This is one of my requests. Thanks to Michael for sharing this with us!
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Artist Biography
by Jason Ankeny
Athens, GA, indie pop outfit
the Mendoza Line were formed during the summer of 1995 by singer/guitarists
Timothy Bracy and
Peter Hoffman (longtime friends born and raised in McLean, VA) along with
Paul Deppler and
Margaret Maurice.
Andres Galdames and
Lori Carrier
completed the original lineup, so named in tribute to ex-major league
slugger Mario Mendoza, whose .215 lifetime batting average remains the
absolute minimum any self-respecting ballplayer can maintain without
banishment to the minors.
Formed from the remnants of Athens band the Incompetones,
the Mendoza Line signed to local label Kindercore to issue their 1997 debut,
Poems to a Pawnshop, which favored a more kinetic indie rock approach than the subtly pastoral sound introduced on the follow-up EP,
Like Someone in Love.
Shannon McArdle signed on prior to 1999's
I Like You When You're Not Around, released concurrently with the group's relocation from Georgia to Brooklyn, NY. The superb
We're All in This Alone,
the Mendoza Line's first effort for new label Bar/None, followed in the spring of 2000, with
Maurice leaving shortly thereafter. The mature and more variety-filled
Lost in Revelry followed two years later. In 2003, their first album,
If They Knew This Was the End, was reissued.
Fortune arrived on Cooking Vinyl in 2004, followed by the Misra-released
Full of Light and Full of Fire
in 2005. The next year, guitarist Clint Newman and drummer Adam Gold
took over duties for the live shows, and in 2007, the new lineup
returned to the studio to create their final album,
30 Year Low, before officially parting ways.
Tracklist
2 comments:
you're quite welcome!! i'm close to celebrating their whole discography. and, to add, The Mendoza Line is one of the best band names in history :)
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