Wussy

Wussy

Cleaver, Walker, Klug, Messerly (left to right)
Background information
Origin Cincinnati, Ohio
United States
Genres Indie rock
Folk rock
Alternative rock
Country rock
Years active (2001–present)
Labels Shake It Records
Associated acts Messerly and Ewing
Ass Ponys
Website wussy.org
Members Chuck Cleaver, guitars & vocals
Lisa Walker, guitars & vocals
Mark Messerly, bass
Joe Klug, drums
John Erhardt, pedal steel
Past members Dawn Burman

Wussy is an indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio.[1]

History

Wussy formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2001. Chuck Cleaver started the band after his prior group Ass Ponys,[2] when he met Lisa Walker, the band's other lead singer-songwriter, in 2001. He asked Walker to perform with him in an awards show in Cincinnati that year because his stage fright discouraged him from doing so alone.[3]

On the band's name, Wussy: Cleaver jokes that "I think it looks good on a t-shirt."[4]

Cleaver and Walker write most of the songs and either alternate lead vocals or sing them in harmony.[1]

The group has received critical acclaim from Rolling Stone,[5] Robert Christgau,[6] Chicago,[7] and SPIN.[8]

In 2012 Robert Christgau wrote that "Wussy have been the best band in America since they released the first of their five superb albums in 2005."[9]

Two albums later, Charles Taylor said the impact of Wussy's poetic lyrics and evocative sounds "brings you immediately back to the way we received rock and roll as solitary adolescents, as if the songs were radio transmissions from a resistance we hadn't dared to hope existed."[10]

Shake It Records in Cincinnati doubles as Wussy's music label.[4]

Members

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles, splits

Compilations

Notable performances

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tucker, Ken (22 June 2009). "Wussy: Strong Work, And Not Without Pain". Fresh Air. NPR. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Chuck Cleaver-Lisa Walker on Outsight Radio Hours. "Outsight Radio Hours" (2001, 2006, 2009, 2012). Archive.org. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Lannamann, Ned (14 June 2012). "If You Ever Gave a Damn: For Wussy, the West Coast's Waiting". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mason, Anthony; Nair, Vinita (29 November 2014). "Critically acclaimed band Wussy going strong" (VIDEO INTERVIEW/FEATURE). CBS This Morning - Saturday. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Hoard, Christian (20 May 2009). "New Music Report: Wussy, Plus Of Montreal Performance". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original (VIDEO INTERVIEW) on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Wussy". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Moser, Whet (22 August 2012). "Wussy, ‘the Best Band in America,’ Plays the Bucktown Arts Festival". Chicago. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  8. ↑ Young, Jon (29 April 2009). "Wussy, 'Wussy' (Shake It)". SPIN. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Christgau, Robert (16 March 2012). "The Many Reasons to Love Wussy". Barnes & Noble Review. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Taylor, Charles (20 May 2012). "Support Your Local Wussy: The sad transcendence of Wussy's 'blue-collar bohemianism'". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

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