Bamboo Curtain

©1982-2013 The Varve. The Varve was born in Colorado in 1979 and moved to San Francisco in 1980. They were an all-girl band from Colorado that was formed out of two other all girl bands: The Profalactics and The Guys. The Varve played all around San Francisco until breaking up in 1985 and took a few tours to Santa Cruz, Sacramento, LA and Colorado. The band was included on a album called "Live at Le Disque", released this EP and later released "Wandafied" with 9 tracks.

This was the band's biggest hit on the college charts. Recorded at Hyde St Studio. 

The band was part of an art rock/noise scene that was big in San Francisco at the time. Guitarist is now with The Insufferables.

The Plan

©1982-2013 The Varve. The Varve was born in Colorado in 1979 and moved to San Francisco in 1980. They were an all-girl band from Colorado that was formed out of two other all girl bands: The Profalactics and The Guys. The Varve played all around San Francisco until breaking up in 1985 and took a few tours to Santa Cruz, Sacramento, LA and Colorado. The band was included on a album called "Live at Le Disque", released this EP and later released "Wandafied" with 9 tracks.

Recorded at Hyde St Studio. 

The band was part of an art rock/noise scene that was big in San Francisco at the time. Guitarist is now with The Insufferables.

Lyrics inspired by an art history course by A. Alhadeff.

Erotic Frigidaire

©1982-2013 The Varve. 
The Varve was born in Colorado in 1979 and moved to San Francisco in 1980. They were an all-girl band from Colorado that was formed out of two other all girl bands: The Profalactics and The Guys. The Varve played all around San Francisco until breaking up in 1985 and took a few tours to Santa Cruz, Sacramento, LA and Colorado. The band was included on a album called "Live at Le Disque", released this EP and later released "Wandafied" with 9 tracks.

This was the band's biggest hit on the college charts. Recorded at Hyde St Studio. 

The band was part of an art rock/noise scene that was big in San Francisco at the time. Guitarist is now with The Insufferables.

The Varve was a post-punk, art/noise/alternative all-girl band who started in Denver and Boulder Colorado from the wreckage of two earlier punk bands, the Profalactics and The Guys. The Varve started about the same time as the GoGo's and Bangles. They moved to San Francisco and added drummer Kat Apostrophe (formerly Urge, also Baby Buddha). 

The sound was a blend: punk/jazz/rock/post-punk and rockabilly. The band created "Wanda Music", tracks which were wild yet structured, jazzy instrumentals.

The band was an active member of the San Francisco bay area punk/alternative scene from 1980 to 1985 and had mini tours to LA and Colorado. They played with Romeo Void, the Contractions, Flipper, Two Tones, Ultimate Sammy, the Modettes, Brian Brain, Wilma, Red Rockers, Translator, and other bands at the Fab Mab, iBeam, on Broadway, Berkeley Square, Stone, Keystone, Palms, le Disque, Catalyst and elsewhere. They rehearsed at famed Iguana studios and lived in the Castro across from Translator.

The Varve released:
.  2 tracks on an LP "Live at Le Disque", 
.  a 3 song EP recorded at Hyde Street Studios produced by Michael Barbeau, and 
.  a 5 song cassette tape produced by Floyd Solders and released by Cow-Op productions in Denver.
The band also recorded demo tapes with Tom Mallon and others in Colorado.
The band made 2 videos (now lost?) and appeared on public TV.