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American Music Club
Origin San Francisco, California
Years active 1982–1994, 2004–present
Website www.american-music-club.com

American Music Club is a San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959, Walnut Creek California) is a musician best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco The band is commonly lumped with other bands from the "slowcore" and "sadcore" movements. The term slowcore refers to a subgenre of alternative and Indie rock. Sadcore is an infrequently employed subgenre term used by music journalists to describe examples of Alternative rock characterised by bleak lyrics downbeat melodies and

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History Of The Band

Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1981. After a brief stint with the band The Naked Skinnies he founded American Music Club in San Francisco in 1982 with guitarist Scott Alexander, drummer Greg Bonnell, bass player Brad Johnson. The Naked Skinnies were a new wave band from Ohio that featured Mark Eitzel, guitar and vocals Nancy Kangas organ John Hricko bass and Greg Bonnell drums The band went through many personnel changes before arriving at a stable line up of guitarist Vudi, bassist Dan Pearson, keyboardist Brad Johnson, and drummer Matt Norelli. Vudi is the nickname of Mark Pankler (born 22 Sep 1952, Chicago) guitarist with San Francisco based Indie rock band This lineup would change over the next several years but Eitzel always remained the core of the band in terms of its vocals, lyrics and thematic focus with Vudi and Dan Pearson accompanying him on guitar and bass. Vudi is the nickname of Mark Pankler (born 22 Sep 1952, Chicago) guitarist with San Francisco based Indie rock band

Their 1985 debut, The Restless Stranger, offers a rough outline of their increasingly eclectic sound and firmly established Eitzel's worldview, a harrowing vision of life as seen through the bottom of a shot glass. The first album by American Music Club, released in 1985 Track listing All songs written by Mark Eitzel. 1987's Engine honed the formula: the addition of producer Tom Mallon as a full-time member expanded the group's sonic palette. Engine is the second album by American Music Club. It was jointly released by Frontier and Grifter in the US in 1987, then by Zippo

American Music Club earned a solid cult following on the strength of 1988's California. Third album by American Music Club, released in 1988 Track listing All songs written by Mark Eitzel. Their next LP, 1989's United Kingdom, appeared only in the nation which lent the record its name and consisted of leftover material and live tracks. United Kingdom is the fourth album by American Music Club. It was recorded primarily for the UK where the band had a larger following than in their native USA

In 1991 American Music Club emerged with the record that is widely considered their masterpiece, Everclear. Everclear is the fifth album by San Francisco band American Music Club. Critical acclaim attracted the attention of several major labels. Eventually AMC -- now consisting of Eitzel, Vudi, Pearson, multi-instrumentalist Bruce Kaphan, and drummer Tim Mooney -- signed with Reprise in the U. Vudi is the nickname of Mark Pankler (born 22 Sep 1952, Chicago) guitarist with San Francisco based Indie rock band In Music a reprise (rəˈpriːz ruh-PREEZ; it does not rhyme with "surprise" is the repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition S. and Virgin throughout the rest of the world.

Mercury followed in 1993 and, despite positive reviews, Mercury fared poorly on the charts and earned virtually no recognition from radio or MTV. Mercury is the sixth album by San Francisco Indie rock group American Music Club, released in early 1993 MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. In 1994, AMC issued San Francisco, which balanced confessional tunes like "Fearless" and "The Thorn in My Side Is Gone" alongside more accessible offerings such as "Wish the World Away," one of the band's biggest hits. San Francisco was the seventh album by American Music Club and their last before a nine year hiatus

The band disbanded soon after San Francisco was released and reunited in 2003 to record a new album, Love Songs for Patriots, which is described by reviewer Mark Deming as "a stronger and more coherent effort than the group's last set, 1994's San Francisco, and while it's too early to tell if this is a new start or a last hurrah for AMC, it at least shows that their formula still yields potent results. San Francisco was the seventh album by American Music Club and their last before a nine year hiatus American Music Club reformed in 2003 to considerable critical acclaim and recorded Love Songs for Patriots in San Francisco in spare time between day jobs Here's hoping Eitzel and Vudi have more where this came from. " [1]

On June 20, 2007, AMC announced a new lineup connected to the band's base of operations moving to Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Eitzel and Vudi remain, while Mooney and Pearson stayed behind in San Francisco. They are replaced by bassist Sean Hoffman and drummer Steve Didelot. AMC's next record, entitled The Golden Age, was released in the UK on February 4, 2008 on Cooking Vinyl and in the US on Merge Records on February 19. Cooking Vinyl is a UK -based Independent record company, founded in 1986. Merge Records is an Independent record label based in Durham North Carolina.


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The first album by American Music Club, released in 1985 Track listing All songs written by Mark Eitzel. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Engine is the second album by American Music Club. It was jointly released by Frontier and Grifter in the US in 1987, then by Zippo Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Third album by American Music Club, released in 1988 Track listing All songs written by Mark Eitzel. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) United Kingdom is the fourth album by American Music Club. It was recorded primarily for the UK where the band had a larger following than in their native USA Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Everclear is the fifth album by San Francisco band American Music Club. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Mercury is the sixth album by San Francisco Indie rock group American Music Club, released in early 1993 Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) San Francisco was the seventh album by American Music Club and their last before a nine year hiatus Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) American Music Club reformed in 2003 to considerable critical acclaim and recorded Love Songs for Patriots in San Francisco in spare time between day jobs "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Internet Archive ( IA) is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line Library and archive of Web and
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