Dumptruck is an American rock musical group formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1983 by composers, guitarists and singers Seth Tiven and Kirk Swan.
[3] The duo added Shawn Devlin on drums and Steve Michener on bass for live performances and signed with Big Time Records.
Their second album, Positively Dumptruck was recorded at Mitch Easter's Drive In studio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with Don Dixon producing.
When we returned home from a particularly grueling 3-month tour just before Christmas, Kirk [replacement bassist Michael 'Spike' Priggen] made a decision to leave the band."
When Tiven and Devlin were uncertain about continuing the band, the label urged them to move forward, offering them a chance to record their next album in Rockfield Studios in Wales with producer Hugh Jones.
All Music Guide gave the album four and one-half stars, saying "these are [Tiven's] strongest and most well-crafted songs yet... without coming across as slick or overprocessed...
During the tour to support the album, the band discovered that Big Time Records was in financial difficulties, when checks issued by the label bounced.
After almost three years (and $40,000 in legal fees) Dumptruck received a default judgment against Big Time Records when the label's attorneys failed to appear in court for a hearing.