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| years_active = 1982–1994, 2004–2009 | | years_active = 1982–1994, 2004–2009 | ||
| label = [[Cooking Vinyl]], [[Merge Records]], [[Reprise Records]], [[Virgin Records]], [[Frontier Records]], [[Grifter Records]], [[Zippo Records]], [[Warner Bros.]], [[Demon Records]], [[Alias Records]] | | label = [[Cooking Vinyl]], [[Merge Records]], [[Reprise Records]], [[Virgin Records]], [[Frontier Records]], [[Grifter Records]], [[Zippo Records]], [[Warner Bros.]], [[Demon Records]], [[Alias Records]] | ||
| associated_acts = [[The Cowboys]], [[ | | associated_acts = [[The Cowboys]], [[Naked Skinnies]], [[Toiling Midgets]] | ||
| website = {{url|www.americanmusicclub.com}} | | website = {{url|www.americanmusicclub.com}} | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Okinawa, Taiwan, Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1981. After a brief stint with the bands [[The Cowboys]] (one single: ''[[Supermarket/Teenage Life]]'') and [[ | Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Okinawa, Taiwan, Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1981. After a brief stint with the bands [[The Cowboys]] (one single: ''[[Supermarket/Teenage Life]]'') and [[Naked Skinnies]] (one single: ''[[All My Life]]'') he founded American Music Club in San Francisco in 1983 with guitarist [[Scott Alexander]], drummer [[Greg Bonnell]] and bass player [[Brad Johnson]].<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> 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 [[Danny 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 slowcore and an early influence on post-rock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/american_music_club/the_restless_stranger/ |title=The Restless Stranger by American Music Club (Album, Slowcore): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list |publisher=Rateyourmusic.com |date= |accessdate=2015-05-18 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was later followed by 1987's ''[[Engine]]'' which saw record producer [[Tom Mallon]] as a full-time member.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> | Their 1985 debut, ''[[The Restless Stranger]]'', is widely considered as the first slowcore release, establishing the band as major pioneers of slowcore and an early influence on post-rock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/american_music_club/the_restless_stranger/ |title=The Restless Stranger by American Music Club (Album, Slowcore): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list |publisher=Rateyourmusic.com |date= |accessdate=2015-05-18 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was later followed by 1987's ''[[Engine]]'' which saw record producer [[Tom Mallon]] as a full-time member.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> | ||