Absolute Grey were an alternative rock–jangle pop band formed in September 1983 in Rochester, New York, United States.
[1] The group's original lineup comprised drummer Pat Thomas (who later founded Heyday Records), guitarist Matt Kitchen, vocalist Beth Brown and bassist Mitchell Rasor.
[2] The band's debut release was a six-song cassette, followed by the Green House mini-LP in December 1984.
[1][2] They then signed to Midnight Records, and two years after their debut released What Remains, produced by Tim Lee of The Windbreakers.
[2][3] Thomas left in 1987, later releasing a series of solo albums, and Kitchen also left, leaving Brown and Rasor to continue, with the acoustic Painted Post EP released in mid-1987.