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Color Wall originally began playing together in Maryland using the name LAZY SUZAN seven years ago. What started off as a college party band quickly became something larger. Their powerful live performances and
abundant fan base caught the attention of national promoters Cellar Door Productions. The band signed with them and manager Jamie Cerniglia and began playing the entire Mid-Atlantic region at a pace of roughly 150
dates a year, often enjoying opening slots for large national touring acts. In the fall of 1994, the band independently released their full length debut CD Starkissed. Besides selling nearly 10,000 copies, mostly at
shows, the album quickly made its way into the CMJ charts, appearing in the top 20 of an impressive number of college and independent radio stations in the east coast region.
LAZY SUZAN, while supporting their release, decided to relocate to the Los Angeles area in the fall of 1995. Along with the move and the band's more powerful sound, the guys decided it would be best to change their
name to avoid any possible copyright infringements. They chose the name COLOR WALL because it actually describes their diverse, thick song writing approach.
The band, in the midst of performing on a regular basis at most of LA's top venues, returned to the studio the following spring and recorded the track 'Flower'. It was released to college radio in March of 1997 in
the form of a 3 song CD single and the band once again with the help of LA's own Radio G9 Promotions returned to the CMJ charts, this time in the west coast region. In July of 1997, the song 'Flower' was selected
from a national band search to be used by Ralph Lauren's Polo Jeans Division and COLOR WALL was named Best Unsigned Artist in America. This resulted in one minute of airplay, 4500 times, on top commercial stations
across the country throughout July and August. Internet and mail order CD sales soared from the exposure.
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