Lambchop (band)
| Lambchop | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Alternative country |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Merge |
| Associated acts | Clockhammer, My Dad Is Dead, Silver Jews |
| Website | www.lambchop.net |
| Members |
Kurt Wagner William Tyler Tony Crow Sam Baker Matt Swanson Jonathan Marx Alex McManus Deanna Varagona Marc Trovillion Ryan Norris Scott Martin Paul Niehaus Roy Agee John Delworth Mark Nevers Charles Scott Chase Allen Lowrey |
Lambchop, originally Posterchild, is a band from Nashville, Tennessee.[1] Lambchop is loosely associated with the alternative country genre. The music website Allmusic refers to them as "arguably the most consistently brilliant and unique American group to emerge during the 1990s".[2]
Never a band with a "core" lineup, Lambchop has consisted of a large and fluid collective of musicians focused around its creative centre, frontman Kurt Wagner. Initially indebted to traditional country, the music has subsequently moved through a range of influences including post-rock, soul and lounge music.
Whatever the style, the characteristic mood of Lambchop's music is evoked by Wagner's distinctive songwriting: lyrically subtle and ambiguous, the vocals melodic but understated. American Songwriter Magazine describes Wagner's lyrics as "witty and deeply insightful."[3]
They were the backing band for Vic Chesnutt on his 1998 album The Salesman and Bernadette.
Former bass player Marc Trovillion died of a heart attack in October 2013, aged 56.[4]
Discography
Releases as Posterchild
- 1992 An Open Fresca/A Moist Towlette (split with Crop Circle Hoax)
Cassettes
- 1990 Secret Secret Sourpuss
- 1992 Big Tussie
- 1993 Sorry About The Deformed Heart (split with Crop Circle Hoax and Spent)
Singles
- 1993 Nine/Moody Fucker
- 1994 My Cliche/ Loretta Lung
- 1994 Soaky in the Pooper
- 1995 Your Life As A Sequel
- 1995 Scared Out Of My Shoes (split 5" vinyl single with Spent)
- 1996 The Man Who Loved Beer
- 1996 Hank
- 1996 Cigaretiquette/Mr. Crabby
- 1997 Whitey/Playboy, the Shit
- 1998 Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
- 1998 Your Fucking Sunny Day
- 2002 Is a Woman
Studio albums
- 1994 I Hope You're Sitting Down/Jack's Tulips
- 1996 How I Quit Smoking
- 1997 Thriller
- 1998 What Another Man Spills
- 2000 Nixon
- 2002 Is a Woman
- 2004 Aw Cmon
- 2004 No You Cmon
- 2006 Damaged
- 2008 OH (Ohio)[1]
- 2012 Mr. M
- 2016 FLOTUS (For Love Often Turns Us Still)
Compilation albums
- 2001 Tools in the Dryer
- 2006 The Decline of the Country and Western Civilization (1993-1999)
- 2006 The Decline of Country and Western Civilization, Part 2: The Woodwind Years
- 2010 Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
- 2011 Turd Goes Back: Essential Tracks from Secret Secret Sourpuss & Big Tussie
Tour only albums
- 2002 Pet Sounds Sucks (Live at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco)
- 2003-04 Mono (Live in Würselen, Germany)
- 2004 Nashville Does Dallas
- 2004 Boo Fucking Who? (Live in Brussels, Belgium)
- 2006 Succulence (Live in Vienna, Austria)
- 2008 Rainer on My Parade (Live, various locations)
- 2012 Democracy
EPs
- 1996 Hank
- 2000 The Queens Royal Trimma (Live Royal Festival Hall, London – Tour Only)
- 2001 Treasure Chest of the Enemy (Tour Only)
- 2005 CoLab (with Hands Off Cuba)
- 2012 Mr. N
Live albums
- 2009 Live at XX Merge
DVDs
- 2007 No Such Silence
References
- 1 2 Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. p. 551. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ↑ Allmusic.com
- ↑ "Lambchop: Mixed Media". American Songwriter. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ↑ Marc Trovillion, Ex-Lambchop Bassist, Dead at 56 - Rolling Stone