Lambchop (band)

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

Description and history

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Initially formed as a three piece in 1986 with Kurt Wagner, bassist Marc Trovillion 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)

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

Discography

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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

List of studio albums
Title Album details
I Hope You're Sitting Down/Jack's Tulips
How I Quit Smoking
  • Released: January 30, 1996
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang (Europe)/Virgin France
  • Formats: CD/LP (single sided)
Thriller
  • Released: September 23, 1997
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/LP
What Another Man Spills
  • Released: September 8, 1998
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/LP (City Slang)
Nixon
  • Released: February 8, 2000
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/LP (City Slang)
Is a Woman
  • Released: February 19, 2002
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang/Spunk (AU)/P-Vine (JA)/Trama (Br)
  • Formats: CD/Double LP
Aw Cmon
  • Released: February 9, 2004
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD
No You Cmon
  • Released: February 17, 2004
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD
Damaged
  • Released: August 14, 2006
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/LP
OH (Ohio)[1]
  • Released: October 6, 2008
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/LP (City Slang)
Mr. M
  • Released: February 21, 2012
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang/Spunk
  • Formats: CD/Double LP/DVD/MP3
FLOTUS
  • Released: November 4, 2016
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/LP
This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)
  • Released: March 22, 2019
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/LP
Trip
  • Released: November 13, 2020
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/LP
Showtunes
  • Released: May 21, 2021
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/LP/MP3,FLAC
The Bible
  • Released: September 30, 2022
  • Label: Merge Records/City Slang
  • Formats: CD/Double LP/MP3,FLAC

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

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External links

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