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== A Short History == | == A Short History == | ||
After a brief stint in the early 1980s with the bands [[The Cowboys]] (one single: ''[[Supermarket/Teenage Life]]'') and [[Naked Skinnies]] (one single: ''[[All My Life]]''), singer-songwriter [[Mark Eitzel]] founded [[American Music Club]] in San Francisco in 1983 with guitarist [[Scott Alexander]], drummer [[Greg Bonnell]] and bass player [[Brad Johnson]]. The band went through many personnel changes before arriving at a stable line up of guitarist [[Vudi]], bassist [[Danny Pearson]], keyboardist [[Brad Johnson]] and drummer [[Matt Norelli]]. 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 Pearson accompanying him on guitar and bass. | After a brief stint in the early 1980s with the bands [[The Cowboys]] (one single: ''[[Supermarket/Teenage Life]]'') and [[Naked Skinnies]] (one single: ''[[All My Life/This Is The Beautiful Night]]''), singer-songwriter [[Mark Eitzel]] founded [[American Music Club]] in San Francisco in 1983 with guitarist [[Scott Alexander]], drummer [[Greg Bonnell]] and bass player [[Brad Johnson]]. The band went through many personnel changes before arriving at a stable line up of guitarist [[Vudi]], bassist [[Danny Pearson]], keyboardist [[Brad Johnson]] and drummer [[Matt Norelli]]. 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 Pearson accompanying him on guitar and bass. | ||
Their 1985 debut, ''[[The Restless Stranger]]'', is widely considered as the first "slowcore" release, establishing the band as major pioneers of the genre and an early influence on post-rock. It was followed by 1987's ''[[Engine]]'' which saw record producer [[Tom Mallon]] as a full-time member. | Their 1985 debut, ''[[The Restless Stranger]]'', is widely considered as the first "slowcore" release, establishing the band as major pioneers of the genre and an early influence on post-rock. It was followed by 1987's ''[[Engine]]'' which saw record producer [[Tom Mallon]] as a full-time member. | ||