Lambchop_(band)

Lambchop (band)

Lambchop (band)

American band

Lambchop, originally Posterchild, is an American band from Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

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Description and history

Initially formed as a three piece in 1986 with Kurt Wagner, bassist Marc Trivillion and guitarist Jim Watkins with the name Posterchild. They released some low-fi bedroom recordings on cassette such as I’m Fucking Your Daughter. In 1992 they released a split 7” with Crop Circle Hoax which got the attention of entertainment lawyer George Regis, who sued on behalf of the similarly named band Poster Children. After trying a few different names they settled on Lambchop and signed to Merge Records in 1993 releasing their debut single Nine that year.

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. Lambchop is loosely associated with the alternative country genre.[2] 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 described 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.[2]

Singer Kurt Wagner is married to founder of Nashville 90's record store, Lucy's Record Shop and Tennessee Democratic Party leader Mary Mancini.[4]

Personnel

Summary of members as credited on studio albums (1994–present)

Former bass player Marc Trovillion died of a heart attack in October 2013, aged 56.[5]

Discography

Releases as Posterchild

  • "An Open Fresca" / "A Moist Towlette" (split with Crop Circle Hoax) (1992)

Cassettes

  • Secret Secret Sourpuss (1990)
  • Big Tussie (1992)
  • Sorry About The Deformed Heart (split with Crop Circle Hoax and Spent) (1993)

Singles

  • "Nine" / "Moody Fucker" (1993)
  • "My Cliche" / "Loretta Lung" (1994)
  • "Soaky in the Pooper" (1994)
  • "Your Life As A Sequel" (1995)
  • "Scared Out Of My Shoes" (split 5" vinyl single with Spent) (1995)
  • "The Man Who Loved Beer" (1996)
  • "Hank" (1996)
  • "Cigaretiquette" / "Mr. Crabby" (1996)
  • "Whitey" / "Playboy, the Shit" (1997)
  • "Give Me Your Love (Love Song)" (1998)
  • "Your Fucking Sunny Day" (1998)
  • "Up with People!" / "Miss Prissy" (2000)
  • "Is a Woman" (2002)
  • "Something's Going On (And On)" (2004)
  • "The Hustle" / "When You Were Mine" (2017)

Studio albums

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Compilation albums

Tour only albums

  • Pet Sounds Sucks (Live at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco) (2002)
  • Mono (Live in Würselen, Germany) (2003-04)
  • Nashville Does Dallas (2004)
  • Boo Fucking Who? (Live in Brussels, Belgium) (2004)
  • Succulence (Live in Vienna, Austria) (2006)
  • Rainer on My Parade (Live, various locations) (2008)
  • Democracy (2012)
  • Live At The Shanghai Symphony Chamber Hall (2017)

EPs

  • Hank (1996)
  • The Queens Royal Trimma (Live Royal Festival Hall, London – Tour Only) (2000)
  • Treasure Chest of the Enemy (Tour Only) (2001)
  • CoLab (with Hands Off Cuba) (2005)
  • Mr. N (2012)
  • Basement Tapes (2019)[6]

Live albums

  • Live at XX Merge (2009)

DVDs

  • No Such Silence (2007)

References

  1. [1]
    Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. p. 551. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  2. [2]
    Stewart, Allison (October 20, 1998). "Vic Chestnutt Sweats the Music Biz". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Lambchop: Mixed Media". American Songwriter. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Mary Mancini". October 28, 2019.
  5. [5]
    Reed, Ryan (October 18, 2013). "Marc Trovillion, Ex-Lambchop Bassist, Dead at 56". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  6. [6]
    Minsker, Evan (October 30, 2019). "Lambchop Release New Basement Tapes EP: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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