The Greenberry Woods is a power pop quartet formed in 1989 by songwriters Matt Huseman and Ira Katz while students at the University of Maryland.
They hired manager John Lay, whose previous clients included Squeeze and Robyn Hitchcock.
Their debut album, Rapple Dapple, was released in 1994, with the single "Trampoline" receiving healthy radio airplay.
When Sire merged with Elektra Records, the label's support for the band dwindled and tensions arose over Splitsville, the Husemans’ side project with Paul Krysiak.
The individual ambitions of three songwriters took its toll on group harmony during the recording of their second album Big Money Item, and Sire released the band from its contract in 1996.