Coachwhips

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Coachwhips
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Coachwhips performing at a reunion show at Total Trash Halloween Bash, in 2012.
Background information
Origin San Francisco, California, United States
Genres Garage punk, noise rock
Years active2001–2005, 2014
Labels Black Apple Records
Show and Tell Recordings
Narnack Records

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). 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.

Contents

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

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. [2]

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References

  1. "Carrier Review : Coachwhips (Garage Punk)". Stillinrock.com. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. 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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