Spoon

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Spoon
Spoon in Austin (2006)
Spoon in Austin (2006)
General information
origin Austin , United States
Genre (s) Alternative rock , indie rock
founding 1993
Website www.spoontheband.com
Current occupation
Britt Daniel
Jim Eno
Keyboard, guitar
 Alex Fischel (since 2013)
Guitar, keyboard
 Gerardo Larios (since 2019)
former members
bass
 Andy Maguire (until 1996)
bass
 John Croslin (1996)
bass
 Scott "Clanky Adair" (1996-1997)
bass
 Joshua Zarbo (1997-2000, 2002-2006)
bass
 Roman Keubler (2000-2002)
guitar
 Greg Wilson (until 1994)
Guitar, keyboard
 Eric Harvey (2004-2017)
Bass, guitar, keyboard
 Rob Pope (2006-2019)

Spoon (dt. Spoon ) is an American indie rock band from Austin .

history

The band was founded in 1993 and initially consisted of singer, guitarist and songwriter Britt Daniel, drummer Jim Eno, bassist Andy Maguire and guitarist Greg Wilson. The name Spoon was inspired by the German krautrock band Can , who released a song of this name, the title track of the film Das Messer , on their 1972 album Ege Bamyasi . Wilson got out again in 1994, Maguire shortly after the release of the debut album Telephono in 1996. The new bassist was initially Telephono producer John Croslin, later Josh Zarbo, and since 2007 Rob Pope. Eric Harvey (keyboard and guitar) has been a member of the band since 2004 and Alex Fischel, who Daniel brought with him from his side project Divine Fits, in the same role since 2013 .

Spoon signed a contract with Elektra Records in 1998 , but the contract was terminated after the release of the second album A Series of Sneaks . In response to her dismissal, Spoon released the EP The Agony of Laffitte , alluding to the Elektra manager Ron Laffitte. Eventually they got a contract with Merge Records . In Europe, however, your work is distributed by Matador Records . For the release of the follow-up albums, Spoon received increasing attention and recognition. Girls Can Tell , released in 2001, sold better than the two previous albums combined. Kill the Moonlight from the following year was a similar success.

In May 2005 their album Gimme Fiction was released , which brought them the final breakthrough. In the official album charts they reached number 44. Their next album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga made it into the US Top 10 in 2007 and was released in Germany on July 10th on the ANTI Records label. The seventh album, Transference , was released in early 2010 and reached number 4 in the USA, followed by They Want My Soul in 2014 .

Trivia

  • "I know that we are dealing with pop music and that we are not reinventing the wheel, but at least I want to have the feeling that we are doing something that is completely new to us at least." (Britt Daniel)
  • Spoon frequently appeared on late night talk shows such as B. The Late Show with David Letterman , The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , Last Call with Carson Daly and the PBS show Austin City Limits .
  • 2006 yielded Spoon the score for Stranger Than Fiction ( "Stranger than Fiction") with Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman .
  • Daniel Britt had a brief appearance on the series Veronica Mars (second season, twelfth episode), in which he depressed his predecessor and drove him out of the bar with his singing skills at karaoke.
  • I Turn My Camera On (2005) was a short sequence in the Simpsons in the episode Down by Lisa to hear.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Gimme fiction
  US 44 05/28/2005 (5 weeks)
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
  US 10 07/28/2007 (19 weeks)
Transference
  US 4th 02/06/2010 (10 weeks)
They Want My Soul
  US 4th 08/23/2014 (10 weeks)
Hot thoughts
  DE 40 March 24, 2017 (1 week)
  AT 31 March 31, 2017 (1 week)
  CH 33 03/26/2017 (1 week)
  UK 76 March 24, 2017 (1 week)
  US 17th 04/08/2017 (3 weeks)

Albums

  • 1996: Telephono (Matador)
  • 1998: A Series of Sneaks (Elektra)
  • 2001: Girls Can Tell (Merge)
  • 2002: Kill the Moonlight (Merge)
  • 2005: Gimme Fiction (Merge)
  • 2007: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
  • 2010: Transference (Merge)
  • 2014: They Want My Soul (Anti / Indigo)
  • 2017: Hot Thoughts (Matador)

Re-releases

  • 2006: Telephono / Soft Effects (Merge)
  • 2008: Girls Can Tell (Merge)
  • 2008: A Series of Sneaks (Merge)

EPs

  • 1997: Soft Effects (Matador)
  • 1998: The Agony of Laffitte (Saddle Creek)
  • 2000: Love Ways (Merge)
  • 2002: Swearing at Motorists Split (Merge)
  • 2006: Gimme Fiction (Merge)
  • 2008: Don't You Evah (Merge)

Singles

  • 1994: Nefarious (Fluffer)
  • 1996: All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed (Matador)
  • 1996: Not Turning Off (Matador)
  • 1998: 30 gallon tank (Elektra)
  • 1998: Anticipation (Elektra)
  • 1999: The Agony of Laffitte
  • 2001: Anything You Want (Merge)
  • 2001: Everything Hits at Once (Merge)
  • 2001: Car Radio / Advance Cassette (Merge)
  • 2002: Text Later
  • 2002: Someone Something (Merge)
  • 2002: Kill the Moonlight (Merge)
  • 2002: Jonathon Fisk (Merge)
  • 2003: Stay Don't Go (Merge)
  • 2003: The Way We Get By (Merge)
  • 2005: I Turn My Camera On (Merge)
  • 2005: My First Time, Vol. 3 (Merge)
  • 2005: Sister Jack (Merge)
  • 2007: Underdog (Merge)
  • 2007: You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb (Merge)
  • 2008: Don't You Evah (Merge)
  • 2009: Got Nuffin (Merge)
  • 2010: Written in Reverse (Merge)
  • 2014: Rent I Pay
  • 2014: Do You (Anti / Indigo)
  • 2014: Inside Out
  • 2015: TV set
  • 2017: Hot Thoughts
  • 2017: Can I Sit Next to You
  • 2017: Do I Have to Talk You Into It

swell

  1. ^ The Word Has Gotten Around About Spoon
  2. ^ The Word Has Gotten Around About Spoon
  3. ↑ Joshua Zarbo - Biography
  4. ↑ Spoon's First Album Since 2010, 'They Want My Soul,' Escapes in August
  5. ↑ Chart sources: DE - AT - CH - UK - US

Web links

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