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{{Short description|Canadian indie rock band}}
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| name = The Buttless Chaps
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| origin = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| years_active = {{Start date|1998}}–2009
| label = [[Mint Records|Mint]]
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| current_members =
| past_members = Dave Gowans Lasse Lutick Morgan McDonald [[Ida Nilsen]] Torben Wilson Stephen Lyons
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'''The Buttless Chaps''' were a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[indie rock]] band from [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], Canada.<ref>Travis Richey, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/buttless_chaps_northern_lights "Buttless Chaps and Northern Lights"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', December 31, 2005.</ref> The group played a hybrid of [[punk rock|punk]], [[New wave music|new wave]] and [[alternative country]] music. Band members included Dave Gowans on vocals, [[guitar]] and [[banjo]],<ref name="Lee2009">{{cite book|author=John Lee|title=Walking Vancouver: 36 Strolls to Dynamic Neighborhoods, Hip Hangouts, and Spectacular Waterfronts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l14WEJzMe28C&pg=PA130|date=September 2009|publisher=Heritage House|isbn=978-1-894974-90-5|pages=130–}}</ref> Morgan McDonald on keyboards, Lasse Lutick on guitar and [[synthesizer]], Torben Wilson on [[drum]]s and [[Ida Nilsen]] on vocals, [[accordion]], synthesizer and [[euphonium]].

==History==
The Buttless Chaps were formed in 1998, releasing a self-titled CD in 1999,<ref>Jon Barlett, [http://exclaim.ca/music/article/buttless_chaps-buttless_chaps "Buttless Chaps, Buttless Chaps"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', September 1, 1999.</ref> and following up with ''Tumblewire'' in 2000.<ref>Jon Bartlett, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/buttless_chaps-tumblewire "Buttless Chaps, Tumblewire"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', March 31, 2000.</ref>

Their third album, ''Death Scenes I II III'' came out in 2001, and had a country rock theme.<ref>James Keast, [http://exclaim.ca/music/article/buttless_chaps-death_scenes_i_ii_iii "Buttless Chaps Death Scenes I II III"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', September 1, 2001.</ref>

In 2006 the band released ''Where Night Holds Light'' on Mint Records,<ref>[https://newspaperarchive.com/lethbridge-herald-feb-06-2006-p-10/?tag=the+buttless+chaps&rtserp=tags/?pep=the-buttless-chaps/ "The Buttless Chaps Where Night Holds Light Mint Records "]. ''[[Lethbridge Herald]]'', February 6, 2006.</ref> and the album soon appeared on the campus and community radio charts.<ref>[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts.cfm "!earshot top 10 for March 2006"]. ''!Earshot Monthly Charts page''</ref> They were featured on [[CBC Radio 3]]'s ''[[CBC Radio 3 Sessions|Sessions]]'' in June 2007.

In an interview on CBC Radio 3 on January 7, 2009, Dave Gowans announced that the band would be breaking up after completing their remaining touring commitments.<ref>Vish Khanna, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/buttless_chaps_will_break_up_this_summer "The Buttless Chaps (Will) Break Up (This Summer)"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', January 6, 2009.</ref> The band members moved on to other projects: McDonald to his band [[Fond of Tigers]], Nilsen to [[Great Aunt Ida]] and [[The Violet Archers]], Wilson to Clean and Pristine the NOEX Castaway, and Gowans to Cloudsplitter. Today, Gowans and Lutick also own the Vancouver record store Red Cat Records.

==In popular culture==

A poster for The Buttless Chaps appears in the background of "We'd like to Thank the Academy", an episode (Season 5, Ep. 13) of USA's hit comedy, [[Psych]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Several posters for The Buttless Chaps also appear on a door in the background of the show "Sanctuary" (Season 1, Episode 4)

The song "Outlaw" is featured in the movie "Rollercoaster"directed by Scott Smith.

"When it's Cold Outside" from the album Cartography plays briefly in the series premiere of the AMC TV show "Justified".

==Discography==
*''The Buttless Chaps'' (1999)
*''Tumblewire'' (2000)
*''Death Country Live'' (2000)
*''Death Scenes I II III'' (2001)
*''Experiments'' (2002)
*''Love This Time'' (2003)
*''Where Night Holds Light'' (2006)
*''Cartography'' (2008)

==See also==
{{Portal|Music|Canada}}
*[[Canadian rock]]
*[[List of bands from Canada]]
*[[List of Canadian musicians]]

==References==
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[[Category:Musical groups established in 1998]]
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[[Category:Canadian indie rock groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Victoria, British Columbia]]
[[Category:Mint Records artists]]
[[Category:1998 establishments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:2009 disestablishments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Canadian alternative country groups]]

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