Spoon (band)

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Spoon

Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas, USA
Genre(s)	Indie rock
Years active	1994–present
Label(s)	Merge
Website	Official website
Members
Britt Daniel Jim Eno Rob Pope Eric Harvey

Spoon is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas with a wide underground following. The band consists of Britt Daniel (vocals, guitar); Jim Eno (drums); Rob Pope (bass) and Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals).

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 EPs and singles
3 Trivia and song appearances
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

The band was formed in 1994 by lead singer/guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno. The name Spoon was chosen as a respectful salute to the 1970s German avant-garde band Can whose hit record "Spoon" was the theme song to the movie Das Messer. Incidentally, the film title translates to another utensil—the Knife.^[1]

Spoon signed with Elektra Records in 1998, but the contract was dropped soon after the band released A Series of Sneaks. In response to being dropped, Spoon released a two-song EP titled The Agony of Laffitte, referring to Elektra A&R man Ron Laffitte, and were eventually signed to Merge Records, although their work is released through Matador Records in Europe.

After the release of their more recent albums, Spoon has been met with widespread critical acclaim. Girls Can Tell, released in 2001, sold more copies than both their previous releases combined. Kill the Moonlight accomplished the same feat a year later.

Their latest album, Gimme Fiction, was released on May 10, 2005 on Merge Records. They have appeared on many late night talk shows, such as The Late Show With David Letterman, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, and Last Call with Carson Daly, as well as the PBS show Austin City Limits.

According to Pitchfork Media, Spoon has another LP, tentatively titled "Trouble Minx"^[2], planned for release in early 2007.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Telephono (1996) Matador Records	A Series of Sneaks (1998) Elektra Records	Girls Can Tell (2001) Merge Records	Kill the Moonlight (2002) Merge Records
Gimme Fiction (2005) Merge Records

[edit] EPs and singles

Nefarious 7" (1994)
All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed 7"/CD5 (1996)
Not Turning Off 7" (1996)
Soft Effects EP (1997)
30 Gallon Tank 7"/CD5 promo (1998)
Anticipation 7" (1998)
The Agony of Laffitte CD5 (1998 · Saddle Creek)
Love Ways EP (2000)
Anything You Want 7"/CD5 (2001)
Everything Hits at Once CD5 (2001)
Car Radio / Advance Cassette CD5 (2001)
Text Later / Shake It Off split 7"(2002)
Someone Something 7" (2002)
Kill the Moonlight (2002)
Jonathon Fisk CD5 (2002)
Stay Don't Go CD5 (2003)
The Way We Get By CD5 (2003)
I Turn My Camera On CD5 (2005)
I Turn My Camera On 7" (2005)
My First Time, Vol. 3 (2005)
Sister Jack (UK and US) 7"/CD5 (2005)
Gimme Fiction EP (2006)

[edit] Trivia and song appearances

Their song, "The Way We Get By," from the album Kill the Moonlight became prominently featured on the soundtrack for The O.C. and in late 2005/early 2006 began being played on the AMC channel for the British TV show Hustle. It is also played in the independent films, Mean Creek & The Puffy Chair, and in the film Stranger than Fiction.
Their song, "Take a Walk", from the album Girls Can Tell is on the Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 video game by Activision.
Britt Daniel had a guest spot on Veronica Mars in 2006, where he sang the song "Veronica" by Elvis Costello at a fictional karaoke bar called Java the Hut. Spoon's song "I Turn My Camera On" was used earlier in the season, and is featured on the show's soundtrack.
The band and their album, Gimme Fiction, appeared on a television ad for emusic.com.
"I Turn My Camera On" is currently being used in Jaguar commercials.
"Sister Jack" is being used for XM Satellite Radio ads.
The 2006 motion picture Stranger Than Fiction features 5 Spoon tracks (including one new song) and music co-written by Britt Daniel with Brian Reitzell.
At their show in Bumbershoot 06', Britt announced "This is going to be one of our last shows for a while, Ryan (bass) is quitting the band again" He later went on to say that he has done this before and will be back, resulting in a smile from Ryan. It has neither been confirmed or denied by the band that the departure of Ryan is real. However the November 2006 issue of Spin confirmed that spoon has indeed found a new bassist.
They covered "Tear Me Down" from Hedwig and the Angry Inch on the 2003 tribute album, "Wig in a Box".