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Cracker is an American alternative rock band featuring Johnny Hickman and Camper Van Beethoven singer and guitarist David Lowery. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Johnny Hickman (born September 10, 1956) is an American Musician best known as the Lead guitarist in the rock band Cracker Camper Van Beethoven is an American Alternative rock group An eclectic band even by the standards of '80s underground music Camper Van Beethoven mixed elements of pop David Lowery (born September 10, 1960) is an American guitarist vocalist and songwriter he is the founder of Alternative rock band They are best known for the hit songs "Low," "Eurotrash Girl," "Get Off This" and "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)". In 1993, Cracker contributed the song "Good Times Bad Times" to the Encomium tribute album to Led Zeppelin (which was recorded after their rendition of "When the Levee Breaks" was deemed "too weird"). " Good Times Bad Times " is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, featured as the opening track on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were " When the Levee Breaks " is a Blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929

Cracker mixes influences and sounds ranging from classic country music, psychedelia, punk and folk into their brand of "Americana" style rock. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums.

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Shortly after Camper Van Beethoven called it quits in 1990, Lowery began demoing material along with guitarist Johnny Hickman and bassist Davey Faragher, eventually going by the name Cracker. Johnny Hickman (born September 10, 1956) is an American Musician best known as the Lead guitarist in the rock band Cracker Davey Faragher is an American Bass guitarist from Redlands CA

By 1991, the newly formed band had signed a recording contract with Virgin Records and enlisted the help of several drummers/percussionists (Jim Keltner, Rick Jaeger, and Phil Jones), issuing their self-titled debut in 1992, which featured radio hit "Teen Angst. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell Jim Keltner (born April 27 1942 in Tulsa Oklahoma) is a distinguished session drummer who has contributed to the work of many well-known artists Philip D Jones (* 1952) is a Climatologist at the University of East Anglia, notable for maintaining of the time series of the Instrumental temperature " A year later, Cracker issued their best-known album, Kerosene Hat, which spawned the hit "Low. Kerosene Hat is Cracker 's second Album, released on August 24 1993 "

Three years later, The Golden Age was released, with "I Hate My Generation" as the lead single. The Golden Age is Cracker 's third Album. They made a video for "I Hate My Generation" However, the music scene was shifting away from guitar-driven alternative rock, and the single and album did poorly. The band tried again in 1998 with Gentleman's Blues featuring "The Good Life" as the lead single, but again the album sold poorly. Gentleman's Blues is Cracker 's fourth Album, released in 1998

A compilation called Garage D'Or was released in 2000, with one disc of "greatest hits" and three new songs, and another with outtakes, soundtrack contributions, demos and other obscurities. Garage D'Or is Cracker 's fifth Album. It is a two disc album with the first disc representing a "greatest hits" collection and the second disc In 2002, the band released another studio album, Forever which, once again, was met with limited commercial and critical success. Forever is Cracker 's sixth Album. Track listing "Brides Of Neptune" "Shine" "Don't Bring

Cracker's auxiliary personnel underwent numerous changes during the late '90s and early 2000s. The group left Virgin in 2003 with the independent release Countrysides. A collaboration with bluegrass band Leftover Salmon, Oh Cracker, Where Art Thou? (2003), contained bluegrass versions of old Cracker songs. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Leftover Salmon is a jam band from Boulder Colorado, formed in 1989. O' Cracker Where Art Thou? is Cracker 's seventh Album. It is a compilation CD with Leftover Salmon playing bluegrass versions of Cracker's

The band's most recent studio album Greenland was released on June 6, 2006, and despite slow sales, was embraced by the band's fans as a return to form, and is largely considered their best record since Kerosene Hat. A studio is a Artist 's or worker's workroom or an artist and his or her Employees who work within that studio Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Kerosene Hat is Cracker 's second Album, released on August 24 1993

Current members

Former members

Discography

Albums

Singles & EPs

Charting Songs

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Modern Rock U.S. Mainstream Rock UK Singles Chart
1992 " Happy Birthday to Me" - 13 - - Cracker
1992 "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)" 1 27 Cracker
1993 "Low" 64 3 5 Kerosene Hat
1994 "Euro Trash Girl" 25 Kerosene Hat
1994 "Get Off This" 6 18 Kerosene Hat
1996 "I Hate My Generation" 13 24 "The Golden Age"
1996 "Nothing to Believe in" 32 40 "The Golden Age"
1996 "Sweet Thistle Pie" 33 "The Golden Age"

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