Robert Roth was born in 1966 and is an American songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist best known as a member of the 1990s Seattle alternative rock band Truly. The band, associated with Sub Pop and Capitol Records, reunited with its original members in 2008 for performances in Seattle, London, and at the Azkena Rock Festival. During the 1990s, Roth collaborated with poet and rock musician Jim Carroll, contributing to Carroll's Pools of Mercury and Runaway EP. He also played Mellotron on Built to Spill's Perfect from Now On. He has continued performing with Truly, his solo band, and as a solo acoustic guitarist and pianist. His discography with Truly includes Heart and Lungs (1991), Fast Stories... from Kid Coma (1995), Feeling You Up (1997), and Twilight Curtains (2000). In 2004, he released his solo debut, Someone Somewhere....
