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Camper Van Beethoven
MUSIC
Bizarre Santa Cruz indie rock band with a Slavic bent. Formed 1983, broke up 1990, reformed 2004. See also Cracker, Monks of Doom.
Official Website:
http://www.campervanbeethoven.com/
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Eugene Chadbourne |
Musician |
4-Jan-1951 |
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Avant-garde guitarist, banjoist |
| Victor Krummenacher |
Bassist |
07-Apr-1965 |
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Camper Van Beethoven bassist |
| Greg Lisher |
Guitarist |
1964 |
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Camper Van Beethoven guitarist |
| David Lowery |
Musician |
10-Sep-1960 |
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Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker |
| Chris Pedersen |
Drummer |
16-Aug-1960 |
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Camper Van Beethoven drummer |
| Jonathan Segel |
Musician |
3-Sep-1963 |
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Camper Van Beethoven multi-instrumentalist |
DISCOGRAPHY
Telephone Free Landslide Victory (1985, Independent Music Project/Rough Trade/Cooking Vinyl)
| 1 | Border Ska |
| 2 | The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon |
| 3 | Wasted (Black Flag cover) |
| 4 | Yanqui Go Home |
| 5 | Oh No! |
| 6 | 9 of Disks |
| 7 | Payed Vacation: Greece |
| 8 | Where the Hell is Bill? |
| 9 | Vladivostock |
| 10 | Skinhead Stomp |
| 11 | Tina |
| 12 | Take the Skinheads Bowling |
| 13 | Mao Reminisces About His Days in Southern China |
| 14 | I Don't See You |
| 15 | Balalaika Gap |
| 16 | Opi Rides Again - Club Med Sucks |
| 17 | Ambiguity Song |
Reissued 2004, including the songs "Wasting All Your Time", "Epigram #5",
"atkuda", "Epigram #2", "Cowboys from Hollywood (original)", and "Colonel Enrique Adolfo Bermudez".
II & III (1986, Independent Music Project/Rough Trade/Cooking Vinyl)
| Side 2 |
| 1 | Abundance |
| 2 | Cowboys from Hollywood |
| 3 | Sad Lovers Waltz |
| 4 | Turtlehead |
| 5 | I Love Her All the Time (Sonic Youth cover) |
| 6 | No Flies on Us |
| 7 | Down and Out |
| 8 | No Krugerrands for David |
| 9 | (Don't You Go to) Goleta |
| 10 | Four Year Plan |
| Side B |
| 1 | (We're a) Bad Trip |
| 2 | Circles |
| 3 | Dustpan |
| 4 | Sometimes |
| 5 | Chain of Circumstance |
| 6 | ZZ Top Goes to Egypt |
| 7 | Cattle (Reversed) |
| 8 | Form Another Stone |
| 9 | No More Bullshit |
Reissued 2004, including the songs "Devil Song (original version)" and "Vampire Club".
Camper Van Beethoven (1986, Independent Music Project/Rough Trade/Cooking Vinyl)
| 1 | Good Guys & Bad Guys |
| 2 | Joe Stalin's Cadillac |
| 3 | Five Sticks |
| 4 | Lulu Land (Paul MacKinney cover) |
| 5 | Une Fois |
| 6 | We Saw Jerry's Daughter |
| 7 | Surprise Truck |
| 8 | Stairway to Heavan (sic) |
| 9 | The History of Utah |
| 10 | Still Wishing to Course |
| 11 | We Love You |
| 12 | Hoe Yourself Down |
| 13 | Peace & Love |
| 14 | Folly |
| 15 | Interstellar Overdrive (Pink Floyd cover) |
| 16 | Shut Us Down |
Reissused 2004, including the songs "Love the Witch (Camper Van Beethoven Version)" and "Pictures of Matchstick Men (fox demo)".
Vampire Can Mating Oven (1987, Pitch-a-Tent)
| 1 | Heart |
| 2 | Never Go Back |
| 3 | Seven Languages |
| 4 | Ice Cream Every Day |
| 5 | Processional |
| 6 | Photograph (Ringo Starr cover) |
Liner notes by Isaac Fringe.
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (1988, Virgin)
| 1 | Eye of Fatima (Pt. 1) |
| 2 | Eye of Fatima (Pt. 2) |
| 3 | O Death (traditional) |
| 4 | She Divines Water |
| 5 | Devil Song |
| 6 | One of These Days |
| 7 | Turquoise Jewelry |
| 8 | Waka |
| 9 | Change Your Mind |
| 10 | My Path Belated |
| 11 | Never Go Back |
| 12 | The Fool |
| 13 | Tania |
| 14 | Life is Grand |
Key Lime Pie (1989, Virgin)
| 1 | Opening Theme |
| 2 | Jack Ruby |
| 3 | Sweethearts |
| 4 | When I Win the Lottery |
| 5 | (I was Born in a) Laundromat |
| 6 | Borderline |
| 7 | The Light From a Cake |
| 8 | June |
| 9 | All Her Favorite Fruit |
| 10 | Interlude |
| 11 | Flowers |
| 12 | The Humid Press of Days |
| 13 | Pictures of Matchstick Men (Status Quo cover) |
| 14 | Come on Darkness |
Camper Vantiquities (1993, IRS)
| 1 | Heart |
| 2 | Never Go Back |
| 3 | Seven Languages |
| 4 | Axe Murderer Song |
| 5 | SP37597 |
| 6 | Crossing Over |
| 7 | Guardian Angels |
| 8 | I'm Not Like Everybody Else (The Kinks cover) |
| 9 | A.C. Cover |
| 10 | Porpoise Mouth (Country Joe MacDonald cover) |
| 11 | (We Workers Do Not Understand) Modern Art |
| 12 | We Eat Your Children |
| 13 | Six More Miles To The Graveyard (Hank Williams, Sr. cover) |
| 14 | Ice Cream Everyday |
| 15 | Processional |
| 16 | Photograph (Ringo Starr cover) |
| 17 | Om Eye (hidden track) |
Reissued 2004, including the song "Silent Monster" and the Fox Studios demos of "Flowers", "One of These Days", "Humid Press Of Days", and "All Her Favorite Fruit".
Camper Van Beethoven is Dead: Long Live Camper Van Beethoven (2000, Pitch-a-Tent)
Cigarettes and Carrot Juice (2002, Cooking Vinyl)
Box set collecting the first three CVB albums, as well as the rarities album "Camper Vantiquities" and a bonus live disc:
Greatest Hits Played Faster (2002, Cooking Vinyl)
| 1 | All Her Favorite Fruit (orchestral version) |
| 2 | Sweethearts |
| 3 | Tania |
| 4 | Eye of Fatima Pts. I & II |
| 5 | My Baby Just Got Outta Jail |
| 6 | Borderline |
| 7 | Turquoise Jewelry |
| 8 | She Divines Water |
| 9 | L'Aguardiente |
| 10 | Life is Grand |
| 11 | When I Win the Lottery |
| 12 | James River |
| 13 | One of these Days |
Recorded live in Europe, April 1990, except "Life is Grand" recorded in London, 1988, and "All Her Favorite Fruit" recorded in St. Johns, Newfoundland, 1988.
Tusk (2002, Pitch-a-Tent)
| Disc 1 |
| 1 | Over And Over |
| 2 | The Ledge |
| 3 | Think About Me |
| 4 | Save Me A Place |
| 5 | Sara |
| 6 | What Makes You Think You're the One |
| 7 | Storms |
| 8 | That's All For Everyone |
| 9 | Not That Funny |
| 10 | Sisters Of The Moon |
| Disc 2 |
| 1 | Angel |
| 2 | That's Enough For Me |
| 3 | Brown Eyes |
| 4 | Never Make Me Cry |
| 5 | I Know I'm Not Wrong |
| 6 | Honey Hi |
| 7 | Beautiful Child |
| 8 | Walk a Thin Line |
| 9 | Tusk |
| 10 | Never Forget |
Camper Van Beethoven cover Fleetwood Mac's Tusk (1979) in its entirety. Recorded 1987, reassembled some years later by Victor Krummenacher and Jonathan Segel. Jonathan got a little carried away on the title track, though.
New Roman Times (2004, Vanguard)
| 1 | Prelude |
| 2 | Sons Of The New Golden West |
| 3 | 51-7 |
| 4 | White Fluffy Clouds |
| 5 | That Gum You Like Is Back In Style |
| 6 | Might Makes Right |
| 7 | Militia Song |
| 8 | R 'N R Uzbekistan |
| 9 | Sons Of The New Golden West (Reprise) |
| 10 | New Roman Times |
| 11 | The Poppies Of Balmorhea |
| 12 | The Long Plastic Hallway |
| 13 | I Am Talking To This Flower |
| 14 | Come Out |
| 15 | Los Tigres Traficantes |
| 16 | I Hate This Part Of Texas |
| 17 | Hippy Chix |
| 18 | Civil Disobedience |
| 19 | Discotheque CVB |
| 20 | Hey Brother |
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