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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 active | 2001–2005, 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.
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]
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]