The Buttless Chaps

The Buttless Chaps
Origin Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Years active 19982009
Labels Mint
Past members Dave Gowans
Lasse Lutick
Morgan McDonald
Ida Nilsen
Torben Wilson

The Buttless Chaps were a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1998 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The group played a hybrid of punk, new wave and alternative country music.

History

Band members included Dave Gowans on vocals, guitar and banjo, Morgan McDonald on keyboards, Lasse Lutick on guitar and synthesizer, Torben Wilson on drums and Ida Nilsen on vocals, accordion, synthesizer and euphonium.

They were featured on CBC Radio 3's Sessions in June 2007.

In an interview on CBC Radio 3 on January 7, 2009, Dave Gowans announced that the band would be breaking up after completing their remaining touring commitments.[1] The band members moved on to other projects: McDonald on his band Fond of Tigers, Nilsen on Great Aunt Ida and The Violet Archers, Wilson on Clean and Pristine the NOEX Castaway, and Gowans on Cloudsplitter. Today, Gowans and Lutick also own and operate Red Cat Records, a record store in Vancouver.[2]

In Popular Culture

A poster for The Buttless Chaps appears in the background of "We'd like to Thank the Academy", an episode (Season 5, Ep. 13) of USA's hit comedy, Psych.

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