Chain & The Gang
| Chain & The Gang | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Washington, DC , United States |
| Genre (s) | Garage rock , rock 'n' roll |
| founding | 2009 |
| Current occupation | |
| "Mr. Chain "Ian F Svenonius | |
singing |
Katie Alice Greer |
| Fiona Campell | |
| Brett Lyman | |
| Brian Weber | |
| Chris Sutton | |
Electric bass |
Fred Thomas |
Electric guitar |
Spencer Kelley |
| Amber Fellows | |
| Austin Cooper | |
| former members | |
| Sarah Pedal | |
| Veronica Ortuño | |
Chain & The Gang (also Chain and The Gang ) is a garage rock / rock'n'roll band from Washington, DC ( USA ), signed to K Records.
Band history
Chain & the Gang is a project founded in 2009 by the US indie musician Ian Svenonius ( Nation of Ulysses ). The new project draws on the support of other well-known indie musicians such as Fred Thomas ( Saturday Looks Good to Me ), Brian Weber ( Dub Narcotic Soundsystem ), Brett Lyman ( Bad Thoughts ) and Sarah Pedal ( Seahorse Liberation Army ). The line-up is loose and changes from time to time. The first album Down with Liberty… Up with the Chains was released in April 2009 on K Records . This was followed by a US tour with The Hive Dwellers , the band of Calvin Johnson , owner of K Records. Since the two bands overlap in terms of personnel, only the singer changed at each stage.
A second album was released in 2011 with Music's Not for Everyone . In 2012 the album In Cool Blood followed , which was recorded in mono .
Music genre
Musically, the band moves between indie rock , funk , garage punk and lo-fi . The lyrics of the first two albums are in the typical philosophical jargon of Svenonius, while the lyrics of the last album are rather rebellious and youthful.
Discography
Albums
- 2009: Down with Liberty… Up with Chains! (Album, K Records)
- 2011: Music's Not for Everyone (Album, K Records)
- 2012: In Cool Blood (Album, K Records)
- 2014: Minimum Rock n Roll (album, Radical Elite Records)
Other publications
- 2010: (I've Got) Privilege (7``, K Records)
Web links
- Chain & The Gang at K Records (English)
- Chain & The Gang at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tobi Vail: Interview: Chain and the Gang. eMusic, September 8, 2012, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c Chain & The Gang at Allmusic (English). Retrieved November 20, 2012.