| Lustre | |
| Origin: | Zebulon, North Carolina |
| Genre: | Power pop |
| Years Active: | 1990s |
| Label: | A&M |
| Associated Acts: | Antiseen, the Nickel Slots |
| Past Members: | Will Marley, John Ray, Greg Clayton |
Lustre (originally founded as Shiner) was a short-lived Zebulon, North Carolina-based power pop band active in the 1990s. Their members were Will Marley (vocals and guitar), John Ray (bass), and Antiseen's Greg Clayton (drums).[1] [2] They released a single, self-titled album and opened for such bands as the Cure and Oasis.[3]
Lustre signed to A&M Records in 1995,[4] and released one self-titled album on the label on March 5, 1996.[5] The album was produced by Lou Giordano.[6] They also contributed two tracks to the soundtrack of Empire Records. They were dropped from A&M's roster soon afterwards, and in 1998, Marley started another band, known as the Nickel Slots.[7]
Marley and Clayton later formed a new band called The Feeds, who released their debut album in 2020 and gained some recognition in 2022 after Dan Avidan of Game Grumps mentioned he was a fan, describing them as "good, solid American rock".[8]
Robert Christgau gave Lustre's 1996 self-titled album a C− grade, describing the band as "...roadies from Collective Soul and Better Than Ezra getting greedy."[9] Tucson Weekly Fred Mills gave the album 3 stars out of 4, writing that "For a young band's debut, this is a remarkably mature effort—one that predicts a great future to boot."[10] A more mixed review of the album appeared in the Washington Post, where Mark Jenkins wrote,