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).

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[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 (and band)—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.

In a recent article on Pitchfork, the new album's release date is stated to be July 10th, and includes track titles such as "Don't Make Me a Target," "Rhthm and Soul," and "Black Like Me." Possible titles include "It's Frightening" (as stated on the band's website) and "Trouble Minx". Pitchfork recently confirmed that the album will be titled Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.

[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
#44 (US)
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
(2007)

[edit] EPs and singles

[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, Josh (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 Josh. It has neither been confirmed or denied by the band that the departure of Josh 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
  • Their song "I Turn My Camera On" was featured in the Skate Video "Our Life" by Oakley Sunglasses as Ryan Sheckler's song.
  • "I Summon You" appeared in the Scrubs episode "My Perspective" as well as the Veronica Mars episode "Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle."
  • When you take Spoon - "No You're Not" from "A Series of Sneaks" and reverse the track (1 minute and 17 seconds into it) you can hear
    "tell us your name that's what they say, I ain't got a name just a current address, on the ground, tell us your name that's what they say, I ain't got a name just a current address, No You're Not"
  • The song "Stay Don't Go" appeared in the movie "Wimbledon" starring Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany.
  • The song "I Turn My Camera On" was used by researchers Marek P. Michalowski and Hideki Kozima to illustrate the rhythmic dancing movement of their socially interactive robot Keepon[2].
  • The song "I Turn My Camera On" appeared in the "Bones (TV Series)" episode "The Man in the S.U.V."
  • the song "I turn my camera on" appeared on the fourth episode of Friday Night Lights on NBC
  • the song "Sister Jack" is featured in the movie and on the soundtrack of "Wedding Crashers"

[edit] References

  1. ^ Warren, Tamara. "Waxing Poetic", Anthem, Fall/Winter 2005, p. 54.
  2. ^ Biever, Celeste. "Robots with rhythm could rock your world", New Scientist, 22 March 2007.

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