Parts & Labor

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Parts & Labor
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Parts & Labor (BJ Warshaw, Dan Friel, and Joe Wong) circa 2011
Background information
Origin New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Years active2002–2012
Labels Jagjaguwar
Past members Dan Friel
Website www.partsandlabor.net

Parts & Labor was an American rock band formed in 2002 by B. J. Warshaw and Dan Friel in Brooklyn, New York. Drummer Joe Wong joined the band in 2007. Parts & Labor released five albums, two EPs, one split album (with Tyondai Braxton), and numerous 7"s and compilation tracks. Their music is influenced by DIY punk, experimental/psychedelic rock, and lo-fi electronic music.

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Drummer Christopher Weingarten left the band in 2008 but they quickly recruited new drummer Joe Wong and added guitarist Sarah Lipstate, turning them into a four-piece band. [1] This lineup recorded Receivers, the band's fourth album, which was released on October 21, 2008 in North America and November 3, 2008 in the UK through Jagjaguwar. [2] Also released in 2008 was Escapers Two, a record which featured 51 songs in around 29 minutes. On July 10, 2009, Lipstate announced via her website she had left the band. [3]

The band played their 10th anniversary and final show on Friday, February 24, 2012. [4]

Friel and Warshaw also run Cardboard Records, an independent record label that has released music by Pterodactyl, Gowns, Ecstatic Sunshine and others. Former members of Parts & Labor include Christopher Weingarten, Sarah Lipstate, Joel Saladino and Jim Sykes.

Band members

Final line-up

Past members

Timeline

Parts & Labor

Discography

Albums
Splits and EPs

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References

Footnotes
  1. "Parts and Labor News - Parts and Labor Receive Found Sounds from Fans for Use on Receivers Album". idiomag. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  2. "Parts and Labor News - Parts and Labor Receive Found Sounds from Fans for Use on Receivers Album". idiomag. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  3. "Sarah Lipstate website newspage". 2009-07-10. Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. "Ten Years of Parts & Labor, Through the Eyes of Their Four Drummers". Thelmagazine.com. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
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