poland. Currently, Downing owns a video store and still makes music in Provincetown, RI, Foreman plays keys in Cat Power, Rothman is a real estate broker and attorney in Harrisburg, PA and plays in the Faketown Four, Azzara lives in Brooklyn, NY and develops web pages promoting jaza artists, and Astor is CEO of Furnace Manufacturing.