Angry Salad, an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1993. Before their major label deal, they released Bizarre Gardening Accident and the EP The Guinea Pig EP. In 1998, they signed with Blackbird/Atlantic Records, re-releasing Bizarre Gardening Accident as a self-titled album in 1999. Their recording of "My Back Pages" by Bob Dylan was used as the theme song for the WB Network series D.C. and their song "Stretch Armstrong" appeared in the pilot of the online sitcom Family Practice.