Bundle of Hiss was an
American grunge band formed in 1980 in
Stanwood, Washington by pre-
Tad member
Kurt Danielson, guitarist Jeff Hopper, vocalist Kurt Schonberg and drummer Russ Bartlett. Schonberg left the band after they had recorded a couple of demo tapes. Russ Bartlett then moved from drums to vocals. They featured various drummers before finding
Dan Peters. Hopper later left the band and was replaced by Jamie Lane, who met Kurt Danielson at the
University of Washington. In 1986, Russ Bartlett left the band to pursue a solo career. Jamie Lane then took up vocals and guitar. The band recorded demo tapes and passed them on to fans at their shows and fellow
Seattle bands, such as
Soundgarden,
Mudhoney, and
Melvins. In 1988, the band split up to go separate ways. Kurt Danielson formed his new band
Tad with former drummer Tad Doyle.
Dan Peters became drummer in a somewhat-short lived local band project called Feast, which disbanded shortly after he joined. After Feast broke up, Peters met up with
Mark Arm and
Steve Turner to form
Mudhoney. In 2000, Bundle of Hiss re-released an old demo tape on Loveless Records called .