Editing Supergrass (section)

===The Jennifers and formation (1990–1993)===
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = The Jennifers
| background        = group_or_band
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| alias             = 
| origin            = [[Oxford]], England
| genre             = [[Alternative rock]]<br />[[Britpop]]
| years_active      = 1990–1993
| label             = [[Nude Records]]
| associated_acts   = Supergrass
| website           = 
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = Gaz Coombes<br />Danny Goffey<br/>[[Dom and Nic|Nic Goffey]]<br/>Andy Davies<br/>Dan Fox
}}

At the age of 16 and 18 respectively and whilst attending [[Wheatley Park School]] just outside [[Oxford]], [[Gaz Coombes]] and [[Danny Goffey]] were playing in '''the Jennifers''' along with [[Dom and Nic|Nick Goffey]] and Andy Davies. Danny and Nick Goffey are the sons of former BBC [[Top Gear (original format)|Top Gear]] presenter and motoring journalist [[Chris Goffey]].

The Jennifers began building a reputation in the Oxford [[Indie (music)|indie]] music scene, influenced by [[Ride (band)|Ride]], [[The Charlatans (UK band)|the Charlatans]], [[Inspiral Carpets]], [[the Kinks]], [[the Who]], and including traits of the [[shoegazing|shoegaze]] era. The band played gigs at various venues around Oxfordshire, often [[public house]]s and clubs. One pub the band played at was the [[Jericho Tavern]] in [[Oxford]].

They sold a demo tape recorded and produced by Nick Langston at Stargoat Studios near [[Banbury]]. The demo featured three songs: "Flying", which featured a 20-second countdown at the beginning, the recording of a rocket launch and then a fast guitar-based section which appeared to be influenced by [[the Stone Roses]]; "Inside of Me", mostly similar in style but with a slower, funk-inflected jam at the end; and a guitar-based ballad simply titled "(Slow Song)" on the tape. The band enjoyed enough success to release one single in 1992, "Just Got Back Today", on [[Nude Records]], which is now a highly sought-after rarity. Second single, "Tightrope" was never released due to disagreements with Nude Records (but does appear on compilation CD 'Days Spent Dreaming'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strangeones.co.uk/music/45_j1.htm |title=The Strange Ones Supergrass Site |publisher=Strangeones.co.uk |date=20 July 1992 |access-date=21 October 2015}}</ref>), the band split up soon after this in the fall of 1992. Andy Davies went off to university and Nic Goffey went on to form a directing partnership with friend Dom Hawley, later directing many videos for Supergrass.

When Coombes began working at the local [[Harvester (restaurant)|Harvester]], he befriended co-worker [[Mick Quinn]]. The two realised they had common music interests and Coombes invited Quinn to come and [[Jam session|jam]] with him and Goffey. In February 1993 they formed a band named '''Theodore Supergrass''' "for about two months," according to Quinn, who explained, "[T]hen we realized that Theodore was a bit rubbish so we took that off."<ref>{{cite web
  | last = Reuter
  | first = Annie
  | title = Q&A with Mick Quinn of Supergrass
  | publisher = [[Blogger (service)|Blogger]]
  | date = 20 July 2008
| url = http://yousingiwrite.blogspot.com/2008/07/q-with-mick-quinn-of-supergrass.html
  | access-date = 30 July 2008}}</ref>

Goffey claims that the name was his idea and says, "Although the others will dispute it, it was me. We were Theodore Supergrass and the idea was the band would be a little black character, and we wouldn't ever have to do interviews. We'd get the questions in advance, script the answers and then animate Theodore Supergrass answering them. But it cost too much money."
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strangeones.co.uk/press/articles/ms991001.htm |title=The Strange Ones Supergrass Site |publisher=Strangeones.co.uk |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref>

Gaz's brother, [[Rob Coombes]], played flute for the band's début gig at the [[The Zodiac (club)|Co-Op Hall]], Oxford in 1993. In January 1995 he first performed as [[keyboard player|keyboardist]] with the band for a live [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] [[John Peel]] session.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Peel sessions
  | publisher = BBC
  | date = 1 October 1995
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1995/Jan10supergrass/
  | access-date = 24 July 2011}}</ref> His role in the band progressed over the years, post-[[I Should Coco]] material is credited to "Supergrass and Rob Coombes", however, he wasn't introduced as a band member until almost a decade later.