Coachwhips

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Coachwhips
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Coachwhips performing at a reunion show in 2012
Background information
Origin San Francisco, California, US
Genres Garage punk, noise rock
Years active2001–2005, 2012, 2014
Labels Black Apple, Show and Tell, Narnack

Coachwhips was a garage rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2001. The band consisted of John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), John Harlow (drums) and Mary Ann McNamara (keyboards, backing vocals, tambourine). [1] In their second incarnation, Val-Tronic played keyboard/tambourine, and Matt Hartman (former guitarist for Cat Power and multi-instrumentalist for Sic Alps) played drums.

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Coachwhips are known for their stripped-down, unpolished garage rock and completely unintelligible lyrics, [1] a sound that is similar to the Oblivians and the Gories. [2]

Band members

Discography

Splits

Albums

Equipment

In a 2005 interview with SLUG Magazine , Dwyer claims the band steals telephones for use in their music from hotel rooms every time the band stays in a hotel on tour, which he says is why the band is usually not invited back to the hotels they have visited. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Coachwhips Biography". AllMusic.
  2. "Carrier Review : Coachwhips (Garage Punk)". Stillinrock.com. August 26, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. Soper, Jared (April 2005). "WHIP IT GOOD: PREPARE TO BE DOMINATED BY THE COACHWHIPS". SLUG Magazine. Eighteen Percent Gray. Retrieved December 6, 2017.

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