Limbeck
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Limbeck is an indie rock band hailing from Orange County, California.
Limbeck received national exposure (in the United States) as a finalist in December 2005 Yahoo.com's Who's Next. They lost to BarlowGirl.
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[edit] Instrumentation
The Limbeck Band:
Robb MacLean - Vocals, Guitars, Saxaphone, Wind Chimes, and Percussion.
Patrick Carrie - Background Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica, Electric Sitar, Glockenspiel, Gong, and Percussion.
Jon Phillip - Drums and Percussion.
Justin Entsminger - Electric Bass Guitar.
Long-time drummer Matt Stephens left the band in September of 2005 and was replaced by Jon Phillip, the former drummer of the Obsoletes and the Benjamins.
[edit] Genre & Style
While classified as indie rock due to the their relatively small niche in Southern California, the band's musical style is most often described as "alternative country music".
Many fans, record stores and online music services vary in their classification of the band's particular genre, however, partially because the lyrical content of the band's songs, more closely resemble 21st Century Emo rock than country.
Geography appears to play a primary role in the band's recordings, both in musical arrangement as well as in lyrical content.
Many songs actually name interstate highways which are known primarily to Orange County and San Diego County residents, such as the 8, 22, and 15. Musical intellectuals argue that this could both hinder a band's marketability to other regions of the United States for obvious reasons, but others point to the international success of media powerhouses such as The O.C. and pop-punkers Something Corporate, which capitalize on the current American fascination with the Orange County lifestyle.
The band's complete contrast to the punk rock style which most of the music scene has come to associate with the region makes the group a diamond in the rough.
[edit] Discography
Limbeck's discography can be divided into two parts: the stuff they like and are proud of and the stuff they recorded when they were younger, before they had found their sound, that they don't like to talk about. Limbeck is now with Doghouse Records where they have released the two LPs pictured below as well as a live version of Hi, Everything's Great. called Hey, Everything's Fine. Limbeck has also patricipated in many compilations including the now-out-of-print We're Not Generation X CD, Doghouse 100 which celebrates Doghouse Records' 100th release as a label, and ¡Policia! A Tribute to the Police to which they contributed a cover of the Police's "So Lonely."
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The band has received local radio play as well as exposure on XM Satellite Radio's channel 43.
