Spoon (band)

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Spoon
Spoon performing in Austin, Texas (Dec. 2006)
Spoon performing in Austin, Texas (Dec. 2006)
Background information
Origin Austin, Texas
Flag of the United States United States
Genre(s) Indie Rock
Years active 1994–present
Label(s) Peek-A-Boo (1995-1998)

Matador (1996-1997)
Elektra (1998)
Merge (2000-present)
Website Official website
Members
Britt Daniel
Jim Eno
Rob Pope
Eric Harvey
Former members
Joshua Zarbo
Andy McGuire
Greg Wilson
Lead singer Britt Daniel
Lead singer Britt Daniel

Spoon is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas. The band is led by Britt Daniel (vocals, guitar); Jim Eno (drums); Rob Pope (bass) and Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals).

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The band was formed in late 1993 by lead singer/guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno. The original lineup also included Greg Wilson (a.k.a. Wendel Stivers of the song "Theme to Wendel Stivers" from Spoon's debut album Telephono) on guitar and Andy McGuire on bass.[1] The name Spoon was chosen to honor the 1970s German avant-garde band Can whose hit song "Spoon" was the theme song to the movie Das Messer.[2]

Spoon's recording debut came with the vinyl release in May of 1994 of The Nefarious EP.[1] In 1995, the band signed with Matador Records, and in 1996 released its full-length debut, Telephono. The 1997 EP Soft Effects, also on Matador, exemplifies Spoon's early sound.[3]

Spoon signed with Elektra Records in 1998, but the contract was dropped only four months later, after the band released A Series of Sneaks.[4] In response to being dropped, Spoon released a two-song "concept single" entitled The Agony of Laffitte, which referred to Elektra A&R man Ron Laffitte.[3]

Spoon later signed with Merge Records in the USA, which released the band's Love Ways EP in 2000.[3] Girls Can Tell, released in 2001, sold more copies than both their previous LP releases combined; Kill the Moonlight accomplished the same feat a year later.[citation needed] Their next album, Gimme Fiction, was released on May 10, 2005 on Merge. It debuted at number 44 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 160,000 copies.[5]

Spoon have performed on many late night talk shows, such as The Late Show With David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, and Last Call with Carson Daly, as well as the PBS show Austin City Limits. They were also musical guests on Saturday Night Live on October 6, 2007, performing "The Underdog"[6] and "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb".[7]

The score of the 2006 film Stranger than Fiction consists chiefly of music performed by Spoon; according to the liner notes of the official soundtrack, Brian Reitzell collaborated with Britt Daniel to compose the score, including adapting several tracks from the instrumental versions of songs from Kill the Moonlight and Gimme Fiction.

Their most recent album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga was released July 10, 2007, and debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200.[8]

All of their LP releases since 2001's Girls Can Tell have been met with great critical acclaim as shown on MetaCritic, with the average rating for each album being in the mid-80's. The highest rated of their albums is Kill the Moonlight with an average rating of 88. Kill the Moonlight also contains their hit single "The Way We Get By", which was popularized by its placement on the teen drama The O.C. Songs from newer albums have also found their way onto television soundtracks. "I Turn My Camera On," from Gimme Fiction, was featured in the second season of Veronica Mars, and "Don't Make Me a Target" and "Don't You Evah" from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga have been featured on Chuck.

Spoon is currently a long-distance band, as Daniel has lived in Portland, Oregon since early 2006.[5]

  • "All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed" (7"/CD5, 1996)
  • "Not Turning Off" (7", 1996)
  • "30 Gallon Tank" (7"/CD5 promo, 1998)
  • "Anticipation" (7", 1998)
  • "The Agony of Laffitte" (CD5, 1998, Saddle Creek)
  • "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" (7"/CD5, 2005)
  • "My First Time, Vol. 3" (2005)
  • "Sister Jack" (UK and US, 7"/CD5, 2005)
  • "The Underdog" (7", 2007) #26 US Modern Rock

  1. ^ a b Hernandez, Raoul. "Drake Tungsten and His Boy Skellington." The Austin Chronicle, January 25, 1999.
  2. ^ Warren, Tamara. "Waxing Poetic", Anthem, Fall/Winter 2005, p. 54.
  3. ^ a b c http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/artist_profile/spoon.htm
  4. ^ http://www.timmcmahan.com/spoon.htm
  5. ^ a b http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2007/07/0707spoon.html
  6. ^ SNL Archives | Detail. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
  7. ^ SNL Archives | Detail. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
  8. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003613204

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Britt Daniel | Jim Eno | Rob Pope | Eric Harvey
Albums: Telephono | A Series of Sneaks | Girls Can Tell | Kill the Moonlight | Gimme Fiction | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
EPs: Nefarious | Soft Effects | Love Ways
Singles: "The Agony of Laffitte", "Sister Jack"
See also: Skellington | The Alien Beats | Drake Tungsten | Golden Millennium
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